Welcome to Switch Learning
Switch Learning Limited was created by Racheal Bell after a 20 year career in education. Racheal has extensive experience working with children, and their families, who have specific learning and behaviour needs.
Early Childhood Centres and Schools have an increasing number of students needing specialist support and resources to cater for the range of learning and behaviour needs. This demand has been the inspiration to create Switch Learning, an online store for parents, teachers, SENCo’s, resource teachers, private providers, speech therapists and occupational therapists.
If you are struggling to find resources that cater for specific learning or behaviour needs we are happy to offer advice or source suitable products.
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Developed by William Van Cleave
- printed on heavy card stock
- usable with many multisensory approaches to language study
- Orton-Gillingham based
- basic set includes spelling deck and consonant and vowel decks for reading (144 cards)
- advanced deck includes stable syllable and connective decks for reading and spelling (122 cards)
- keywords match Everything You Want to Know and Where to Find It
$36.00
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2nd Edition
Usable as a standalone or with Everything You Want To Know & Exactly Where to Find It
- 180 5.5”x4” cards, printed on heavy card stock
- usable with many multisensory approaches to language study
- Orton-Gillingham based
- includes 36 prefixes (green card stock), 47 Latin roots (white card stock), 35 combining forms (grey card stock), and 59 connectives, stable syllables, and suffixes (red card stock) as well as instructions
$55.20
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William Van Cleave
This text serves as a teacher’s reference tool for instructing students using the Orton-Gillingham & other multisensory approaches. Easy to use format, essential teaching principles, expansive word lists covering basic and advanced concepts, index of commonly used resources, short history of the language and dozens of updated lists.
Key features:
- easy-to-use format
- essential teaching principles
- expansive word lists covering basic and advanced concepts
- hints for teachers
- index of commonly used resources
- short history of the language
- dozens of updated lists
$65.00
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As teachers grapple with the challenge of a new, bigger and more challenging school curriculum, at every key stage and phase, success can feel beyond our reach. But what if there were 50,000 small solutions to help us bridge that gap?
In Closing the Vocabulary Gap, the author explores the increased demands of an academic curriculum and how closing the vocabulary gap between our ‘word poor’ and ‘word rich’ students could prove the vital difference between school failure and success.
This must-read book presents the case for teacher-led efforts to develop students’ vocabulary and provides practical solutions for teachers across the curriculum, incorporating easy-to-use tools, resources and classroom activities.
$30.00
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Finding Your Voice with Dyslexia and other SpLDs is an essential guide to living with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties (SpLDs). The book provides readers with a practical guide to expressing and developing ideas and feelings.
Uniquely designed for dyslexic/ SpLD readers, this book discusses how individual people function and will help readers to:
•understand how they think
•know what they can do to maintain clear thinking
•know how they can positively contribute to any situation in which they find themselves.
When people with SpLD find their voice, they gain the self-esteem and confidence to tackle all elements of life (study, employment, general living) and to negotiate sucessfully with those around them. The book contains stories, insights, examples, tips and exercises, presented in a user-friendly way throughout. The book has also been designed for non-linear reading and each chapter includes a ‘dipping-in’ section to guide the reader.
The book does not have to be read as solid, continuous text from start to finish: it can be read more like a travel guide.
As well as providing vital assistance to people with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties, this book will benefit anyone supporting, living or working with dyslexic/ SpLD people by helping them to understand more about the dyslexic/ SpLD world.
$50.00
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There is a myth that English spelling is unnecessarily complex, and it is spread by those who don’t understand the writing system. Spelling for Life offers lucid, accessible tools which help to reveal that, when explicitly and systematically taught, spelling is scientific, law-abiding and even elegant.
Using a synthesis of theory, research and teaching experience, the fascinating nature of English spelling is systematically teased out. The examples and exercises throughout offer an encouraging, accessible way to implement the program of study and strive to reveal the beauty of spelling. Spelling for Life enables teachers and students to:
• learn what the common spelling coping strategies are;
• gain insights into undoing poor spelling habits;
• work together to reveal patterns not only in regular spelling, but also in words which on the surface seem to break the spelling rules;
• practise successful spelling strategies, progressing from simple to complex words rapidly and with confidence.
This new and improved edition includes updated spelling techniques as well as new chapters on orthographic mapping, spelling assessment, teaching consonant clusters well and suffixing rules. Aided by example lessons, formative assessments, unique tools, a scope and sequence, and extensive practice lists, this highly acclaimed overview of spelling succeeds in developing theory and practice in the writing system for teacher and student alike.
$50.00
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Morpheme Magic: Lessons to Build Morphological Awareness for Year 5 – 13
Systematic and explicit morpheme lessons, teaching activities, and more will create morphological awareness for teachers and students alike! Fifty-three lessons, covering suffixes, prefixes, roots, and Greek combining forms, share a systematic routine that draws from the research on how we develop deep word knowledge. This program is sure to enhance advanced word study while building interest and curiosity about words.
