What's Included?
250 Phonics Activities
QR code access to free audio support
25+ Pull Out Decodable Readers
Pull out activity pages


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Friendly Phonics is designed to be used in the classroom with teacher and audio support.
Each book contains 15 units of learning, and every unit guides children on how to blend and
segment sounds to read and spell words. There are integrated readers in every unit that can be pulled out and read in class or taken home, as well as regular review lessons to monitor progress.
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2 Books
250 Phonics Activities
QR code access to free audio support
25+ Pull Out Decodable Readers
Pull out activity pages
Friendly Phonics Student Books work alongside a Digital Teacher's Guide, which can be accessed from Phonics Online.

Step-by-step lessons help you deliver a phonics lesson with confidence
Interactive content appears side-by-side with the lesson
Pronunciation and artiulation audio guidance provided
Helpful lists of resources at the start of each lesson
Student Book reference images and timings help keep you on track
Access additional teaching resources on Phonics Online
ESL Learners

For children learning English as a second or additional language.
Ages 6+

For children aged four and upwards.
International Schools

For international school environments or multilingual classroom settings.

Consolidate Level 1 and 2 learning, and 28 further digraphs and spelling patterns
Read and write 23 further high-frequency Tricky Words
Blend and segment increasingly complex words including suffixes
Write an increasing number of words and sentences
Friendly Phonics is designed for children aged 6+
Children consolidate their Level 1 and 2 phonics knowledge and learn further digraphs and less common spelling patterns with the help of the Letterland characters, building towards blending and segmenting increasingly complex words, reading and writing more Tricky Words, and reading fluently and independently.
Each level includes a Digital Teacher's Guide with research-based lesson plans, 2 write-in Student Book packed with activities, and 25+ pull-out decodable readers. There is also access to audio tracks for pronunciation support, interactive teaching tools - all in our web-based app, Phonics Online.
Yes. The programme is specifically designed for children learning English as an additional language, starting from the very first letter sounds and building systematically.
Decodable readers are short, structured books where vocabulary is carefully controlled to only include phonics patterns the student has already been taught, as well as previously introduced Tricky Words. Each Friendly Phonics level includes 25+ pull-out decodable readers for students to practise blending and reading independently.
Yes. The Friendly Phonics scope and sequence aligns with the UK teaching order, making it compatible with many other reading schemes. The methodology is fully aligned with the evidence-based Science of Reading framework for early literacy. Systematic synthetic phonics programmes are endorsed by English language governing frameworks (like Cambridge ELT) as highly effective for ESL/EFL learners.