Brain Games: Fun & Phonics
Foundations of Fluency – Mastering 50 Essential Sound Patterns with Collaborative Learning Activities & Silly Sentences
By Sarah Janisse Brown, Creator of Dyslexia Games
Brain Games: Fun & Phonics is the eighth and final workbook in Dyslexia Games Series A. It is designed for children who have completed Books 1 through 7 and are ready to take the next step in building foundational fluency. This book builds upon all the skills students have already mastered—visual tracking, symbol decoding, handwriting fluency, and pattern recognition—using more complex language games and phonics challenges that bring it all together in a creative, collaborative format.
This workbook is ideal for children ages 5 to 10 who are learning to read, struggling with phonics, or facing challenges related to dyslexia, ADHD, or auditory processing delays. It introduces 50 of the most important sound patterns in the English language using research-backed, right-brain teaching strategies that align with the Science of Reading.
Through a joyful progression of activities including word art, tracing, silly sentence creation, handwriting, and sound-based puzzles, children practice reading and spelling in a way that feels natural and fun. Each lesson is designed to activate both hemispheres of the brain while strengthening the neural pathways needed for literacy.
This book supports:
- Mastery of over 50 key phonics patterns through real-word practice
- Letter-sound awareness and handwriting fluency
- Collaborative sentence creation for memory building
- Multisensory engagement (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, emotional)
- Confidence in spelling, reading, and writing through joyful learning
- Internalization of patterns instead of memorization of lists
Rather than using flashcards or worksheets filled with drills, this book embraces the natural ways dyslexic children learn—through emotion, movement, and creativity. With each activity, students form deep associations with words by experiencing them in art, humor, repetition, and connection. Every silly sentence is a chance to build vocabulary, sentence structure, memory, and community.
The book is also designed to strengthen capital-lowercase letter recognition, support word pattern discovery, and develop visual and motor fluency. Coloring sections offer mental breaks that keep right-brain learners engaged while reinforcing the patterns.
This workbook is perfect for use at home, in classrooms, in homeschool groups, and in therapy settings. It is especially effective in collaborative environments where students can learn alongside peers, parents, or teachers. The program is flexible enough to adapt to a variety of learning environments, and gentle enough for the most sensitive learners.
If your child has completed Dyslexia Games Series A Books 1–7, they are now ready for this final challenge. Book 8 brings everything together to prepare your child for more traditional reading and writing tasks with new confidence and joy.
