Pre-Readers

Very young children start learning the alphabet before they start school, usually pre-school. They learn to sing their "a b cs." The next steps are to:
  • learn the most common sound made by each letter
  • hear sounds at the beginning, middle and end of words
  • put letters together to make two and three letter words.

Level 1
The Alphabet

Level 1 teaches the most common sound made by each letter of the alphabet. It also teaches that there are five vowels and the rest of the letters are consonants.

Level 2
Phonemic Awareness

Level 2 helps students identify different sounds (phonemes are distinct units of sound), at the beginning, middle and end of three letter words and pictures.

Level 3
Letters Make Words

Level 3 revises the most common sound made by each letter of the alphabet and sees children reading and writing their first three letter words.