Reading that sticks. A four-part series; Part 4 of 4

Reading that sticks. A four-part series; Part 4 of 4

by | Aug 4, 2026

Putting trugs to work Placing a learner, choosing a pack, and keeping practice little, often and in step with the programme — a practical guide to using trugs well. The first three parts made the case: decoding is the engine, the volume of successful practice is what...
Reading that sticks. A four-part series, Part 2 of 4 

Reading that sticks. A four-part series, Part 2 of 4 

by | Jul 20, 2026

Using trugs in your phonics teaching Whichever synthetic phonics programme your school uses, trugs lines up beside it to be used as intervention or enrichment, matched to what a child can already decode. In Part 1 we looked at the staircase every reader climbs, from...
Reading that sticks. A four-part series, Part 1 of 4 

Reading that sticks. A four-part series, Part 1 of 4 

by | Jul 13, 2026

Why trugs? Phonics, practice and the readers who need more  How reading is taught today, why some children need far more practice than others, and why a game turns out to be the right tool for the job.  Learning to read is the most important thing a child does in...