10 minutes a day is all you need to learn to read! This bright, lively CD-ROM featuring Big Cat and his friends provides all you need to teach synthetic phonics in a fast, fun, systematic way.

* Developed by teachers for teachers, Collins Big Cat Phonics is easy to use and be sure you are getting it right.

* Every session runs automatically - so you can concentrate on observing and assessing your children's progress.

* Structured daily sessions provide fast, focused phonic fun, with lots of repetition and practice for reading and writing. Big Cat and his friends introduce you to 42+ phonemes through 10 minute daily sessions, helping every child learn how to become readers and writers.

Collins Big Cat Phonics teaches children to:
- hear the sound
- read the graphemes that represent the sound
- blend the sounds through the word
- segment the sounds into words
- read and write sentences which put all they've learned into practice.

* Interactive games also help consolidate phonic skills and engage children.

* The programme is designed to be flexible: use on interactive whiteboards with large groups or by individual children on PCs.

This book is part of a book series called Collins Big Cat Software .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

This book was published 2006 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Collins UK has been publishing educational and informative books for almost 200 years. Kay Hiatt has held the posts of literacy coordinator, deputy head teacher and head teacher, registered Ofsted inspector and trainer for the EYFS stage.