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What is 'Sounds and Rhymes' ?
Starting
with single sounds and culminating in the identification of rhyming words,
a progression of tasks aims to develop recognition of short vowels and
automatic response to sounds within words.
The Sounds disk concentrates on the standard five vowel sounds, presenting several practice formats varied between the pupil listening to the initial sound of a word and matching it to a vowel or grouping simple three letter words by their middle letter.
The Rhymes disk covers many topics - initial and final consonant, word endings, rhyming words, matching words, odd word out and others. Each of the tasks can be practiced with or without the aid of textual clues, making the task purely auditory if required.
Digital sampled speech is used throughout the program as an aid to reinforcement.