Play Roly
A fun, fast start to reading for ages 3-5 at www.playroly.com. Play 2 mins a day and watch your child begin to learn to read.
No teaching needed - simply sing along and roll a ball with your child. Brought to you by Teaching the Way They Learn Corporation:
We provide free, fun, fast learning tools that work. When founders Lisa and Morgan Sturdy saw that it was possible for their dyslexic son to learn to read Harry Potter by age 8, they wanted to prevent reading delays for all children. They embarked on their journey in
25/10/2024
We are delighted to be recognized as a literacy development resource in the recently released guidelines from the Canadian Paediatric Society. An important contribution to Canada’s growing movement to ensure that all of our children learn to read.
Literacy affects every aspect of a child’s life and their functioning in society as an adult. That’s why the CPS is recommending that primary care providers regularly ask about reading routines and any reading difficulties a family or child may experience.
Read the latest CPS guidance for information on how to support literacy in your practice: https://ow.ly/cUNN50TRzMb
14/10/2023
What a thrill to meet the legend Dr. Holly Lane and the amazing team at University of Florida Literacy Institute and hear their presentation today at International Dyslexia Association
05/10/2023
You know who you are!
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
21/07/2023
So pleased to be presenting a poster again this year at IDACon23 in Columbus, OH - hope to see you there! Early Bird registration ends today.
Join us in Columbus, OH. Don't miss the opportunity to cash in on your early-bird discount! Take advantage while you can. The extended early-bird registration ends on July 21, 2023. Check out our newsletter for more: https://ow.ly/ZmzC50PfNVm
18/07/2023
Great podcast! No wonder so many 🇨🇦 teachers are using U”fly”. We ❤️ to hear them explain components of Play Roly:
- why we use face pictures of Roly’s phonemes when we introduce letters (helps phonemic awareness)
- why we playfully teach decoding with just 11 letters at ages 3-5
There’s a Facebook group of UFLI teachers sharing ideas too: UFLI Foundations Community: Building Strong Readers
🎙 Today’s episode features Dr. Holly Lane! This Mom Loves by Kate Winn and Holly unpack foundational reading and spelling instruction, clarifying how we can give all students a strong start to reading and writing
🎧 Listen & Subscribe www.podcast.idaontario.com
📖 UFLI Foundations is a systematic and explicit phonics program. With a scope and sequence for kindergarten to grade 2 students, the program is carefully designed to support educators in providing effective early reading and spelling instruction. The program is composed of a manual (available from Canadian, American, and Australian vendors) as well as free online lesson resources. University of Florida Literacy Institute
Learn More: https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/
Are you a UFLI user? Join the UFLI Foundations Community group on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/712691762601577
13/07/2023
Pleased to be included in this article about Science of Reading resources for parents.
What Parents Can Do This Summer to Ensure Their Child Is Learning to Read Aldeman: Reading is freedom. It opens up the world. But families have to make sure their kids are given the keys to the reading code.
25/06/2023
It’s free to sign up to Play Roly! Then:
· Make Roly with your child
· Click on Today for that day’s video
· Sing along, roll Roly, mimic the prompts
· Expect to answer No to “Does your child understand Roly?” for 1-2 weeks
· Click on “Track” to see each start-to-read skill that your child has learned
Have fun!
16/06/2023
Come and say hi and get a Play Roly sticker for your little one tomorrow! Katie Brock Music will have all the kids smiling, singing and dancing. Hope to see you there!
Join us for a Day of Fun at our Children’s Fair! ☀️
📅 | June 17
📍 | West Van Community Centre
⏰ | 10:00am - 12:30pm
09/06/2023
Uplifting Science of Reading news on our blog today
https://playroly.com/blog/science-of-reading-success-stories/
07/05/2023
Playing with Roly is a playful start to decoding words on your own!
Engaging kids with Roly’s exaggerated phonemes - sssuuuuunnnnn means sun - unlocks 🔐phonemic awareness, a key foundational reading skill that is fun and easy to learn in Play Roly 1.
Play along daily to the six 1.5- minute videos in Play Roly 1 (mmmaaaannn for man, ssssuuunnn for sun, mmmaaat for mat, ssssaaammm for Sam, mmmuuummm for mum, ssssaaat for sat) until your child is fluent in Roly’s language: can easily tell you what Roly is saying by verbally blending his 3 letter-sounds together.
How long does it take for a child to learn Roly’s language? Generally from 1-12 videos.
Once kids learn Roly’s language, they are set up to succeed with the rest of the program where they learn the alphabetic principle and read you these free books:
https://playroly.com/early-reading-through-play-pr6/
05/05/2023
After our own hearts ❤️. This informative episode about the advantages of a Speech to Print approach is a must-hear. Reading Simplified and Phonic Books Ltd founders discuss the research behind the concept and explain how a phoneme-centric approach works.
Our favourite parts: demonstrating exaggerated phonemes in a reading lesson (mmmmaaaaat - what we call “speaking Roly’s language”) and the importance of teaching the alphabetic principle early to help kids “crack the reading code” and get to reading text.
If you’re looking for free decodable books for your emergent readers, check out our free ones here:
https://playroly.com/early-reading-through-play-pr6/
🔥🔥🔥HOT TOPIC! 🔥🔥🔥
Have you heard of a Speech to Print approach but aren't sure what it is? Learn all about it with us and two awesome guests: Marnie Ginsberg and Tami Reis-Frankfort.
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Ep. 147: Hot Topic Series: What is Speech to Print?
🎧 Listen: https://www.literacypodcast.com/podcast
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10/04/2023
Kids needed for fun research project!
Join Play Roly’s spring research program—have fun with your 3 to 6-year-old child while they start to learn to read.
