The education space is buzzing with changes right now. At LiteracyPlanet, we’re here to support you every step of the way and ensure you have the tools needed to help your students thrive. For 15 years, we’ve been aligned with the Science of Reading, covering all essential strands of literacy, including phonics.

We’ve been working behind the scenes to enhance our platform for your everyday teaching needs. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce the launch of over a thousand brand new phonics activities – and we’re excited to share it with you!

A Sneak Peek at What to Expect

Our team is constantly working to enrich learning experiences and provide the best tools for educators and students. That’s why we’re adding new phonics activities to our existing content, specifically designed to elevate your students’ literacy journey and make learning even more engaging and effective.

1100+ New Activities

We’ve added over 1100 new activities to keep your students engaged and learning every day. With such a wide range of assignable content, teachers can ensure that each student is constantly challenged and motivated. These activities cover a variety of phonemic concepts and as with LiteracyPlanet content, are designed to be both fun and educational.

New Engaging Games

Our new Phonics content features a series of engaging games designed to enhance phonological awareness and decoding skills. These activities follow a scaffolded, logical sequence and can be easily assigned to students by educators. Each game builds on the previous one, ensuring that students progress smoothly through their phonemic learning journey, step-by-step.

Here’s a preview of our new phonics activities!

Guided Learning

LiteracyPlanet’s guided learning approach provides content dedicated to learning, practicing, reinforcing, and applying phonemic knowledge. Students will benefit from structured lessons that help them master each concept before moving on to the next. This ensures a solid foundation and helps build confidence in student  reading and spelling development.

The Science of Reading

We’ve incorporated the latest insights from the Science of Reading into our new Phonics content. This includes explicit teaching of letter-sound correspondences and decoding skills required to read and spell whole words. By focusing on these essential elements, we ensure that students develop the critical skills needed for literacy success.

The Science of Reading is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary body of research that delves into how people learn to read. It combines insights from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and education. By aligning our new Phonics content with these principles, we ensure that our approach is both scientifically sound and highly effective. Here’s how our content supports these key principles:

  • Phonemic Awareness: Our interactive missions enhance students’ ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.
  • Phonics: We provide explicit, systematic instruction in the relationships between letters and sounds, crucial for developing reading and spelling skills.
  • Vocabulary Development: Our activities include rich language experiences to expand students’ word knowledge.
  • Fluency Practice: Engaging tasks that promote reading accuracy, speed, and proper expression.
  • Comprehension Strategies: Tools and activities that help students understand and interpret text effectively.

Why Phonics Matters (So Much)

Phonics is not the be-all and end-all. However, it is at the heart of how children learn to read and write. By understanding the relationship between letters and sounds, children can decode words, recognise patterns, and develop the ability to read fluently. Our new Phonics content is crafted to support this crucial stage of literacy development, combining engagement and effectiveness – without ever losing sight of the fun!

How LiteracyPlanet Supports Educators

As an educator, you most likely want to get your students excited about learning. Our new phonics content is here to support you with a rich resource that make literacy instruction impactful and engaging. With the ability to assign activities tailored to each student’s unique needs, you can create personalised learning experiences that inspire success and make every lesson count.

Get Ready to Explore

We can’t wait for you to explore our new content and see the difference it makes in your classroom. Sign into your LiteracyPlanet account and get started by selecting ‘Phonics K-2’ in Assign a Task.

Not a LiteracyPlanet user yet? Now’s the perfect time to join! All our subscriptions kick off with a 30-day free trial, giving you plenty of time to explore and experience everything LiteracyPlanet has to offer.

If you have any questions about the new phonics activities or how to use LiteracyPlanet effectively in your classroom, please reach out to our amazing Customer Care team. We’re here to help you make the most of LiteracyPlanet and ensure that your students have the best possible literacy learning experience.