The Word Machine Programmes 1-10 (2000)

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Film details

Featuring

Aidan Cook
Country

United Kingdom
Year

2000
Type

Television

Synopsis

The first ten programmes of a 25-part phonics special series designed to help primary teachers teach the phonic element of reading. Using graphics, animation, real-world action, rhyme, wordplay, onset and rime, and song, each programme has a single teaching focus that relates to a particular group of phonemes. The programme titles and themes are: `The Big, big book' initial single letter phonemes; `Finish it off' final single letter phonemes; `Look for the H!' initial ch, sh; `Rhyme time' onset and rime; `The Big Bog Bug' CVC words with short vowel a; `Get a pet!' CVC words with a short vowel e; `The Fix-it Kid' CVC words with short vowel i; `The Mop Top Lot' CVC words with short vowel o; `Mum's the word' CVC words with short vowel u; `The Friendly Enders' words ending in ff, ll, ss, ck, ng.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - presenter
    
    Aidan Cook
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Production Company
    
    Open Mind Productions
  - Commissioning Company
    
    Channel Four Learning