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Serious phonics.
Games children love.

Carefully structured reading and spelling practice, wrapped up in games children can’t wait to play.

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Practise together on your whiteboard or with a small group.

I love it, the kids love it and it reflects and supports the classroom based learning perfectly.

Yarni MacAlister, Coleraine Primary School, Australia

From first sounds to reading sentences

Each skill has up to 9 games, gradually moving children from supported practice to independence.

Use the games on your whiteboard for a quick recap or focused practice in the skill you’re teaching.

Skill 1

Know the sounds

Build fast, accurate recognition of letter sounds.

Skill 2

Blend to read

Start with oral blending, then build fluency reading single words.

Skill 3

Segment to spell

Practise oral segmenting, gradually moving to independent spelling and proofreading.

Skill 4

Read tricky words

From first exposure to instant recognition, through lots of quirky practice.

Skill 5

Spell tricky words

Move from finding a missing letter to spelling these tricky but essential words independently.

Skill 6

Read sentences

From short decodable sentences to understanding passages of text.

Created by phonics specialists to give children the focused practice they need to become confident readers and spellers.

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Works alongside the phonics program you’re already teaching

Our games come in four sequences that work alongside a range of classroom phonics programs, with a choice of Australian, English or American accents.

Letters and Sounds

Works alongside:

Letters and Sounds, Little Wandle, Jolly Phonics, Read Write Inc.

Playing with Sounds

Works alongside:

UFLI, Get Reading Right

NSW Sequence

Works alongside:

NSW syllabus

Aus. Sounds

Works alongside:

InitiaLit, Little Learners Love Literacy, Phonics Plus, SPELD NSW

Compare our sound sequences to find the best fit for your program.

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Child Accounts

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Give every child their own Phonics Hero adventure, with reading and spelling practice tailored to their level. Quirky games and a superhero storyline keep children coming back, while you track their progress and spot who needs extra support.

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Phonics Lessons

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Save hours of planning with ready-made phonics lessons that take your class from sounds to sentences. Teach blending, spelling and tricky words with step-by-step activities, and differentiate in a click to support or challenge every learner.

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I have seen a huge improvement in my Kindy children’s letter recognition and the speed in which they are now able to locate and remember.

Susan Craig, Rangeway Primary School, Australia

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