Wonder Words has been a fantastic classroom resource for my students. They have experienced success and built their confidence as a result of the program, and it has saved me a lot of time creating my own personalised resources. Very easy to differentiate and personalise to the needs of my students.
Tania Hente, Teacher - Year 1, VIC
I teach a class made up of students with special needs. It is often difficult to gain and retain their interest and engagement. They consistently need over learning to ensure retention and recall. This programme is highly effective as a way to make a potentially laborious activity fun and not seem like a drill. There are many resources to use to cater to different abilities and I use them in different ways. The resources are visually appealing and capture my students’ interest. My students especially enjoy watching and joining in with the video animations for the list words and the readers. The pictures are childlike and not too busy or distracting. My students’ growth is incremental due to their learning challenges, but they have an overall better recall than before, which is showing up during writing sessions. I have noticed that they are starting to demonstrate improvements with their participation and their recall.
Susan Jackson, Teacher - Special Education, Sommerville Special School, Auckland NZ
Our Head of Special Education recommended Wonder Words. It’s good to have printable, web based resources. It’s an easy program to pick up and run with. Give it a go!
Tina, Teacher - Special Education, Victoria Park State School, QLD
All I can say is that I love Wonder Words!
Lynda Lamrock, Teacher, Special Education - Murwillumbah East Primary School, NSW
I’ve been using the Wonder Words program in my Prep/One classroom since the beginning of term two. I love the program. There are lots of fun activities to choose from. I’ve seen great results and I will continue to use the program. Go for it. It’s a great program and reasonably priced. There are a plethora of activities to choose from.
Thea Politanski, Teacher – Foundation, QLD
Easy to follow program that supplements your current High-Frequency Words program; encourages independent work skills.
Kerri-Anne Spinks, Teacher – Year 1, NSW
I have only been using wonder words a short time and can see the benefit of the design in meeting the needs of all learners within a class. Because each group of words and corresponding activities is self-contained, a teacher can have their class working on different sets of words at the same time. With the range of activities for each set of words, you can mix and match different activities to keep them interested and engaged.
Helen Ciranni, Teacher – Prep-3, QLD
My strugglers quickly learnt their first sight words. I have already recommended Wonder Words to others.
Jenny Norton, Teacher - Foundation, Adam Road Primary School, WA
Wonder Words is a wonderful resource! It is easy to implement and effective from the start. Students are engaged through a range of activities and can not only learn to read the word, but are given opportunities to learn to spell the word. The introduction of words fits in beautifully with decoable readers, which means that the students can then transfer their knowledge of these words, as well as their knowledge of phonics into suddenly reading books.
I also love the worksheets as this gives the children opportunity to learn to spell the word and not just read it.
Children who were the most vulnerable, in regards to their reading, have had a huge amount of success. One student who who was on a PM Benchmark 4 (and was on this for a year) has gone onto a Level 10 in less than 10 weeks! This program gave him such confidence! If this program works for the most vulnerable, then surely it will work for the high flyers as well!
Students experience success and this success then catapaults them onto wanting to achieve more! Suddenly children who were reluctant readers are beginning to want to read all the time! It is also such an easy link between home and school. Parents have truly been grateful for this program and they also have noticed the difference in their children’s confidence.
Suzie Coster, Teacher – Year 1, NSW