20/08/2026
Why I align sentence practice with phonics first.
Students need a growing understanding of syntax to put their ideas into well-formed sentences.
When a sentence task uses words a student can’t yet decode, they’re doing two jobs at once, not one.
I couldn’t find sentence practice that matched the phonics scope and sequence I was using with my students.
So I built it.
Each Fix it! pack is aligned with the phonics knowledge students are already developing as readers.
One tutor who trialled it put it simply.
“There are plenty of games that support word reading but I haven’t found any good ones with longer phrases or with a writing focus, so these fill that gap.”
— Kirstin, Literacy Tutor, Mackay.
When it comes to writing, student confidence can begin at the sentence level.
15/08/2026
The students who need the most practice are often the least willing to practise.
That’s something I think about a lot when I’m planning literacy sessions.
The learning doesn’t always need to change.
Sometimes, the way we practise it does.
Explicit teaching still matters. So does repetition. So does feedback.
But practice can also give students something to do with what they’ve learned.
Read it. Sort it. Build it. Make a decision. Talk about it. Try again.
That’s a big part of the thinking behind Fix it!
The sentence instruction is explicit and sequenced. The practice gives students repeated opportunities to apply that learning through play.
Sometimes, changing the format is what helps students come back to the same important learning again.
Fix It! Founding Educator access closes 19 August.
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Founding Educator bundle orders also receive the bonus Teaching Supplement and Practice Mat, with explicit teaching routines and additional activities to extend the learning
14/08/2026
Aurora is my daughter, so she’s been around Fix it! for a long time.
She’s seen the cards, heard me talk about them and, of course, she’s played the game.
But then she did something I wasn’t expecting.
She wrote about it.
She wrote that she loved playing Fix it!. She compared it to one of her favourite games, Yeet. She called it “the best thing in the world.”
And then she drew a map from school to home, with Fix it! waiting for her at the end.
Admittedly, she may be a slightly biased Fix it! reviewer. 😂
But I loved this for a different reason.
Nobody asked her to write it.
She chose to write about something she’d enjoyed doing. And after all the time I’ve spent trying to create sentence practice that students actually want to come back to, that felt pretty special.
That’s what I wanted Fix it! to be.
The teaching still matters. The sentence knowledge still matters. The practice still needs to be purposeful.
But the practice can also be something kids want to play again.
Fix it! Founding Educator access closes 19 August.
Comment FIXIT and I’ll send you the pre-order link.
Founding Educator bundle orders also receive the bonus Teaching Supplement and Practice Mat, with explicit teaching routines and additional activities to extend the learning.
