Resources

Downloadable Resources

These resources are free to download and use for personal and classroom educational purposes. They are designed to support general education teachers, special educators, interventionists, dyslexia specialists, home educators, and parents using the Souslebois Press Sound Spelling Cards.

Grapheme Frequency List

A complete reference list of all major English phonemes that are included in the Sound Spelling Cards, a list of their graphemes, and spelling frequency data — ordered by card number.

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Phonics Instructional Routines

Four scripted instructional routines for teaching phonological awareness and phonics: Introduce Sound Spelling Cards, Sound-by-Sound Blending, Continuous Blending, and Sound-by-Sound Spelling.

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Sound Spelling Card Games

Ten games in two sections: Phonemic Awareness Games and Phonics Games. Designed for use with the Sound Spelling Cards in short, playful sessions of five to ten minutes.

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Blending Routine Videos

Watch these videos to see phonics blending routines demonstrated. Each video models a technique that you can use directly with students as they learn to read and spelling the graphemes associated with the VEC Sound Spelling Cards. Each video also includes an explanation of the sequence and cueing processes that are used with each routine.

Continuous Blending

A demonstration of the Continuous Blending routine — a technique for practicing sound-spelling relationships across a whole word.

Vowel First Blending

A demonstration of Vowel First Blending — a variation that focuses on the vowel sound as the anchor for blending words.

Sound-by-Sound Blending – Part 1: Single Syllable Words

A demonstration of Sound-by-Sound Blending with single syllable words — building mastery of sound-spelling relationships one sound at a time.

Sound-by-Sound Blending – Part 2: Multisyllabic Words

Extends Sound-by-Sound Blending to multisyllabic words — applying the same routine to longer, more complex words.