Speedie Readies
Children learn to map words from speech to print, and from print to speech. Adults guide them into the self-teaching phase so they can begin reading with independence and confidence. We give brains what they need, when they need it!
Come and meet new friends in the Village With Three Corners!
Upstream screening and phonemic awareness support, using stories to build excitement for speaking and listening, and mapped books that include non-speaking children while supporting self-teaching, with Best Start-aligned training.
The missing link is that we Show the Code with books children actually want to read, so they stay curious, keep exploring the connections between speech and print, and are motivated to explore more. If they don’t know it, we SHOW it!
Learn about the Show the Code approach to early reading self-teaching on ShowTheCode.com if you’re new to the Don’t Make Them Wait mindset.
When we show the code with mapped words, it works like training wheels for children learning to ride a bike.
Show the Code
Reduce the Cognitive Load
Because every child deserves a smooth ride into reading and spelling.
All are doing the same thing, throwing snowballs. But what about the consequences, depending on your intent and target?
Our goal at Phonics Reform England (PRE) is not just to make phonics work for all. These books are also mapped to show which letters are graphemes and their sound value.
But it’s also about what else is needed at the same time: early language development, opportunities for discussion, and a real focus on oracy.
Children immediately notice the difference between throwing snowballs at friends who are running around laughing and having fun together, and throwing snowballs at a tethered goat that cannot escape. They talk about fairness, empathy, relationships, emotions, and consequences.
That’s the point. Literacy is not just about decoding print. It’s about building language, thought, empathy, and understanding through meaningful interaction.
And as you can see, children at Back Plains State School have been creating fabulous new characters, including the new Purple-hat family, and painting Story Peg People!
Children learn to read because they can see how words are spelled. Speedie Readies provides children with 52 pre-mapped books that make the structure of English visible, so they can learn the code through reading and move into self-teaching without relying on memorisation or guesswork. After the Intro Books text is regular
What will you learn during the training? The Speedie Readies Reading Corner is about:
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Children learning by reading pre-mapped text
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The full code being made visible in books, not drip-fed through instruction
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Repeated exposure to mapped words in meaningful sentences
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Statistical learning through reading, not explanation
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Self-teaching emerging because nothing is hidden
The mapped books are the core mechanism. Everything else supports access to those books.
Speedie Readies: Show the Code
The Whole Code: Bi-directional word mapping within meaningful context eg the One, Two, Three and Away! series, set in The Village With Three Corners, that supports self-teaching and facilitates earlier orthographic mapping.
Ask your local library to stock the 36 pre-readers
Individual ISBNS
978-1-916941-00-7 Pre-Reader 1 Red
978-1-916941-01-4 Pre-Reader 2 Blue
978-1-916941-02-1 Pre-Reader 3 Yellow
978-1-916941-03-8 Pre-Reader 4 Brown
978-1-916941-04-5 Pre-Reader 5 One, Two, Three
978-1-916941-05-2 Pre-Reader 6 Roger, Billy, Jennifer and Johnny
978-1-916941-06-9 Pre-Reader 7 Big and Little
978-1-916941-07-6 Pre-Reader 8 Houses
978-1-916941-08-3 Pre-Reader 9 The Little Yellow Cat and the Little Brown Mouse
978-1-916941-09-0 Pre-Reader 10 The Cat and the Mouse, the Dog and the Frog
978-1-916941-10-6 Pre-Reader 11 Billy Went to School
978-1-916941-11-3 Pre-Reader 12 Jennifer Went to School
978-1-916941-12-0 Pre-Reader 1A Green
978-1-916941-13-7 Pre-Reader 2A Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Brown
978-1-916941-14-4 Pre-Reader 3A Roger and the Ball
978-1-916941-15-1 Pre-Reader 4A Roger and the Bus
978-1-916941-16-8 Pre-Reader 5A I see green!
978-1-916941-17-5 Pre-Reader 6A “No, Percy Green!”
978-1-916941-18-2 Pre-Reader 7A The yellow cat and the brown dog
978-1-916941-19-9 Pre-Reader 8A Jennifer and the yellow cat
978-1-916941-20-5 Pre-Reader 9A “Stop it, Percy Green!”
978-1-916941-21-2 Pre-Reader 10A Alex at the fair
978-1-916941-22-9 Pre-Reader 11A Billy’s Picture
978-1-916941-23-6 Pre-Reader 12A The donkey went to school
978-1-916941-24-3 Pre-Reader 1B Roger Red-hat and Mrs. Green’s hat
978-1-916941-25-0 Pre-Reader 2B Billy Blue-hat and the Snowman
978-1-916941-26-7 Pre-Reader 3B Jennifer Yellow-hat and the white cat
978-1-916941-27-4 Pre-Reader 4B Jennifer Yellow-hat and Mr. Brown’s goat
978-1-916941-28-1 Pre-Reader 5B Four, Five, Six
978-1-916941-29-8 Pre-Reader 6B Seven Geese
978-1-916941-30-4 Pre-Reader 7B The big man and the little mouse
978-1-916941-31-1 Pre-Reader 8B Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve
978-1-916941-32-8 Pre-Reader 9B “Stop!” cried Alex
978-1-916941-33-5 Pre-Reader 10B Roger at the Fair
978-1-916941-34-2 Pre-Reader 11B Billy Blue-hat and the Red Mask
978-1-916941-35-9 Pre-Reader 12B Roger and the Frog
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Show the Code - Speech to Print! Very quickly they don't need the words to be mapped. But if they do need help, they know how to get it.
They can learn the Core Phonics Code using the Monster Spelling Piano app.
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One-off payment: £14.99
