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Box 2

Box 2 has been developed to build on and continue the established routines, skills and self-help strategies that have made The Five Minute Box (Box 1) so successful.

 

All activities are multi-sensory - "hear, see, say, write" for every task, making it ideal for dyslexic children as well as slower learners and second language children.

Box 2 covers the next stage of phonic development - constant digraphs, triple blends, vowel digraphs, generalised spelling patterns, keywords 100 - 300, dictionary skills, auditory discrimination skills and most importantly transferring all the skills into confident writing.

It provides the next stage step-aside spelling programme to ensure that children experience and share success in 'test' situations, thereby maintaining self-esteem and a more positive attitude.

Box 2 provides:

  • a follow on to Box 1 when all skills are confident.
  • a second start programme to reading and writing second stage phonics, 100 - 300 keywords, generalised spelling patterns and dictionary skills
  • an ideal programme for second language children
  • takes children to reading age and spelling age of around 8.0 years