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30 Reasons to Teach Children to Read Using BRI Decodable Readers

Section 1 Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) 1. Simplified Instruction BRI instruction is spare and unambiguous. No time is wasted before...

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Decluttering the Curriculum

There are some excellent Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programmes for beginner readers. Each one includes meticulous sequencing, an...

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Phonics Reading Program for Teens, Adults and Older Children

A Simple and Affordable Approach to Learning to Read The only thing the literacy-challenged student needs to know before launching into...

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Discovering Mature Reading Instruction (MRI): Empowering Adults to Learn to Read Via Synthetic Phonics

Delve into Piper Books' Mature Reading Instruction (MRI), a groundbreaking scheme designed to instil reading expertise through a...

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How to Teach your Child to Read

Should I start teaching my child to read or leave it to the school? With media focus on literacy levels, SATS tests and the National...

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What Distinguishes BRI-ARI as a Reading Programme?

1 Development A team of linguists, educational psychologists, psychometricians and children’s authors developed BRI-ARI over a number of...

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I See Sam: Scope, Sequence & Structure Adapted for Older Readers

The idea of Mature Reading Instruction (MRI) came from Dr Richard Schutz, Director of the American South West Reading Laboratory. The...

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Help for Secondary School Pupils Struggling with Literacy

MRI: MATURE READING INSTRUCTION Secondary School Intervention "To be unable to read is to be locked out, to be isolated from discourse,...

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A Breakthrough in Literacy for Older Students

A reading programme for adults and adolescents with poor literacy skills. When students emerge from a decade of schooling still...

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Teaching Children to Read with ‘I See Sam’

Learning to read using the 'I See Sam' books Piper Books has regenerated the eighty-eight ‘I See Sam’ (BRI: Beginning Reading...

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Practice: The Neglected Key to Reading Success

In 2009, a House of Commons Select Committee concluded that Systematic Synthetic Phonics can teach virtually every child to read....

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20 Reasons to Teach Children to Read Using BRI Decodable Readers

BRI Beginning Reading Instruction BRI (Beginning Reading Instruction). This series of decodable readers is designed to be a tool for...

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Beginning Reading Instruction – Information for Teachers

A tool for teaching reading BRI decodable books focus on the ‘how to’ of reading. The programme consists of meticulously sequenced tales,...

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Catch-Up Reading for Schools

BRI: Beginning Reading Instruction BRI is a unique programme, used in the UK and across the English-speaking world. It has been...

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BRI Decodable Readers – Little Stories, Big Rewards

Ingenious stories, intelligent phonics sequence, rigorous blending and segmenting One of BRI’s great achievements lies in shaping the...

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Why BRI is Effective in Teaching Children with SEN and Complex Difficulties

"The best beginner books I Have ever seen" Learning to read is a skill that most SEN children can acquire. With BRI, it boils down to...

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How do I Teach my Child to Read?

It is a privilege and (mostly!) a pleasure for a parent to guide their child on the first steps towards becoming a fully-fledged reader....

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Teaching your Grandchild to Read

Teaching a grandchild to read must be one of the most joyous activities of all. As well as the pleasure in seeing a little one taking...

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Early Intervention – Closing the Reading Gap in Reception/Kindergarten Class and Year l

Beginning Reading Instruction: BRI It is during a child’s first years that most connections in the brain are formed; learning to read...

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Teaching a Struggling Child, Teen or Adult How to Read

Early reading instruction Poor readers are usually lacking in either 1) decoding skills 2) comprehension 3) good working memory. A strong...

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How Children Learn

Brevity, simplicity and varied practice for beginners and catch-up pupils, including those with SEN or dyslexia. The Cognitive Science of...

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Isn’t it Time for All Reception/Kindergarten Children to Learn to Read?

Does the argument between Early Years’ child-centred education and traditional reading instruction need to be so contentious? This bitter...

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EAL Decodable Books for Beginner, Intermediate and Mature Students

Reading confidence for children with English as an Additional Language BRI, ARI and MRI decodables are based on rigorous Synthetic...

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