Morpheme Magic Wall Cards (8.5 X 11 cardstock)
Appealing and informational morpheme reference cards for when teachers and students need a quick morpheme review or reminder. Post these in the classroom to support the Morpheme Magic lessons. These cards are built into many of the lesson activities, or can serve as a stand-alone for learning anytime during the day.
“This handbook will be welcomed by teachers who have been looking for a flexible and manageable set of lessons on common morphemes.” Dr Lousia Moats
Recommended to purchase as a Book & Wall Card Combo. Book and cards also sold separately.
$85.00 – $176.00Buy Now : Book & Wall Card Combo - Book - Wall Cards
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Students will love playing to practice parts of speech, word order and sentence development.
Race your opponents by creating longer and better sentences in this exciting sentence building game!
Learn how words function together to build sentences. Be the first to rid your hand of all the cards while matching parts of speech.
Two double decks for one great price!
$30.00
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Use fidget toys while sitting on the mat or in anxious situations to improve focus and, reduce stress. Bright colours, quiet action and mindless “fiddlebility” make this the perfect fidget toy. The 3 rings are seamlessly attached to each other, and rotate around each other in surprising and various ways. Grip the rings, or slip a finger in any of them, and swing away with abandon. Enrich the “sensory diet” of your students. Our “fiddles” may look like toys to the untrained eye, but they are truly serious business tools. Kinesthetic learners will focus better and absorb information more quickly if they have something to do with their hands.
Colours may vary – randomly selected.
Also available in our fidget pack SKU: FIDPACK
$6.00
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Sensory Bookmark – a cool tactile fidget for home, school, work, or anywhere in between.
As a “bookmark,” it discreetly fits in with the rest of your desk items without specifically standing out as a sensory tool. Run your fingertips across 4 different textured sections – small bumps, larger bumps, straight lines, and diagonal lines. The lines have a more mild feel while the bumps have a more pronounced feel for different levels of tactile input.
$12.00
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The fidget toy that twists, spins and rotates! We know that when our “floating attention” is dedicated to a mindless task, the rest of our attention can focus better learning. Good fidget toys are quiet, look good to the eye and feel good in your hands. Gyrobi provides both! You can hold it comfortably and spin the colorful plastic rings in fascinating ways with the touch of a finger. Gyrobi brings together the science of gyroscopes and the pleasure of absent-minded fidgeting.
Also available in our fidget pack SKU: FIDPACK
$6.00
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You have to see it to believe it — this die really does have THIRTY sides (they are a little hard to count, so we recommend that you take our word for it).
Use the Alphabet Die to enhance language-based learning activities and add pizzaz to lessons that have gone stale.
- Custom-made, engraved and inked for long-term use and wear.
- The perfect size for little hands!
- Use to practice letter identification, sound identification, or word and story building
- “Wild” spaces allow for fun competition and creativity
- Suitable for use with any curriculum and compatible with Orton-Gillingham based programs
- Part of the Kendore Learning collection of multisensory teaching tools.
$8.00
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Crazy Shorts phonics card games help children recognize and understand short vowels by playing a card game similar to Crazy 8s, only with words! They sound out a word, and then make up a CRAZY sentence using that word. This gets them belly-laughing and having fun!
Each deck contains 63 cards (52 word cards, 7 wild cards, and 4 miss your turn cards).
Switch Learning is proud to be the exclusive distributor of Sound Readers products in New Zealand and Australia. Contact Us for a shipping quote to Australia.
$40.00
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Morpheme Magic: Lessons to Build Morphological Awareness for Year 5 – 13
Systematic and explicit morpheme lessons, teaching activities, and more will create morphological awareness for teachers and students alike! Fifty-three lessons, covering suffixes, prefixes, roots, and Greek combining forms, share a systematic routine that draws from the research on how we develop deep word knowledge. This program is sure to enhance advanced word study while building interest and curiosity about words.
Morpheme Magic Wall Cards (8.5 X 11 cardstock)
Appealing and informational morpheme reference cards for when teachers and students need a quick morpheme review or reminder. Post these in the classroom to support the Morpheme Magic lessons. These cards are built into many of the lesson activities, or can serve as a stand-alone for learning anytime during the day.
“This handbook will be welcomed by teachers who have been looking for a flexible and manageable set of lessons on common morphemes.” Dr Lousia Moats
Recommended to purchase as a Book & Wall Card Combo. Book and cards also sold separately.
$85.00 – $176.00Buy Now : Book & Wall Card Combo - Book - Wall Cards
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Teach and reinforce advanced literacy concepts with the Kendore set of five advanced card decks. Each deck includes instructions for multiple games that can be played one-on-one or in a small group. Cards are vibrant and made to last for years of play.
- Unlock REVLOC – Syllable Types
- Giant vs. Cyclops – Hard and Soft C and G
- Tiger Trek – R-controlled Vowels
- Socrateaser – Greek Patterns
- CaesarPleaser – Latin Patterns
Switch Learning is proud to be the exclusive distributor of Kendore Learning products in New Zealand and Australia. Contact Us for a shipping quote to Australia.
