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Letterland is validated by the Department for Education (DfE) in England as an effective systematic synthetic phonics programme (SSP).

Phonics

Letterland Phonics makes learning to read, write and spell fun for both teachers and children. Our wide range of multi-sensory resources have helped teachers all over the world to teach synthetic phonics. Letterland is validated by the Department for Education (DfE) in England as a complete systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme.

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44 sounds
All 44 Sounds

Covers all the major grapheme-phoneme correspondences starting with the s a t p i n teaching order. ¹

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Blending and Segmenting

Blending from left to right all through the word starts after the first four lessons and continues throughout.

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Decodable Reading Support

Decodable word, sentence and reading practice to go with each new sound and spelling taught.

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Engaging and Multi-Sensory

Engaging stories and unique teaching strategies motivate children to read, write and spell confidently.

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Built-in Assessment

Assessment strand built in with basic progress checks and in-depth assessments to monitor your class.

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Online & Remote Learning

Many key resources for teachers and children are available online to be accessed anywhere! ²

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1 Latest edition of Phonics Teacher's Guide required.
2 Annual subscription required.

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"Children who received the explicit instruction with...[Letterland] learned almost twice as many letter sounds."

— Roberts, 2021, p.7

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Early Years

Early Literacy Skills

Primary

Teach all 44 sounds of the English Language

Advanced

Advanced Spelling Patterns

Early Years

Specifically for nursery and pre-school teachers, our Early Years curriculum provides a language-rich introduction to the shapes and sounds of written English and helps develop phonic knowledge in a fun and creative way.

Early Years Info Pack (pdf)

Teaching Scope

Letterland Early Years provides clear guidance on introducing the Letterland a-z, A-Z and vowel characters effectively and simply.

  • a-z letters (uppercase/lowercase).
  • Long and short vowels a, e, i, o, u.
  • Phonemic awareness

Early Years Classroom Pack
£279.99 (excl. VAT)

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Phonics Online
£42 per teacher per year
£3 per student per year

Resources

For a typical classroom of 1 teacher and 30 students, we'd recommend an Early Years Classroom Pack and access to Phonics Online which will cost £411.99 (ex VAT).

Training

Whether you are new to Letterland, or have enjoyed teaching it for many years, we provide structured training sessions for professional development.

Primary

Letterland Phonics makes learning to read, write and spell fun for both teachers and children. Our range of multi-sensory resources have helped teachers all over the world to teach synthetic phonics. Letterland is validated by the Department for Education (DfE) in England as a complete systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme.

Phonics Info Pack (pdf)

Teaching Scope

Letterland Primary Phonics covers the alphabet and essential spelling patterns for all 44 sounds of the English language.

  • Phonemic awareness.
  • a-z letters in detail (uppercase/lowercase).
  • Adjacent consonants with l, r and s.
  • Final adjacent consonants: -st, -sk, -nd, -nt, -nk.
  • Common consonant digraphs: ff, ll, ss, ck, ng.
  • Consonant digraphs: ch, (tch), sh, th, ph, wh, kn, wr.
  • Long vowels: ā, ē, ī, ō, ū.
  • Vowel digraphs including split digraphs: a_e, ai, ay, e_e, ea, ee, y as e, i_e, igh, ie, y as i, o_e, oa, ow, u_e, ue, oo, ew.
  • R-controlled vowels: ar, or (variant spellings ore, our, oor, oar) er, ir, ur, air, ear.
  • Other vowel sounds: oo, u (as in push), ou, ow, oi, oy, aw, au.
  • Other spelling patterns and suffixes -ve, -ing, -er, -est.
  • Suffix: ed with three sounds /ed/ /d/ /t/.
Resources

For a typical classroom of 1 teacher and 30 students, we'd recommend a Phonics Classroom Pack and access to Phonics Online which will cost £501.99 (ex VAT).

Phonics Classroom Pack
£369.99 (excl. VAT)

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Phonics Online
£42 per teacher per year
£3 per student per year

Training

Whether you are new to Letterland, or have enjoyed teaching it for many years, we provide structured training sessions for professional development.

Advanced

Letterland's Advanced curriculum is ideal for teachers of slightly older children. It covers all common spelling patterns and includes -ed and -ing endings, the irregular schwa sound in 'America' and the popular tion story.

Advanced Info Pack (pdf)

Teaching Scope

Letterland Advanced covers all common spelling patterns, including ed and ing endings and the popular tion story.

  • Word building.
  • Irregular vowels.
  • More advanced digraphs & trigraphs: a (America), able/ible (suffixes), all/al (all/always), are (scare), al/el (musical/angel), ce/ci/cy (soft c stories), ch (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 (useful), ge/gi/gy (soft g stories), gh (brought, laugh), ie (lie, field), kn (knee), le (table), ly (lovely), less/ness (suffixes), mb/mn (thumb/autumn), o (love/one/who), ous (famous), ph (photograph), que (antique), tion (action), wh (when/who), wr (write) y to i (cry/cries), y (very/bicycle).
Resources
For a typical classroom of 1 teacher and 30 students, we'd recommend the Advanced Teacher's Guide, Advanced Copymasters and Picture Code Cards - Straight, as well as access to Phonics Online which will cost £229.97 (ex VAT).

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Phonics Online
£42 per teacher per year
£3 per student per year

Training

Whether you are new to Letterland, or have enjoyed teaching it for many years, we provide structured training sessions for professional development.

Training

We offer in-person or virtual training sessions conducted by our highly experienced trainers.

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