Letterland is a unique, phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds. Its information-rich Letterland characters transform plain black letter shapes into child-friendly pictogram characters, who live in an imaginary place called Letterland.
By translating the full range of dry phonic facts into engaging stories, children are motivated to listen, to think and to learn. These stories explain letter shapes and sounds and quickly develop into word building, reading and writing.
Research Based
Using characters and actions to teach phonics is supported by scientific research. The Letterland system is also in-line with research on memory and the way we learn. Each Letterland character is a predictable personality living in a realistic environment filled with alliterative objects. By integrating phonics with life experience, they provide children with a systematic and motivating framework for learning all 44 sounds and their spellings and for developing full literacy.
Structured Learning
Speaking & Listening
Simple stories about the Letterland characters and their lives, engage attention, develop listening & speaking skills, strengthen phonemic awareness and expand children's vocabulary.
Letter Shapes
Built-in visual and verbal cues ensure correct letter formation, provide reasons for capitals and reduce confusions like b/d, p/q, s/z, n/u, m/w.
Word Building
Blending & segmenting all through words is introduced very early on, covering blends, digraphs, trigraphs, advanced and irregular spellings.
Advanced Spelling
Stories about the Letterland characters and their interactions give children a friendly logic for remembering all 44 letter sounds and their major spellings. Actions reinforce letter sounds.
Multi-sensory Learning
Letterland activates every learning channel, using music, actions, movement, songs, art, craft, games, role-play, rhyme and social interaction - all linked directly to letter knowledge.
Letterland is a unique, phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds. Its information-rich Letterland characters transform plain black letter shapes into child-friendly pictogram characters, who live in an imaginary place called Letterland.
