Welcome To The Love and Reilly Website

Authors Elizabeth Love and Sue Reilly are Speech Language Pathologists who also have qualifications in education. They have worked extensively with individuals who have speech and language impairment and have a particular interest in the relationship between language and literacy development. 'Love and Reilly' create affordable products for promoting oral language and literacy in the general classroom, whilst at the same time meeting the needs of language learning disabled individuals. Elizabeth and Sue are also committed to community education about the impact of language on literacy, learning and life skills.

This website offers free newsletter articles and activities about oral language and literacy. It also has information about both our self published and commercially published materials. Please note that commercially published products are only available from the publisher or from educational booksellers, not via this website nor directly from us. Thank you.

WORKSHOPS

Our first full day workshops will be held on Monday March 19th, 9 am - 4 pm. It will cover the important links between oral language and literacy learning. The workshop will be held in Melbourne at the University of Melbourne, Hawthorn campus. Click here for further information and enrollment form.

12% discount for subscribers!

For the month of February we are offering a 12% discount on all 'Love and Reilly' self published products (excluding the packs listed below). If you are not already a subscriber, subscribe now and benefit!
All you need to do is write February Sale on your order form, be it on the shopping cart or on a faxed or mailed order form.

SPECIALS!

PRODUCT PACKS NOW AVAILABLE

Two Love and Reilly resource packages are now available. These will help parents, carers, early childhood workers and teachers to prepare young children for the transition to school and to establish essential foundation early literacy skills.

Save $30 on each pack!

(see below about how to order)

The SCHOOL READINESS Pack

Flips. Sounds Fun & Singing Alphabet Pack.

These 3 products develop language skills essential for school readiness, introduce phonological awareness and teach the links between sounds and letters.

Special price: $89 including GST

The EARLY LITERACY Pack

Wizard, A Box of Rimes - short vowels &

A Box of Rimes - long vowels

These 3 resources show children how to analyze and blend the sounds in words, how to read/decode regular 3 and 4 sounded words and use the consistent sound and letter patterns in word families to read and spell.

Special price: $69 including GST

Ordering: If using the shopping cart, please enter the relevant products and put a message at the end that you wish to order the pack. The total shown will be incorrect but you will be charged at the special price. The same applies if you fax or post your order using the order form.

ARTICLES

Newsletter articles numbers 36 and 37 (from May and August this year) have been downloaded to the ARTICLES AND EXTRAS section of the website. If you wish to become a subscriber, just fill out your details to the left of the screen. There is no charge to be on the mailing list. The next newsletter will be sent out in early October.

NEW PRODUCT!

TALKING PICTURES
AVAILABLE NOW!

A kit focusing on pragmatic skills and social awareness.
5 coloured "people filled" A4 scenes with accompanying language activities, speech & thinking bubbles, question prompt cards and even a magnifying glass!
$50 incl. GST

Click here for more information

"HOT TIPS

Choosing the "right" picture book to promote oral language skills is no easy task!
Click here to go to Hot Tips and download a list of suggestions.
You will find a list for primary aged children and another for younger children - 3 and under.

LINKS

Click here go to our updated list of useful Links

A SOUND WAY 2nd edition

Click here for free sample pages of A Sound Way- Phonological Awareness Activities for Early Literacy and CD for an interactive whiteboard was published by Pearson in August 2009. Note that CD can also be used on a PC.

The book and the CD can be purchased separately but the publisher Pearson Education offers the package for $135.

Download information & order form

SINGING ALPHABET PACK

Now includes a CD of 29 tracks. There is a song for each letter of the alphabet plus one each for 'sh', 'ch' and 'th'. Also a 4 page instruction booklet.
A fun and thorough way to introduce and establish reliable sound letter links!

Find out more