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level, activities develop skills in initial and final phoneme discrimination and picture to letter matching, medial vowel identification and letter matching, and segmentation and phoneme blending up to five phonemes. The wide variety of activities allow for a variety of response types from the student. These include clapping syllables, word search, writing medial vowel letters, matching pictures, colouring, circling pictures, circling final consonants, writing the number of syllables, picture blending, oral blending. The resource book has similar positive features as its companion Sea Words: Vocabulary . That is: four types of record forms for monitoring progress at individual, group and class level; clear and unambiguous drawings; photocopiable pages; a broad range of activities and games, and competitive pricing. It also shares a negative feature, which is its lack of explicit labelling on worksheets as to the specific skill being targeted. This may be bothersome when selecting activities and when reminding the facilitator of the desired goal. Nevertheless, along with its companion, this spiral bound book would be a valuable resource for teachers and speech pathologists working in schools.

Crosbie, S., & Wandschneider, S. (2008). Sea words: Phonological awareness . Springwood, Qld: Grow Words; pp. 140; A$60. www.growwords.com.au Katherine Osborne

This blackline reproducible resource book contains pictures and activities for developing phonological awareness at syllable, onset-rime and phoneme levels. All activities relate to the sea and the beach. Extensive activities are provided at each of these levels. At syllable level, activities focus on syllable segmentation (up to three syllables), syllable deletion, syllable blending, and syllable identification. For example: Syllable identification: tentacle/barnacle : Are any parts the same? Syllable deletion: e.g., hammerhead : If I take away head in hammerhead , what’s left? At onset-rime level, activities develop rhyme recognition, rhyme detection (odd one

out), rhyme generation, and written rhyme identification focussing on the endings: ig , un , ip and ing . At phoneme

Speech Pathology Australia National Database

Use the online Speech Pathology Australia National Database when searching for Speech Pathologists Search For A Speech Pathologist Online Speech Pathology

Australia National Database Don’t forget to use and refer your clients to the online Speech Pathology Australia National Database which is currently available on the Speech Pathology Australia website. On the homepage you will find a button on the bottom right hand corner titled ‘Find a Speech Pathologist’ click this button to be linked to the Database.

www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

The online Speech Pathology Australia National Database holds information on all our members, both private and public speech pathologists, Australia wide. If you are looking for a speech pathologist in your local area, it is as simple as entering your Postcode, and ticking the ‘Search surrounding suburbs’ box. Speech Pathology Australia members are encouraged to keep their practice information up-to-date as much as possible either via your online ‘User Profile’ or by contacting National Office. The information you submitted at the time of renewing your membership is entered into the Database. This information will be available online unless you have indicated ‘I do not want these details used for public referrals, private practice directory listings or online searches’ Remember this referral information is both a service to the public and a benefit to the marketing of your own practice/services.

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