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Kickstart Publications have been producing materials dedicated to Special Educational Needs and Basic Skills for twelve years. Each book covers a specific skill, or a small group of skills, with far greater depth and much tighter structure than many alternative publications. The depth and structure reflects the many years of experience in the field of Special Needs in general and Dyslexia in particular.

 

Our publications conform to the following attributes: Illustrations are age neutral and do not patronise older learners. Texts used have an interest level consistent with the age of the intended learners. Page layout clear and uncluttered. Tasks are clear and require little explanation by the teacher. Fonts used are chosen for clarity and easy discrimination between letters e.t a~d, i~l Where materials include bodies of text, the Readability age of each piece of text is given at the front of the book as part of the contents. Our books recognise the multicultural nature of our society. Comprehensive teacher’s notes provide suggestions for supplementary activities are included. Checklists are included where appropriate. Phonic Skills Each book addresses an area of phonics with sufficient depth to introduce, practise, and then master the skill. There are a wide variety of activities which are arranged in a hierarchical order. Spelling Our books address common words, spelling patterns and spelling rules. All books include checklists. There is sufficient depth for student to master the spellings of commonly used words and to consolidate spelling rules. The National Literacy Strategy We are probably the only publisher producing materials to teach the words in List 1 and List 2 of the National Literacy Strategy. Our ‘Early Steps to Literacy’ series and the two ‘Sentence Tracking’ books provide a wide variety of activities designed to teach the reading and spelling of these words. Comprehension The only available comprehension materials requiring three levels of comprehension using low readability texts. The Readability Age of each passage is provided. Each passage is followed by questions at three levels and then a cloze exercise paraphrasing the passage. The missing words are provided but can be removed to check for short term retention of facts.

Study Skills
Teachers of Dyslexic students have been delighted with this new publications ‘Getting the Idea’ which addresses study skills. This book covers getting the main idea, categorisation, refined categorisation, reading for details, linear note taking, writing précis and mapping. The Readability Age of each passage of text is provided.

Mathematics
The ‘Times Tables’ book has been produced in light of work by leading experts in the field of Mathematics and Dyslexia. There are more books planned in this area.

All of our materials are photocopiable. They are produced with top quality materials and are spiral bound with wipe-clean laminated front and back covers. An increasing number of Special Needs teacher are becoming aware of the benefits of our resources and we are constantly adding to the range of our in light of requests and comments form our customers.

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