Letterland Stories Level 3a

Level 3a takes learning vowel sounds to the next stage. High-frequency words are interspersed throughout interesting stories that really put young children safely on the road to reading.

Go on a reading adventure with your Letterland friends in this new series of 26 books. Carefully designed imaginative stories allow you to share the reading experience with levelled sections for your child to read with minimal support.

These short readers are designed for children learning to read and write using the Letterland system. They are fully decodable and contain a few 'Tricky Words'. As children progress through these readers, new letter sounds and Tricky words are added and previous learning is revised. The progression links directly to the teaching order used in the Letterland Teacher's Guides (UK and US versions).

Give young children blending and reading practice. They are decodable, which means the words in them only include letter shapes and sounds that the children have learned.

Go on a phonics reading adventure with three of your favourite Letterland friends. Carefully designed imaginative stories allow you to share the reading experience, with sections for your child to read with minimal support.

These take learning vowel sounds to the next stage. Vowel digraphs are introduced and high frequency words are interspersed throughout interesting stories that really put young children safely on the road to reading.

A comprehensive set of 173 educational flashcards featuring all the major spelling patterns of the English language with Letterland story aids. The double-sided flashcards feature Letterland characters and their spelling stories on one side, and plain letters on the reverse. Versatile and visually appealing, the pack includes instructions for wording building, spelling and lots of phonics games ideas.

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