Judith Barker

Judith is an English teacher who has taught phonemic awareness to children in Europe, the Middle East, India, and China. While researching a masters in phonology, Judith began to use visual language in stories, by colouring the different phonemes, so that children could make a holistic sense of the various spelling patterns.

Her desire to lend a ‘helping hand’ to those involved in the art of teaching basic reading skills resulted in a series of wonderfully written and illustrated, Australian phoneme-themed stories which include, ‘The OO in Uluru,’ ‘The EE in the Deep, Blue Sea’ and ‘The O in the Snow.’ Apart from developing reading skills, the books foster imagination, language and sound-spelling recognition. The Oo in Uluru won a Book of the Year award from Speech Pathology Australia.

When Judith is not writing children’s stories or plays, she is usually found somewhere exploring the great outdoors.

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