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Trugs is a systematic synthetic phonics intervention resource, both for professionals in education and for in the home. a group of resources that have been developed support with the progress of reading and spelling. Creating a fun, engaging way to support those with literacy difficulties.

trugs digital editions arriving!

Welcome to "trugs" - Teach Reading Using GameS.

trugs® is a phonics based reading resource for school and home. We are delighted to be rolling out our new digital editions. The 3 main games, including in total over 2000 individual English word now released as individual apps on the Apple App Store.

Currently free to download, more to come.

The trugs Digital Editions bring the card games to iPad and iPhone as three separate apps - Match It, Take It and Get It - each one available on its own. All three draw on the same decks of decodable words and on the trugs reading stages 1-15, carrying a reader from single sounds through to multi-syllable words one small, achievable step at a time. Every word carries optional human audio, so a child can hear it sounded correctly whenever they need to, or turn it off once they no longer do. Play against Trug the robot for a game that is always ready, or hand the device back and forth in two-player mode and read against a tutor, a parent or a friend.

GetIt iOS launch

Trugs for Schools

A structured 15 stage phonics intervention programme for all age students to learn to read by having fun.

  • Get it, Match it and Take it card games enable students and children to practise, reinforce and consolidate reading.
  • Use it card game develops sentence construction and increases vocabulary knowledge.
  • Explanation Card explains what each Stage is and how to teach that stage

Trugs at home

Support your children at home with playing and having fun with card games. supporting all those with literacy differences. creating mastery in learning through fun and decodable games.

  • Help your children learn to read by laughing and playing and having fun.
  • Card games, Guess it, Match it and Take it at each stage makes reading practise easy and fun
  • The Clue card explains what each Stage is.
  • That’s all that’s needed because the structure has been put together by a dyslexia specialist

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