The Talking Oaks

Feeling lost teaching phonics? Too many rules, too many exceptions?

That’s why we created
The Talking Oaks Phonics Subscription.

Structured into 3 levels:
🌱 Acorn
🌿 Young Oaks
🌳 Mighty Oaks

With over 260 videos covering:
✔️ Letter sounds
✔️ Sound variations
✔️ Blends
✔️ Advanced concepts like:
• Silent letters
• Schwa
• Silent-final e
• R-controlled vowels
• Morphology

No more guessing.
No more confusing YouTube searches.

📩 Start supporting your child the right way.
Subscribe now and enjoy a FREE 7-day trial.

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✏️ Does correct letter formation really matter?

Yes — more than most people realise.

When children are not taught proper letter formation early, they may:
🔄 reverse letters more often
🐢 write slowly and inefficiently
😣 feel frustrated during writing tasks

But strong letter formation helps children:
✔️ reduce reversals
✔️ write faster and more smoothly
✔️ improve spelling and reading fluency

Because writing and reading are deeply connected.
Strong writing habits support stronger readers. 💡

Starting correctly from the beginning makes learning much easier later on.

📩 Join our Phonics Foundation Workshop to learn how to teach letter formation the right way.

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🧩 Your child can’t blend? It may not be the child.

Sometimes we hear:
“muh… oh… puh…”
…and wonder why the child looks confused. 😵‍💫

But blending becomes much easier when sounds are modelled clearly:
✨ “mmm… ooo… p…” → mop

When children struggle with blending, the issue is not always ability.
It could be:
✔️ unclear sound pronunciation
✔️ ineffective teaching technique
✔️ weak phonemic awareness skills

Blending difficulties can feel frustrating for both adults and children — but with the right approach, reading starts to click much faster. 💡

Small changes in sound modelling can create BIG improvements in reading confidence.

📩 Want your child to blend quickly and confidently?
Join our phonics workshop and learn the key to blending success.

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💬 “My English is not good… can I still teach my child phonics?”

Yes — absolutely. 💛

You don’t need perfect English to support your child’s reading journey.
What matters more is having the right guidance and the willingness to learn alongside them.

In fact, many parents discover that when they learn phonics:
✨ their pronunciation improves
✨ their spelling becomes clearer
✨ their confidence in English grows too

When parents grow, children grow with them. 🌱

You do not have to figure everything out alone.
We’re here to guide you step by step.

📩 Join our workshop or subscribe to start learning with confidence.

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📚✨ “Why is your child reading faster than mine? They’re in the same school…”

The answer is often bigger than school alone.

Strong reading growth doesn’t happen from one person doing all the work.

🔺 Teacher guides
🏠 Parent reinforces
🌱 Child practises

When these three work together, learning becomes stronger, faster, and more effective.

Reading success isn’t only built in the classroom — what happens at home matters too. Small moments of practice, consistency, and support can make a huge difference. 💡

Want to support your child’s reading journey with confidence?

📩 Join our phonics workshop and learn how to guide and support your child the right way.

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🤔 Interested in our phonics workshops, but not sure where to start? This is for you!

📚 Phonics Foundation
Designed for parents and teachers working with children under 4 years old.

You’ll learn:
🔤 Core letter sounds
👂 Phonemic awareness
🧩 Blending & segmenting
✏️ Correct letter formation

Everything needed to build a strong foundation for future reading and writing.

📖 Phonics Essential
Designed for children above 4 years old.

We move beyond the basics into:
✨ Consonant blends & digraphs
✨ Diphthongs & schwa sound
✨ Silent final E & long vowels
✨ Spelling patterns & generalisation

Because confident readers don’t just memorise — they understand how English works. 💡

Not sure which workshop suits your child or classroom best?
📩 DM us — we’ll recommend the best starting point for you.

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🫣❓How confusing can the “oe” Sound be?

YouTube video taught us that oe makes ‘ow’ in toe but how about ‘shoe’?”

➡️ Truth is …. While oe makes ‘ow’ sound, but oe can also make ‘oo’ sound! Like in shoe and canoe.

Are you tired of searching on YouTube and getting the wrong information? 😪 The Talking Oaks phonics subscription is all you need!

With over 2️⃣ 6️⃣ 0️⃣ videos covering:
✅ Letter sounds,
✅ Sound variations,
✅ Blends and phonograms

And advanced concepts like:
❇️ Silent letters,
❇️ Schwa,
❇️ Magic-e,
❇️ R-controlled vowels,
❇️ Morphology.

No more guessing.
No more confusion.

Help your child read with confidence. 🔥

Click the link in bio to subscribe now! FREE trial for 7 days! 🥰

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Why does “make” become “making”?
Why do some words double the consonant before adding -ing?

In this lesson from our Young Oaks level, children learn important spelling rules such as:
• dropping silent -e
• doubling consonants
• the 1-1-1 rule
and more.

Instead of memorising words randomly, children learn the patterns and logic behind English spelling.

At The Talking Oaks, we explicitly teach both reading and spelling skills through a structured literacy approach.

🌱 Acorn
Build foundational phonics skills

🌿 Young Oaks
Decode more complex words, learn spelling patterns, and word building

🌳 Mighty Oaks
Explore advanced phonics, morphology, syllabication, and complex spelling concepts

Our programme covers:
• phonics foundations
• digraphs & trigraphs
• long vowels
• diphthongs
• spelling rules
• syllabication
• morphology
• advanced decoding and spelling concepts

Because strong readers also need strong spelling foundations.

Subscribe to The Talking Oaks website and enjoy a 7-day free trial. Link in bio 🔗

🧠💧 Why isn’t the learning going in?

You can prepare the best lesson, the best materials, even the perfect structure…
but if a child isn’t paying attention, learning becomes very difficult.

Attention is the gateway to learning.
🚫 No attention = no real input.

It’s like trying to pour water into a bottle with the cap still on.
The information is there… but nothing is getting in.

That’s why effective teaching isn’t just about what we teach —
it’s also about knowing how to capture and sustain a child’s attention. 🎯

👨‍👩‍👧 Want to learn practical ways to engage children during phonics learning?
📩 Join our Phonics Workshop and discover how to activate your child’s attention for better learning outcomes.

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English has rules…
but also many sound variations.

In this lesson from our Mighty Oaks level, children learn that the vowel team “ei” can represent different sounds in different words.

This helps children move beyond memorisation and become flexible, confident readers and spellers.

At The Talking Oaks, our literacy pathway grows with the child through three structured levels:

🌱 Acorn
🌿 Young Oaks
🌳 Mighty Oaks

Covering:
• core sounds
• digraphs & trigraphs
• long vowels
• diphthongs
• syllabication
• morphology
• advanced phonics concepts and more

Because strong literacy development should be explicit, systematic, and meaningful.

Subscribe to The Talking Oaks membership and explore our lessons with a 7-day free trial. Link in bio 🔗