The government wants it to be used systematically - with children building up their phonic knowledge stage-by-stage.

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Emphasis on multi-sensory learning: Individual phonic, sight word and rule cards reinforce learning, as do games and walk-around activities.

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He adds that children with dyslexia need to be taught in a highly-structured way, with a strong emphasis on the phonic structure of language.

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Phonic was up 20% just in November.

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