Fono, Fono3 - Programs for speech therapists, special education teachers and parents of children with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dysorthography, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, neurogenic disorders, delayed speech development, deafness, cerebral palsy, specific learning difficulties, for persons with autism or aphasia

Phonemic awareness - What is the first letter of the object in the picture?

Objective

Program helps to analyse the location of the letter in the word.

Using the familiar pictures the child recognizes the location of the letter in the word, which is the basic knowledge when reading and writing. It is the stimulation factor when programming the letters.

Child becomes aware of the succession of letters and through hearing will analyse the first letter in the word, last letter in the word or letters inbetween them.

Program links to the program Reading/ Phonemic awareness/ Letters.

How to work with the program

A picture will be displayed with letters and depending on settings the computer will say „What is the first letter of the object in the picture? Point at it.“

When the correct letter is pointed, the word will be displayed under the picture.

Spoken text may be displayed in a "callout" on the working area.

Settings

• topical collection of words, that are displayed to the client (nature, vegetables, fruits, food, domestic animals, animals in the nature ...)
• list of letters to choose from
• list of letters to be included in the selection
• list of letters to be excluded from the selection
• words - monosyllabic / multisyllabic
• number of letters to choose from
• position of the letter - first / last / random
• display of text in a "callout" - yes/no
• layout - inline, random, random with tilt
• font case - lowercase, uppercase
• typeface - printed, handwritten