Teacher's Guides (U.K. Edition)

Complete Literacy Package

Letterland is a unique, phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds. Fun for both teachers and pupils, our wide range of products and teaching techniques help you introduce synthetic phonics in a stimulating environment for faster, easier learning.

Click on the guides below for more information:

Home Learning

Age 2-5

Age 4-7

Age 6-8

Age 3-8

• Phonemic awareness
• Alphabet immersion
• Aa-Zz shapes and sounds
• Things to talk about
• Actions for each letter

• Fast track
• Blending
• Segmenting
• Long Vowels
• Digraphs and trigraphs
• Frequent words

• Word building
• Irregular vowels
• More digraphs and trigraphs
• Advanced spelling patterns

• Aa-Zz letter shapes
• Aa-Zz letter sounds
• Early word building
• Fun with phonics
• Handwriting practice
• Initial letter sounds
• Pencil control
• Phonemic awareness
• Vocabulary development

Letterland characters a-z

Letter shapes a-z

Capital shapes A-Z

Letter sounds a-z

Long vowels a, e, i, o, u

Alliterative words

Fast track (6 weeks or less!)
a-z, A-Z

Word building: beginnings, middles & endings
a, e, i, o, u, ch, sh, -ng, -ff, -ll, -ss

Consonant blends
bl, sl, br, cr, pr, tr, sc, sk, sp, spr, squ, str, shr, thr

Long vowels
a-e, ai, ay, ee, ea, i-e, ie, y, igh, o-e, oa, ow, u-e, oo, ew

More digraphs & trigraphs
ar, or, ow, ou, oy, oi, er, ur, ir, oo, u, aw, u, air, ear

a (as in America/half)
able/ible (suffixes)
are (as in scare)
al/el (as in musical/angel)
ce/ci/cy (soft c stories)
ch (as in school)
ed/ing (magic sounds)
e (silent), e (they)
ei (receive/height/eight)
en/est (magic endings)
er (sometimes magic)
ere (here/there)
full/ful (as in useful)
ge/gi/gy (soft g stories)
gh (as in brought/laugh)
ie (as in lie/field)
kn (as in knee)
le (table), ly (lovely)
less/ness (suffixes)
mb/mn (as in thumb/autumn)
o (as in love/one/who)
ous (as in famous)
ph (as in photographs)
que (as in antique)
tion (as in auction)
wh (as in when/who)
wr (as in write)
y to i (as in cry/cries)
y (very/bicycle)

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Early Years Starter Pack

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Primary Starter Pack