# SSP Phonics Spelling Piano — Orthographic Word Mapping

> Orthographic Word Mapping (iPhone/iPad app by EdCode Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ssp-phonics-spelling-piano/id1571441107 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [EdCode Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1571441109)
- Category: Education
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 62 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2021-07-16
- Data updated: 2026-05-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ssp-phonics-spelling-piano/id1571441107/reviews.md

## What is SSP Phonics Spelling Piano?

The SSP Spelling Piano® app replaces the previous version, created in 2014 for iPad and introduces the Speech Sound Monsters®, making phonemes visible.  Toggle to Speech Sound Monsters and use the Monster Keyboard. Free Word Mapping with Miss Emma on the SpeechSoundPics.com web site - Word Mapping with 2,3 and 4 year olds. SpeechSoundPics.com/word-mapping-with-miss-emma 

Miss Emma, The Reading Whisperer®, is the developer of the Speech Sound Pics® (SSP) Approach to teaching reading and spelling in Australia, SpeechSoundPics.com, and 'Reading Ready Brains' for 2,3 and 4 year olds, as part of the I Can Read Without You (ICRWY) Project.
The Reading Hut®  ReadingHut.com 

The SSP Spelling Piano app is designed for the neurodiverse classroom, and supports easier Orthographic Awareness and Learning for neurodivergent students through Code Mapping® and Monster Mapping® - taking both a 'speech to print' and also 'print to speech' approach to teaching phonics systematically. 

Children use this app to quickly and more easily learn the Grapheme to Phoneme Correspondences (GPCs) tested in the UK Year 1 Phonics Screening Check (PSC) The app is designed to address phonemic awareness deficits and engage dyslexic brains, and help more learners shift into the implicit learning phase earlier!

Use this SSP Spelling Piano app alongside the ICRWY Lessons app.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.3 — 2023-02-18

Updated description to include reference to using the Spelling Piano app as a way to prepare for the UK Year 1 Phonics Screening Check (PSC) - and learn phonics skills systematically. The SSP Spelling Piano app aligns well with the old UK Letters and Sounds grapheme teaching sequence.

### 1.2.2 — 2021-10-07

Added sound clip of the word immediately after word completion in the piano.

### 1.2.1 — 2021-09-01

iPadOS v14.7.1 support

### 1.2 — 2021-08-11

Fixed some incorrect monsters in the raps.

### 1.1 — 2021-07-22

Changes to description and URL information.

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