Friendly Phonics
NEW FOR 2026
Our latest Phonics ESL course, designed to be used in the classroom with the teacher and audio support. A brand new design incorporates everything into 2 books per Level. Every student gets their own write-in book with more activities and over 30 pull-out decodable readers per Level.
Curriculum Design
Digital Teacher's Guide
Learn how to teach a phonics lesson with ease
Teachers can access research-based digital lessons with clear, explicit instruction. The research-based lessons also include easy access to interactive content to bring phonics lessons to life.
Student Books
Full of activities & integrated decodable readers
Every student book includes activities to learn new concepts using the Letterland characters. There are also plenty of opportunities to practicing letter sounds, letter shapes, tricky words, blending & segmenting.
Phonics Online
1 year free digital access
Schools purchasing Friendly Phonics receive one year of free access to Phonics Online. This core digital resources enhance your phonics lessons with interactive teaching tools, a comprehensive Teacher Toolkit and ready-to-use lesson materials.
Friendly Phonics Level 1
Age 4-5
Level 1 of Friendly Phonics, our ESL curriculum, focuses on teaching letter recognition skills, letter sounds and shapes, and long and short vowels.
Friendly Phonics Level 2
Age 5-6
Friendly Phonics Level 2 builds on the letter recognition skills of the previous level as well as teaching; adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs.
Friendly Phonics Level 3
Age 6-7
Level 3 of Letterland's ESL curriculum Friendly Phonics, builds on the learning in the previous levels. Teaching R-controlled vowels, dipthongs and other sounds.