All 44 Letter SoundsStories about the Letterlandcharacters and theirinteractions give children afriendly logic for rememberingall 44 letter sounds and theirmajor spellings. Actionsreinforce lettersounds.

� Alphabet proficiency

� Blending

� Segmenting

� Word building

� Onsets & rimes

� Blends & digraphs

� Focus on spelling

� Word endings

� Vocabulary

� Fluency

� Word building

� Irregular Vowels

� More digraphsand trigraphs

� Advancedspelling patterns

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Advanc

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Fast track a-z, A-Z

Beginnings, middles a, e, i, o, u& endings sh, th, ch

-nk, -ng-ff, -ll, -ss

Consonant blends bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl,br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr,sc, sk, sp, st, sm, sn, sw,scr, spl, spr, squ, str,shr, thr

DigraphsLong vowels a-e, ai, ay,

e-e, ee, ea,i-e, ie, y, igh,o-e, oa, o¯w,u-e, o¯o, ew, ue,

More vowel ar, or, ow, ou,digraphs oy, oi, er, ur, ir,

oo, u, aw, au

Trigraphs air, ear

a (America/father)all/al (all/always)are (scare)al/el (musical/angel)

ce/ci/cy (soft c stories)ch (school)

ed/ing (Magic endings)e (Magic e exception)e (they)

ea (head)ear (bear)ei (receive/height/eight)

en/est (Magic endings)er (Sometimes Magic)ere (here/there/where)ey (donkey)

full/ful (full/useful)ge/dge/gi/gy (soft g stories)

gh (bought/laugh)ie (lie/field) k (three spellings) kn (knee) le (table)

able/ible (suffixes) ly (lovely)

less/ness (suffixes)mb/mn (thumb/autumn)

o (love/one/who)ous (famous)ph (photograph)

que (antique)tion (action)ture (picture)wh (when/who)wr (write)y (very/bicycle)

y - i (cry/cries)y (Sometimes Magic)

Letterland Characters

Letter Shapes a - z

Letter Sounds a - z

Capital Letters A - Z

Long Vowels a e i o u

Letter ShapesBuilt-in visual and verbal cuesensure correct letterformation, provide reasons forcapitals and reduce confusionslike b/d, p/q, s/z, n/u, m/w.

Welcome to LetterlandLetterland is a unique, phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing andspelling to 3-8 year olds. Its information-rich Letterland characters transform

plain black letter shapes into child-friendly pictograms. The characters all live in an imaginary place called...

Letterland.

� Phonemic awareness

� Alphabet immersion

� Aa-Zz shapes and sounds

� Language development

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Teaching MaterialsPages 16-17

Teaching MaterialsPages 10-15

Teaching MaterialsPages 6-9

Sound

Shape

Actions

Music

Vocabulary Capitals

Live Spelling

Digraphs

Word BuildingBlending & segmenting allthrough words is introducedvery early on, covering blends,digraphs, trigraphs,advanced & irregularspellings and more.

Speaking & ListeningSimple stories about theLetterland characters and theirlives, engage attention, developlistening & speaking skills,strengthen phonemicawareness and expandchildren’s vocabulary.

“I hate noise. I whisper ‘hhh...”

in words.”

Hurry from the HatMan’s head to his heelon the ground. Go up and bend hisknee so he’ll hop whilehe makes his sound.

“I’m so happy startingimportant words that Ido a handstand withmy hat on!”

When Sammy Snake comes upbehind Harry Hat Man in a word,hissing “ssss..”, Harry says “sh!”,you know I hate noise!

Scope

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44 sounds

Research based

Using characters and actions to teach phonicsis supported by scientific research. TheLetterland system is also in-line with researchon memory and the way we learn.Each Letterland character is a predictablepersonality living in a realistic environmentfilled with alliterative objects. By integratingphonics with life experience, they providechildren with a systematic and motivatingframework for learning all 44 sounds andtheir spellings and for developing full literacy.

Multisensory LearningLetterland activates every learningchannel, using music, actions,movement, songs, art, craft,games, role-play, rhyme, andsocial interaction – all linkeddirectly to letter knowledge.