Every sound has a picture. A seahorse curls into the s. A duck sits inside the d. An apple core holds the letters ore. Little ones see the letter, hear the sound and remember the picture, all at once.
Picture Phonics takes your little one from their very first letter sounds through to reading real words. It goes slowly, one sound at a time, and it’s made for teaching at home, with no training needed.
Stage 1: First Sounds (ages 3 to 5)
26 watercolour letter cards, each with a picture painted right into the letter. They follow a teaching order that lets little ones build simple words early. There are extra cards with a second picture for d, g, s and t. You also get an A3 alphabet poster for the wall. Everything comes in colour and as colouring copies.
Stage 2: Letter Pattern Charts (ages 5 to 7)
57 charts for the patterns that make reading click, like sh, ai, igh and the split digraphs such as a_e. Each chart has a picture with the pattern painted in the middle and six words to read around it. There are seven extra charts with a second picture, and every chart comes in colour and as a colouring copy.
The Parent Guide
A step-by-step guide written for parents, not teachers. It shows you how to teach each card and chart using I do, We do, You do. Every card and chart has its own hands-on ideas, like playdough, a sensory bin, magnet tiles and simple games, with the answers included so you always know what to listen for. It ends with printable letter tiles, painted and in black and white, for building words.
Grounded in research
Picture Phonics follows what research supports: phonics taught clearly and in order, with lots of practice. Pictures that sit inside the letter shape are shown to help little ones learn letter sounds. It uses Australian English and the terms used in Australian classrooms.
What you get
A digital download of two PDFs, the Full Bundle and the Parent Guide, each with a clickable contents page. You also get the colour A3 alphabet poster as its own file, ready to send to a print shop. Print everything else at home on A4, laminate if you like, and use it again and again.
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