Phonics — learn to read, sound by sound
A complete phonics ecosystem: eleven levels from pre-reading to comprehension, every letter A–Z as its own hub, phonemic awareness, digraphs, blends, word families, high frequency words, decodable readers, games, worksheets, assessments and progress tracking — for preschool through Grade 2, intervention, ESL, special education, homeschool, teachers and parents.
The learning path
Eleven levels, taught in order. Every level links to its skills, lessons, worksheets, games and an end-of-level check.
- L0Level 0 Pre-Reading SkillsListening, looking, print awareness and book handling before any letter is taught.Step 1
- L1Level 1 Alphabet KnowledgeRecognise, name, order and form all 26 letters, uppercase and lowercase.Step 2
- L2Level 2 Letter SoundsOne sound per letter, said cleanly with no added /uh/.Step 3
- L3Level 3 BlendingPush sounds together to read VC and CVC words.Step 4
- L4Level 4 SegmentingBreak a spoken word into sounds and write them down.Step 5
- L5Level 5 DigraphsTwo letters, one sound: ch, sh, th, wh, ph, ng, qu.Step 6
- L6Level 6 TrigraphsThree letters, one sound: tch, dge, igh, air, ear.Step 7
- L7Level 7 Long VowelsMagic e, vowel teams, open and closed syllables.Step 8
- L8Level 8 Advanced PhonicsR-controlled vowels, diphthongs, schwa, prefixes and suffixes.Step 9
- L9Level 9 FluencyAccuracy, rate and expression on decodable text.Step 10
- L10Level 10 Reading ComprehensionRead to understand, retell, infer and answer.Step 11
Try it now
The same widgets that sit inside every letter, blending and word family page.
Tap a grapheme to hear the pure sound.
Tap a sound to hear it.
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Add the next sound and stretch it into the last one.
Every letter is its own hub
Both cases, every sound the letter makes, formation, tracing, vocabulary, songs, stories, games and assessment — 29 aspects per letter.
Digraphs, trigraphs and word families
The path
Levels and alphabet knowledge — where every learner starts.
Sounds
Letters, phonemic awareness, vowels, digraphs and the full code.
Words
Blends, word families and high frequency words.
Reading & spelling
Blending, segmenting, decodable texts and encoding.
Practice
Games, activities and printables.
Measure
Assessments, reports and progress.
Who it is for
One progression, seven ways in. Choose the view and the pacing, prompts and printables change with it.
Preschool
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3 Intervention
ESL Learners
Special Education
Homeschooling
Student View
Big buttons, one instruction at a time, instant praise.
Teacher View
Sequence, groupings, misconceptions and assessment points.
Parent Guide
Five-minute routines and exactly what to say.
Homeschool Guide
A full weekly schedule you can run solo.
ESL Guide
Sounds that do not exist in the first language, with mouth-shape support.
Tutor View
Thirty-minute session plans with a diagnostic opener.
Special Education
Smaller steps, more repetition, multisensory routines.
Every concept generates 18 resources
Nothing is authored twice: the concept exists once and the resource set is projected from it.
The skill progression behind every page
Nine steps from meeting the sound to using it in free writing. Each page links to its own step and the two either side.
Dashboards
Filter the phonics library
Frequently asked
- How is the phonics platform organised?
- Phonics is a top-level ecosystem, not a topic inside English. It runs Hub → Section → Concept → Aspect: 18 sections, every letter, sound, digraph, blend and word family as its own concept, and up to 29 aspects inside each one.
- Where should a child start?
- At the level, not the age. Level 0 is pre-reading, Level 1 is alphabet knowledge, Level 2 is letter sounds. The two-minute screener in Assessments places any learner on the ladder.
- Does it work for ESL, intervention and special education?
- Yes. Every concept page carries audience views for students, teachers, parents, homeschool, ESL, tutors and special education, each with different pacing and prompts.
- What resources come with each concept?
- Every phonics concept automatically generates 18 resource types: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Worksheet, Interactive Worksheet, Quiz, Flashcards, Games, Songs, Videos, Reading Practice, Printable Activities, Craft Activities, Homework, Assessment, Teacher Guide, Parent Guide, AI Tutor, Book a Tutor.
- Which phonics programme does it follow?
- A structured synthetic phonics progression, mapped so it fits Letters and Sounds, Jolly Phonics, Science of Reading, Common Core and the UK National Curriculum rather than replacing any of them.
- How is progress tracked?
- Screeners and full assessments feed the progress tracker, plus dedicated teacher and parent dashboards that show the next teaching step for every learner.
Related resources
A phonics tutor can run the screener, find the exact sound that breaks down and reteach it in one session.
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