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See the Sound - Visual Phonics

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International Communication Learning Institute (ICLI) is the organization that developed Visual Phonics.

From the website:
See the Sound - Visual Phonics is a system of 51 unique hand cues and symbols that represent the sounds of English without the ambiguity of English orthography. Included are the sounds commonly referred to as vowels, consonants, diphthongs and digraphs. It is somewhat of a simplified, visual, kinesthetic version of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Click on the ICLI icon to learn more!


Visual Phonics Trainings - In Person and Online

Visual Phonics trainings are most appropriate for anyone who works with students who are struggling in their beginning reading and writing development, auditory discrimination abilities, and speech production abilities (e.g. struggling students in the general education classroom, students who are in special education, who are deaf and hard of hearing, bilingual).

Initial and Refresher classes are available in online and onsite/in-person formats. Online classes are conducted live via the online video conferencing platform Zoom.​ A Zoom account is not needed to participate.  Interested individuals will need an audio- and video-enabled device to connect to the internet.
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Participants Completing Vowel-Matching Activity
Training participants are provided with much practice and review of the Visual Phonics gestures and print symbols.
Initial Visual Phonics Training Information
Refresher Visual Phonics Classes Information
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Initial In-Person Visual Phonics trainings are at least 10 hours in length over two days. The maximum number of participants for a session is 50 to ensure I can monitor and assist participants in the formation and practice of the Visual Phonics gestures and print symbols.

This information sheet describes the workshop, states the learner objectives, and lists the two day agenda. Just click on it to download.

Refresher Visual Phonics classes are available for those who have previously attended an in-person Visual Phonics training. Verification of attendance is required prior to scheduling.

Refresher classes can be personally-designed to meet your learning needs. Typical refresher classes focus on reviewing the hand shapes, print symbols, implementation ideas, and/or research.


    Questions about in-person Visual Phonics trainings?
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Are you outside Texas? If so, find the trainer nearest you by going to ICLI's trainer's page HERE.

Visual Phonics Resources

When producing the phonemes as you use the Visual Phonics gesture, it is important to pronounce the phonemes correctly and without adding any additional sounds (such as a short u sound after saying the sound for "b"). Review and practice with this video to brush up on your phoneme pronunciation. Have fun!
Phoneme Production Video

Use this website to show students how phonemes are produced.
Iowa Phonetics
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Phonological Awareness sort activity cards, click the picture.
Syllable Types sort activity, click the picture.

Have Fun with Accents

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