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 Complete literacy package for teachers and tutors.

"A thorough, logical and scientifically verified approach."
Professor Patrick Groff, Professor Emeritus, San Diego University, author of "Preventing Reading Failure".          

Popular for over 20 years, the SPA kit includes a Handbook covering teaching information and word lists; a CD covering the correct phonogram sounds in the order of the Practical Phonics Units; a set of phonogram cards with easy to refer word lists, rules and international phonetic symbol included; and Wordbuilding - English from Latin and Greek all in a plastic case.

Book 1 - covers half of the alphabet, one letter/one sound correspondences.  Begins with the eight curved letters as advised by neurologists starting with the simplest C.  Writing examples provided in Roman to lessen confusion between writing styles - simply use the style you wish.

Book 2 - covers the remaining half of the alphabet.

Book 3 - starts the two-letter phonograms th through to oa, silent letters and spelling features.

Book 4 - follows on with phonograms wh to or, other sounds of vowels and some consonants.

Book 5 - covers ie to ui.

Book 6 - includes eigh, sounds of er,air, ough, augh, Latin and Greek phonograms, foreign words, tricky spellings, and homophones.

 "There continues to be a shortage of reading materials that permit the direct practice of skills taught.  The Macadamia Readers are a rare and valuable source that fulfil this need"  Dr Bonnie Macmillan author of Why Schoolchildren Can't Read.

Gumnut Readers contain ten stories per booklet.  The font is carefully chosen to cause the least confusion in letter recognition.  The written forms of a and g are used and the font is large.  The Gumnuts correspond to the Practical Phonics Books 1 & 2 and cover one letter/one sound correspondences.  Stories are short to capture beginners concentration.  Sight words are kept to an absolute minimum.

Peanut Readers correspond to Practical Phonics 3 including sounds beginners are learning as they are learning them - they will not come across a sound they have not yet learnt.  Vocabulary is extensive and use of a dictionary is recommended.  Font size continues to decrease.

Walnut Readers correspond to Practical Phonics 4.  Again readers will only be exposed to sounds they are learning as they learn them.  The written form of a and g are swapped for the printed forms.  Vocabulary continues to be expanded and stories lengthen.

Coconut Readers correspond to Practical Phonics 5.  Stories increase to two pages.  The subject matter across all readers is extensive and there is a good mix of fiction and non-fiction stories to interest the most fussy of readers.

Bunya Nut Readers correspond to Practical Phonics 6 and should bring the reader to maturity.

It shows educators how to use the Nutshell programme in a complete and systematic way, to teach spelling in any educational setting. It shows the essential basics of the literacy curriculum. All the resources need to be integrated, to reinforce multi-sensory learning and achieve optimal results.

Nutshell’s Developmental Phonogram Chart is a ‘coat hanger’ model, which lends itself to creativity and promotes individual teaching styles; it supports and develops individual learning styles by encouraging a multi-sensory approach.