Group donates phonic phones to area elementary schools

Savana Stallone, left, of the Village of Silver Lake, works on assembling a phonic phone, as Julia Bagodonas, of the Village Rio Ponderosa, looks on. Stallone and other members of the Aktion Club made more than 100 phones to donate.

Learning to read aloud can be daunting for the more shy pupils in a classroom.

However, they can use tools to help like phonic phones, which are designed to help kids get used to hearing their voice while reading out loud without feeling embarrassed.

The Lady Lake Kiwanis Aktion Group, a committee in the club that provides special needs adults with projects to do in and for the community, recently made more than 100 phonic phones to donate to Fruitland Park Elementary and The Villages Elementary of Lady Lake.

The phones are c-shaped PVC piping that you hold up to your head, with one end of the pipe aimed at your mouth and the other to your ear.

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Scattered thunderstorms in the morning, then mainly cloudy during the afternoon with thunderstorms likely. High 88F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

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