Phonological Awareness Series Disc 1: Listening & Rhyming
Phonological Awareness Series Disc 2: Syllabification

"These discs provide computer based activities for developing phonological skills. The authors; SLTs, multimedia specialists and graphic artists, generally succeed in providing activities to support work routinely covered by SLTs."

"Disc one has 33 screens for listening activities and the rhyming section has eight different activities, each available at two levels and most offering 10 or more screens for each level. Disc two concentrates on syllable identification and generation. It has 14 different activities, most offering several screens and at least two different skill levels."

"The discs are interactive and have pleasant and encouraging male and female voices. The interesting and clear graphics enhance rather than dominate the language activities. Most of the pictures would he acceptable to children of all ages, although the need to provide rhymes means some of the vocabulary would need to be specifically taught."

"The vocabulary and worksheets for the tasks can be downloaded, and provide a basis for further phonological awareness work and other therapy work at school, within a clinical setting, or for homework tasks. It is easy to move around the discs, although the device to prevent children skipping around the disc too quickly can defeat adults as well."

"These discs contain a wealth of useful material. However, there is no accompanying written script, so familiarisation needs to be done using a computer."

"Most activities can be child-led, but this needs to be done with adult support, such as an SLT assistant, teaching assistant or parent working under the direction of an SLT. The materials link well with the speaking and listening aspects of the national curriculum, and are suitable for schools and SLT departments."

"Contents: **** Readability: **** Value: ****"