Building phonics skills

Phonics is at the heart of how children learn to read and write. Once they know the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they represent, children are ready to use those building blocks to read words and simple sentences.

LiteracyPlanet helps children build their phonemic awareness from recognising letter-sound correspondences to understanding how words make meaning in context.

Content structure

LiteracyPlanet’s Phonics program builds phonics skills systematically and sequentially, through exploring how words are made up of sounds to word-building activities that allow students to explore and play with letter sounds.

Learn

Instructional videos that introduce one concept at a time.

Practice

Practice activities to help identify phoneme/grapheme correspondences.

Test

Assessment of each phoneme and their associated graphemes.

How LiteracyPlanet develops phonics skills

Oral Language – the ability to understand and use language through listening and speaking
Phonological Awareness – the ability to realise the difference between similar-sounding speech sounds and words
Print Awareness – understand that printed symbols (including letters and words) carry meaning
Alphabet Knowledge – ability to identify and say the names of letters in the alphabet
Book Knowledge – understand what a book is and how it is to be used and read

Play Phonics Activities

Play a selection of fun phonics activities found in LiteracyPlanet. Each activity helps children develop their phonemic awareness while having fun making letter-sound associations. Upgrade to unlock access to hundreds more!