Book 1 – Building Confident Beginnings
About the course
Every child deserves a strong start.
Book 1 gently introduces phonics together with simple phonetic symbols, helping your child become familiar with English sounds in a natural and confidence-building way.
With integrated audio and video, the pages truly come alive. Your child doesn’t just see the sounds — they hear them clearly and practise them correctly. This multi-sensory approach helps children understand, remember, and enjoy what they are learning.
From A–Z sounds to blends and digraphs, supported by simple example sentences, Book 1 lays the foundation for reading, pronunciation, and early sentence building. Whether your child is just beginning or needs to strengthen their basics, they will grow at a pace that suits them.
Please note: Pronunciations are based on Received Pronunciation (RP) and do not represent all UK regional accents.
Course Content
Introduction
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Book 1 Introduction
01:23
a – z with actions
Vowel Digraphs
Blends and Digraphs
Sight Words
‘oo’ Sounds
Digraph ch
Digraph th
Digraph sh
Numbers 1 – 40
Story – Daddy Works a lot!
Initial Blends
Blends – bl and br
Blends – cl and cr
Short Vowel ‘a’
Blends – dr and fl
Blends – fr and gl
Short Vowel ‘e’
Blends – gr and pl
Blends pr and qu
Short Vowel ‘i’
Blends SC
Blends sk and sl
Blends sm and sn
Blends sp and st
Story–There it is!
Short Vowel ‘o’
Short Vowel ‘u’
Consonant Story
Blend and Digraph
Syllables
H Words
Fruits
Long Vowel ee
Long Vowel ‘ar’
Long Vowel ‘or’
Long Vowel ‘er’
Story – Red Hen
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