Lyn Stone has written four books, two second editions and a third edition. They are available through all major online retailers.
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Newly published and very exciting:
Foundations for Life
Foundations for Life introduces children to the essential building blocks of reading, spelling, and writing through a clear, structured literacy approach.
Designed for teachers, parents and educators, the book provides scripted lessons, word reading, dictation, and handwriting activities that make early literacy instruction simple and effective.
Students learn core sound–letter relationships, blending, segmenting, common spelling patterns, and high-frequency words while building confidence and fluency. Lessons are practical, engaging, and grounded in evidence-informed teaching methods that help children understand how English works.
An ideal starting point for beginning readers and writers developing strong literacy foundations.
Language for Life: Where linguistics meets teaching
This new edition of the bestselling Language for Life shows how language can be mastered by children and how what they have learned can be carried throughout their lives.
An indispensable guidebook for teachers, it delivers explicit, step-by-step English language instruction via lessons in syntax, grammar, morphology, etymology, and punctuation, and arms students with the mental skill of thinking about language. This in turn helps children learn much more easily from the language around them. New features for this edition include:
- an increased focus on the relationship between knowledge of parts of speech and morphology to proficiency as a writer
- creating a metalanguage between student and teacher that encourages clear two-way feedback
- an increased focus on knowledge-building using factual topics as exemplars.
Language for Life is a proven programme that is built upon years of experience. Lyn Stone’s pragmatic and modern approach is supported by feedback from teachers and students alike who have attended her numerous classes and workshops. This book helps teachers: learn more about language structure, guide the development of skills to write accurately and in increasing volume, and support the emergence of clear and organised thinking for writing.
Brimming with vital information suitable for both basic and advanced level students, this book is an essential tool for all teachers wishing to give their students the best preparation possible to meet the demands of the modern world. Photocopiable worksheets throughout the book put teachers in the position of linguistic expert, guiding students through an enriching journey of language discovery and creativity.
Spelling for Life: Uncovering the simplicity and science of
There is a myth that English spelling is unnecessarily complex, and it is spread by those who don’t understand the writing system. Spelling for Life offers lucid, accessible tools which help to reveal that, when explicitly and systematically taught, spelling is scientific, law-abiding and even elegant.
Using a synthesis of theory, research and teaching experience, the fascinating nature of English spelling is systematically teased out. The examples and exercises throughout offer an encouraging, accessible way to implement the program of study and strive to reveal the beauty of spelling. Spelling for Life enables teachers and students to:
- learn what the common spelling coping strategies are;
- gain insights into undoing poor spelling habits;
- work together to reveal patterns not only in regular spelling, but also in words which on the surface seem to break the spelling rules;
- practise successful spelling strategies, progressing from simple to complex words rapidly and with confidence.
This new and improved edition includes updated spelling techniques as well as new chapters on orthographic mapping, spellingassessment, teaching consonant clusters well and suffixing rules. Aided by example lessons, formative assessments, unique tools, a scope and sequence, and extensive practice lists, this highly acclaimed overview of spelling succeeds in developing theory and practice in the writing system for teacher and student alike.
Reading for Life: High quality literacy instruction for all
Why is it that more people can’t read and write? Why are there still so many vastly different methods of teaching literacy? Why do people still argue about it?
Reading for Life examines these three questions, addressing the less evidence supported ideas about teaching reading and writing which are still alive and well in schools all over the world. This accessible guide bridges the gap between research and practice, translating academic findings into practical suggestions and ready-to-use techniques.
Written in an approachable style and with informative graphics, vignettes and interviews woven throughout, this book covers:
the components of literacy, including phonics, vocabulary and fluency
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- the history of approaches to literacy teaching and an overview of the key figures
- government-level inquiries into the provision of reading and writing teaching
- the mindset which leads to acceptance of poor practice
- the essential components of an effective literacy program with practical advice on selecting resources to get the job done well
Reading for Life helps educational practitioners make informed decisions about which teaching methods to reject and select, and empowers parents to ask the right questions of professionals and policy makers. This book is a timely exploration of poor teaching methods and is an innovative, fresh assessment of how high quality literacy teaching can be provided for all.