$130.00
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Make learning fun with Kendore Learning’s card games. Our Beginner Set includes five card decks that introduce and reinforce early literacy concepts. Each deck contains more than 100 cards and includes instructions for multiple games that can be played one-on-one or in a small group. Cards are vibrant and made to last for years of play.
- Code Quest — Vowels and Consonants
- Boat Trip – Vowel Teams
- Magic Bridge – Vowel Consonant E
- Cops and Criminals – Sight Words
- Strawberry Smash – Consonant Blends
Switch Learning is proud to be the exclusive distributor of Kendore Learning products in New Zealand and Australia. Contact Us for a shipping quote to Australia.
$130.00
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Have fun and save money with our Ten Card Deck Value Pack! Teach and reinforce literacy concepts ranging from consonants and vowels to Greek and Latin patterns (and everything in between). Each deck contains instructions for multiple card games for one-on-one and small group instruction.
- Code Quest — Vowels and Consonants
- Boat Trip – Vowel Teams
- Magic Bridge – Vowel Consonant E
- Cops and Criminals – Sight Words
- Strawberry Smash – Consonant Blends
- Unlock REVLOC – Syllable Types
- Giant vs. Cyclops – Hard and Soft C and G
- Tiger Trek – R-controlled Vowels (NEW DECK)
- Socrateaser – Greek Patterns
- CaesarPleaser – Latin Patterns
Switch Learning is proud to be the exclusive distributor of Kendore Learning products in New Zealand and Australia. Contact Us for a shipping quote to Australia.
$255.00
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Two decks, so many games!
Practice both Latin and Greek patterns with this fun game combo! Each deck contains instructions for fast-paced and fun learning games!
Switch Learning is proud to be the exclusive distributor of Kendore Learning products in New Zealand and Australia. Contact Us for a shipping quote to Australia.
$48.00
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Now there’s an easy way to store your Kendore Card Decks. The Kendore Card Caddy is the perfect storage solution for our double card decks — keeping them neat, organized, and protected. Never misplace a card again!
- Durable, 4 x 6 plastic box with easy-to-close latch
- Makes clean-up quick for little hands
- Clear — easy to see what is inside
- Stackable — keep your collection together
- Packable — great for on-the-go tutors
Switch Learning is proud to be the exclusive distributor of Kendore products in New Zealand and Australia.
$4.00
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Practice your syllable types and unlock the skills to building and breaking down multisyllabic words! This double deck set includes an answer card and instructions for Crazy Eights, War and MORE! Can be used to improve single syllable recognition and expanded for 2 or 3+ syllable games.
Switch Learning is proud to be the exclusive distributor of Kendore products in New Zealand and Australia.
$26.95
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Toss and Teach features 18 built-in pockets. Fill the pockets with cards (either Kendore cards or your own) and let the fun begin.
- Toss and Teach measures 16 inches
- 18 clear pockets — permanently attached and very durable
- Pockets measure 3 x 4
- Use with Kendore Card Decks or fill with any flash cards (you can even make your own!)
- Not recommended for use at a real beach — the sand is really hard to get out of the pockets
$20.00
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er ur ir ar or – these sounds can be confusing!
If you’ve ever seen your students writing brn, grl or brithday (instead of burn, girl and birthday) this deck is for you! Play fun-filled games to build R-controlled vowel reading and spelling skills. War, Rummy, Memory and MORE game options allow students to practice reading and spelling words with R-controlled vowels and their consonant blend counterparts.
$26.95
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Don’t get smashed! Play games to practice initial and final consonant blends. Real and nonsense words add to the challenge. Information cards and instructions are included for seven lively card games, including one that can be played in a small group. Words feature beginning blends, ending blends or both.
Reinforce consonant blends while having fun! Watch this handy clip for ideas on how to use Strawberry Smash.
$26.95
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Master the concept of Bridge ‘e’ (aka, Magic ‘e’, Sneaky ‘e’, or Silent ‘e’). Instructions included for five lively card games. Play familiar games with added twists to reinforce learning.
Deck includes 116 word cards featuring closed and Bridge ‘e’ syllable types. Also included are specialty game cards and blank cards for you to add your own words. An explanation card teaches the rules behind Bridge ‘e.’
Play your way to reading and spelling success! Learn how to use this card deck in this handy clip Magic Bridge.
$26.95
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Enjoy the battle of the Giant versus the Cyclops! Learning the rules of Hard and Soft C and G has never been this entertaining.
Deck includes 112 one- and two-syllable words. Real and nonsense words add to the challenge and enable students to learn to decode thousands of words. Blank cards allow you to add your own words. Words vary in difficulty, making this game appropriate for all ages.
Includes instruction cards for six lively games, including Rummy, Grab, Slap, Crazy Sounds and more. Also includes a card explaining the C and G rules!
$26.95
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Two decks, so many games! Play Go Fish, Crazy Eights, War and MORE! Card decks can be used separately to practice quick and automatic sound recognition or together to improve blending.
Code Quest: Consonant Party Deck comes complete with two of each of the 28 consonant sounds (includes digraphs), instruction, explanation and wild cards. Cards also feature shapes and numbers so you can use our rules or make up your own to play your way to sound automaticity!
$26.95
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