To participate, parent draws Roly’s face on any ball, sings along with their child daily to Roly’s engaging 2-minute videos, and uploads a video of the activity. http://playroly.com/research/
Spend meaningful one-on-one time with your child, boost his/her confidence while learning the essentials needed to start reading, and help us improve Play Roly! Got questions? Email us at [email protected].
01/03/2023
Today is the anniversary of the Ontario Human Rights Commission report - it is time for a bright future for ALL of our kids. Read how schools can “Level the Playground” with early reading skills. Co-written by Dr. Linda Siegel, consultant to the report.
https://playroly.com/blog/level-the-playground-with-early-reading-skills/
25/02/2023
Welcome to Kindergarten items are ready!
Cute postcards and decodable books make it easy to share our highly engaging, parent-friendly Early Reading Resource for ages 3 to 5.
Listed in the Ontario Human Rights Commission report, Play Roly supports a successful start to school. And it’s free!
13/11/2022
😃Team Play Roly: Lisa Sturdy, Dr Linda Siegel and Audrey Plé in front of our poster at the International Dyslexia Association Conference.
Truly grateful to be part of this talented, passionate community and to provide Play Roly at no cost after hearing so many speakers emphasize the importance of foundational skills in the early years and recommend “prevention” as a literacy strategy❤️
17/10/2022
We’re 3! And still growing more parent friendly so young kids can learn essential SOR skills, have fun as they play & start to read with Roly! Our best present? International Dyslexia Association selecting us to present a poster at their conference which happens in 3 weeks! Thank you very much IDA - your support matters! 🙏🏻
06/10/2022
Can’t wait for this talk and others from Drs Linda Siegel, Sharon Vaughn, Nadine Gaab, Fumiko Hoeft and many more! Play Roly has been selected for a poster session at the conference this year!! Come and say hello and check out our poster to learn more about our fun, free, start to read activity for ages 3 to 5. Linda Siegel, Lisa Sturdy and Audrey Plé will be there to answer any questions you may have. See you in San Antonio in November!
Congratulations to Dr. Jack Fletcher! Join us at the IDA Annual Conference to hear the Geschwind Lecture and much more. Register today at www.dyslexiacon.org. Please share and spread the word.
05/10/2022
Grateful for the wonderful humans called teachers who shape our children’s lives on this . Thank you for your dedication, passion and commitment. We see it every day. ❤️
01/10/2022
We kick off with our free “Sun in Sand” book for beginning readers to practice sounding out letters!
The book’s 10 letters match Roly’s letter-sounds.
Playing with Roly’s musical language helps kids overcome barriers to early reading!
Reading this book is the last step in our new research pilot for parents of 3- to 6-year-olds who are not yet sounding out words to read. You can help by sharing or signing up here www.playroly.org/research
Scroll through the photos for your child to read “Fun in Sand” here or on our site: https://playroly.com/early-reading-through-play-pr6/
19/09/2022
Early reading success boosts confidence in learning at school!
11/09/2022
This is a concise description of phonics and why it is important. Play Roly teaches phonemic awareness in modules 1-3, introduces letter names in module 4 and introduces phonics in modules 5 and 6.
Big 5 in under 5: Phonics This is a short overview of what phonics is, why it's important, and a few tips on how to teach it. For more information go to the National Center on Improvi...
22/06/2022
Check out the Certificate of Achievement that kids will receive when they complete Play Roly! All part of our upcoming revamped site now being built. Free 1:1 playful learning for a parent and their 3 to 5 year old
07/05/2022
Playful 1-on-1 learning with you and Roly develops reading skills for your child that 1 in 4 kids struggle to learn in a classroom ❤️
23/04/2022
Play Roly… all you need is love ❤️
10/04/2022
This "must watch, plain English" video is for parents or teachers wanting a fast, pleasant, easy-to-understand explanation of how children read, why struggling readers need more help in phonological development and why early is better.
Learned about this from some fabulous teachers advocating for science of reading practices. Thank you very much Amplify Education Dr. Carolyn Strom This Mom Loves by Kate Winn and all the other teachers and parents working together to get 100% of kids reading well.
https://youtu.be/5ozikJR3oY8
Cortex in the Classroom: Advancing the Science of Reading in the Early Years
Teaching the Way They Learn Foundation
Dr. Linda Siegel and Morgan & Lisa Sturdy are pleased to bring you Play Roly, the first initiative of Teaching the Way they Learn Foundation. Our goal: to prevent reading delays and nurture the joy of reading for ALL kids. One day we hope all children sing and play this 2-minute song and ball-rolling game at age 3+ the way all children sing the alphabet song now. Why? With Play Roly, it is SO EASY to teach ALL children the essential-for-reading skill known as phonological awareness at ages 3 to 5 in order to set them up for reading success at school. (Very often parents and educators have no idea that kids haven’t strengthened this skill age-appropriately - it is really difficult to tell when this is the case). The game is designed so that even children who do not easily discern phonemes within speech can learn age-appropriately with Play Roly (for more see The Science page of our website www.playroly.org). Game play is always the same and kids have no idea they are learning. As children progress from learning the song and ball-rolling, they begin to guess what Roly is “saying” as he speaks his language of 3 letter sounds (held without breaks between to make it easier). Happiness is seeing a preschooler select the 3 sounds Roly will speak to “teach” their toys the game - this is verbal segmenting - an essential skill for learning to read. Verbal. Pre-ABC’s and phonics.
These postcards are being printed and distributed to families and early learning partners in West Vancouver - if you need higher resolution for your area than is on the website, just let us know - we can provide higher resolution files (no charge - this a not-for-profit initiative).
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