DING AND DENT: Bjorem Better Letters®: Educator Edition - Bridging the Phoneme-Grapheme Gap

This innovative tool is designed to demystify the spelling and reading rules that educators know but often find difficult to explain.

For instance, did you know that the letters "ck" produce the "k" sound immediately after a short vowel in a one-syllable word? Or that the vowel team "ay" makes the long "a" sound at the end of a consonant, while "ai" does so at the beginning or middle of a consonant? And did you know that the digraph "ch" can make three different sounds?

The Better Letters® Educator Edition is crafted to make learning the rules of English less intimidating and more accessible for parents, teachers, tutors, and SLPs.

Children need explicit instruction when learning to read and spell, and this deck goes beyond basic phonics rules to help educators teach a variety of reading and spelling rules. It can be used for assessment, documenting progress, and as a tool in reading instruction and intervention.

Designed by children's literacy and speech sound specialist Dr. Kelly Farquharson, PhD, CCC-SLP, and literacy specialist Lauren Kline, M.S., CCC-SLP, A/OGA, these beautifully illustrated, double-sided cards provide clear visual cues without obstructing letter formation. This ensures that students can easily see the letters without being distracted by the illustrations.

The cards include both SLP and teacher-friendly terminology and are categorized to help students learn not only the graphemes but also their corresponding categories, such as six syllable types, consonants, digraphs, short/long vowels, and silent letters.

The intuitive environmental associations of the sound cues help anchor abstract concepts to tangible rules, eliminating the need for lengthy explanations or booklets.

With the Bjorem Better Letters® Educator Edition, teaching the phoneme-grapheme correspondence becomes straightforward and engaging, making it an invaluable resource for educators and speech-language pathologists alike.

Order today and enhance your reading and spelling instruction with this comprehensive and user-friendly tool.

This comprehensive set includes 260 cards, featuring a blend of cue cards, uppercase alphabet cards, and lowercase alphabet cards, making it a versatile resource for instruction and intervention.

133 Better Letters Cards in various categories including: consonants, short vowels in closed syllables, long vowels in open syllables, long vowels in silent-e syllables, r-controlled vowels, digraphs, trigraphs, quadgraphs, silent letters.

3 front/back alphabet identification cards for assessing receptive and/or expressive letter knowledge

92 front/back phonogram cards used to assess letter/sound knowledge

The Bjorem Better Letters® Educator Edition Handbook digital download is your all-in-one, 174-page guide to confidently implementing the science of reading with the unique Bjorem Speech® approach. Designed for speech-language pathologists, educators, and literacy specialists, this comprehensive manual simplifies the complex landscape of phoneme-grapheme connections with clarity, practicality, and inclusivity.

Inside you’ll find:

• What Is Bjorem Better Letters®? – Understand the foundation and philosophy behind this visual and auditory cueing system.
  
• Key Concepts & Terms – Get familiar with terms and ideas essential for sound-to-letter instruction.
  
• Letter Order & Case – Learn practical guidance for introducing letters developmentally and intentionally.
  
• Better Letters® Meets the Science of Reading – Discover how this method aligns with evidence-based literacy instruction.
  
• Place, Manner, and Voicing + Coarticulation – Explore how speech production elements support decoding and spelling.
  
• How to Use Better Letters® – Step-by-step application guides for any setting.
  
• Lesson Examples (tch, oy) – See the method in action with real lesson formats.
  
• Cue-Tips® Audio Files – Access digital support with pronunciation cues.
  
• Inventories – Assessments for decoding, phoneme-grapheme knowledge, letter names, and sound inventories.
  
• Phoneme-Grapheme Reference Guide – An easy-access tool for quick lookups during planning or instruction.
  

Whether you're building foundational reading skills, addressing speech sound disorders, or enhancing classroom literacy, this handbook provides the structure and tools you need to make it happen—research-based, kid-friendly, and inclusive every step of the way.

Perfect for: SLPs • Literacy Specialists • Educators • Interventionists

Great for instruction, intervention, and progress monitoring!

Want to learn how to use this product? Watch the FREE 1.0 PDH course!