Trugs is a phonics reading resource that harnesses the power of play:
Teach Reading Using Games, a groundbreaking solution designed to make learning to read an enjoyable and effective experience. If you’re a parent or guardian seeking a supportive tool for your child’s literacy journey. Trugs is an innovative method to assist students with dyslexia and other literacy difficulties, trugs is here to make a remarkable difference.
Sometimes it can be a struggle to engage children with dyslexia and literacy challenges, trugs steps in to fill the gap, by infusing the learning process with laughter, play, and enjoyment, trugs transforms reading practice into an exciting adventure that both children and adults can embark upon together.
With games like Guess it, Match it, and Take it, trugs makes reading practice enjoyable and effective. Each stage is thoughtfully explained through explanation cards, removing any complexity and ensuring seamless learning.
The structure of Trugs was developed with the expertise of a dyslexia specialist to support all to read.
If you have been searching for a simple, effective, fun and quick game to play to boost reading ability, with children of all ages….you need look no further. trugs ‘does exactly what it says on the tin’ – teach reading using games.
Polly Bennett, NASEN Special Magazine
trugs at Home 1
trugs at Home 1. Approx Reading Age 6 - 7.5 yrs
Ideal for parents and tutors, trugs is a high quality synthetic phonics reading resource that is based on traditional card games, so you can help your child through the process of learning to read without needing any training!
Play the games at each of the 5 stages in each box or pack. The synthetic phonics structure has been put into 15 stages, with 5 stages in each of 3 Boxes or Packs. Each stage builds on the one before, making it easy to follow.
Every time a child plays the card games, they are practising, reinforcing and consolidating a reading stage without realising it because of the fun element in the games. The card games, (called Get it, Match it and Take it) are fun and competitive, they hardly notice the reading element and that’s why trugs works and that’s why your children will want to come back for more – to win or to beat you!
Readers of all ages, not just those with dyslexia, can improve their reading by playing trugs.
Box & Pack 1 - First stages of phonics. word examples
| Box 1/Pack 1 - First stages of phonics. | word examples |
| Stage 1 - three letter words, consonant-vowel-consonant | dog, hen |
| Stage 2 - four or five letter words, consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant | crab, shed |
| Stage 3 - four or five letter words, consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant | stung, fresh |
| Stage 4 - words which can be split in half, words with two syllables | fabric, ticket |
| Stage 5 - words which contain the following sounds | ar, or, er, ur, ir |
Trugs Box 1 and Pack 1 contains:
- 360 cards making 3 Card Games at 5 structured levels of words.
- 1 Instruction Booklet
(Range of words are compatible with, but virtually all different to, the words included in the school boxes).
You can also choose the new, lower cost, Trugs at Home A4 Printed Pack. This contains all 360 cards making 3 Card Games at 5 structured levels of words. Each A4 page is laid out with 9 cards, printed in the UK on high quality card, with accurate cutting marks to create your own packs of cards and store in your own boxes.
All prices shown in VAT at 20% (UK rate)
trugs at Home 2
Ideal for parents and tutors, trugs is a high quality synthetic phonics reading resource that is based on traditional card games, so you can help your child through the process of learning to read without needing any training!
Play the games at each of the 5 stages in each box. The synthetic phonics structure has been put into three boxes totalling 15 stages. Each stage builds on the one before, making it easy to follow.
Every time a child plays the card games, they are practising, reinforcing and consolidating a reading stage without realising it because of the fun element in the games. The card games, (called Get it, Match it and Take it) are fun and competitive, they hardly notice the reading element and that’s why trugs works and that’s why your children will want to come back for more – to win or to beat you!
Readers of all ages, not just those with dyslexia, can improve their reading by playing trugs.
| Box 2 - Second stages of phonics | word examples |
| Stage 6 - split digraph (vowel - consonant-e) | make, these, fine, code, tuneful |
| Stage 7 - vowel digraphs and trigraphs | snail, seen, light, boat, statue |
| Stage 8 - alternative vowel digraphs | boy, out, paw |
| Stage 9 - two syllable words | limit, pilot |
| Stage 10 - three syllable words | consider, discontent |
Trugs at Home Presentation Box contains:
- 360 cards making 3 Card Games at 5 structured levels of words.
- Card Holder for the 5 Stages
- 1 Instruction Booklet
(Range of words are compatible with, but virtually all different to, the words included in the school boxes)
You can also choose the new, lower cost, Trugs at Home A4 Printed Pack. This contains all 360 cards making 3 Card Games at 5 structured levels of words. Each A4 page is laid out with 9 cards, printed in the UK on high quality card, with accurate cutting marks to create your own packs of cards and store in your own boxes.
All prices shown in VAT at 20% (UK rate)
trugs at Home Box 3
Ideal for parents tutors, trugs is a high quality synthetic phonics reading resource that is based on traditional card games, so you can help your child through the process of learning to read without needing any training!
Play the games at each of the 5 stages in each box. The synthetic phonics structure has been put into three boxes totalling 15 stages. Each stage builds on the one before, making it easy to follow.
Every time a child plays the card games, they are practising, reinforcing and consolidating a reading stage without realising it because of the fun element in the games. The card games, (called Get it, Match it and Take it) are fun and competitive, they hardly notice the reading element and that’s why trugs works and that’s why your children will want to come back for more – to win or to beat you!
Readers of all ages, not just those with dyslexia, can improve their reading by playing trugs.
| Box 3 - Third stages of phonics. | Word examples. |
| Stage 11 ‘c’ as in /s/ | mice, pencil, succeed |
| Stage 12 ‘g’ as in /j/ | gem, page, rigid |
| Stage 13 consonant-le | candle, sensible |
| Stage 14 four syllable words | independent |
| Stage 15 suffixes with ‘ti’ ‘ci’ ‘si’ | electrician |
Box contains:
- 360 cards making 3 Card Games at 5 structured levels of words.
- 1 Instruction Booklet
(Range of words are compatible with, but virtually all different to the words included in the school boxes)
All prices shown in VAT at 20% (UK rate)
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