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How Phonemies® Help Children Say Speech Sounds (Phonemes) More Clearly

"Why can’t my child say certain sounds clearly?"


Do you worry that your child says words differently, leaves sounds out, or is difficult for others to understand?
 

Many parents wonder:

  • “Why can’t my child say certain sounds?”

  • “Why does my child say words wrong?”

  • “Will my child grow out of unclear speech?”

  • “How can I help my child pronounce words correctly?”
     

The first step is helping your child hear the target English speech sounds clearly.
 

Phonemies® are Phonetic Symbols for Kids that make speech sounds visible, fun and engaging. Each Phonemie® represents a single speech sound and can be listened to again and again, allowing your child to hear exactly what they are aiming to produce.

Instead of being told, “No, say it like this,” children can play with the sounds, listen to them, explore them and have a go themselves. The characters make practising speech sounds enjoyable, which increases motivation and encourages children to keep trying.
 

Whether your child is a late talker, has unclear speech, substitutes one sound for another, leaves sounds out of words, or is finding communication frustrating, Phonemies® provide a playful way to explore the speech sounds of English and build confidence in talking.

Phonemies® also show the speech sound code within words by providing a visual representation of each speech sound on its corresponding grapheme. The letters representing each grapheme are clearly identified through Code Mapping®, another feature of the MyWordz® platform. Learn more in The Training Hut ShowtheCode.com

Also see our Guided Giftedness Training Course on ShowTheCode.com 

Guided Giftedness - Birth to Four
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Speech Sound Monsters® were developed within SSP (Australia) to show the sound value of every grapheme in every English word, as written English can otherwise be difficult to understand, particularly for many children with SEN who struggle to make the connection between speech and print. Our non-speaking and minimally speaking learners were also struggling to produce the phonemes expected within phonics programmes. We want to support EVERYONE!

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"Miss Emma uses 'Duck Hands" to segment and blend sounds in words

MyWordz® with MySpeekie® technology, developed by The Reading Hut Ltd and Emma Hartnell-Baker MEd SEN, was supported through the Innovate UK Unlocking Potential Award 2024/ 2025 and is being further developed through Innovate UK Women in Innovation 2026/ 2027. 

© 2026  Speech Sound Mapping from The Reading Hut Ltd. MySpeekie® Phonetic Keyboard with Phonemies®

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