Poor readers are usually lacking in either 1) decoding skills 2) comprehension 3) good working memory. A strong foundation in phonics is particularly important for children who struggle
Piper Books’ Beginning Reading Instruction in action
Piper Books’ video showing the highly successful Beginning Reading Instruction books in action. Jack was 5 and living in New Zealand. Like many new readers, …
Catch-Up Reading for Schools
BRI: Beginning Reading InstructionBoosting reading skills in schools post-pandemicCovid-19 has created an unprecedented set of challenges for schools, not least, in the teaching of literacy. …
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, with incremental introduction …
Teaching children to read with ‘I See Sam’
Learning to read using the ‘I See Sam’ books Piper Books has regenerated the seventy-eight ‘I See Sam’ (BRI: Beginning Reading Instruction) tales into sixteen …
Free bookmarks available now
Complimentary BRI, ARI and MRI bookmarks, with free P&P are available on request. Please email us. Include the version of bookmark selected, quantity, contact name …
How Children Learn
Brevity, simplicity and varied practice for beginners and catch-up pupils, including those with SEN or dyslexia. The Cognitive Science of ‘How Children Learn’ informs and …
BRI Decodable Readers – Little Books, Big Results
Ingenious stories, intelligent phonics sequence, rigorous blending and segmenting’ One of BRI’s great achievements lies in shaping the phonics sequence of its books within stories …
