UK Education Catalogue 2013 - Letterland

What is Letterland?Letterland is a unique, phonics-based approach toteaching reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds.The Letterland characters transform plain black lettershapes into child-friendly pictograms and they all livein an imaginary place called Letterland.Simple stories about the Letterland characters explainthe full range of dry phonics facts so that children aremotivated to listen, to think andto learn. These stories explainletter sounds & shapes,allowing children to progressquickly to word building,reading and writing.How does it work?1. Learn letter soundsOnce you have met the friendlyLetterland characters, juststart to say their names for thecorrect letter sound.Alphabet SoundsHarry Hat Man makes the sound at thebeginning of his name. Just whisper it –‘hhh…’.Digraph SoundsWhenever Sammy Snake starts to hissloudly behind Harry Hat Man, the HatMan turns back and says ‘sh!’ becausehe hates noise.2. Learn letter shapesSimple stories about theLetterland characters ensurecorrect letter formation,avoiding confusion over similarlooking letters.Alphabet ShapesHurry from the Hat Man’s headdown to his heel on the ground.Go up and bend his knee over, sohe’ll hop while he makes his sound.Capital Letter ShapesWhen the Hat Man gets to startan important word, he is so happythat he does a handstand with hishat still on.Action TricksActions for the alphabet are linkedto each character, forging a strongconnection between the action, lettershape and sound.4