Grade K-2 · secular · Common Core-aligned
This teaches reading the way the research says reading works: sounds first, taught explicitly, in a careful order. Schools call it systematic synthetic phonics. Clara teaches each sound out loud and plays the blending games with your child that a good reception teacher would. Your child then shows they can read by tapping the right printed word. The question is spoken aloud; the answer words never are, because reading them is the whole point. Every word your child is asked to read uses only sounds already taught. We check that mechanically when the course is built, so it is a promise rather than a hope.
The whole year, in plain English. Tap any unit to see every skill inside, nothing is hidden.
The letter sounds, taught in the order that makes real words fastest — your child reads their first word (at) in week one.
The sounds s, a, t, p
The sounds i, n — and real blending
The sounds m, d, g, o
The sounds c, k, e, u, r
The sounds h, b, f, l
The sounds j, v, w, x, y, z — and the word 'the'
Sentences, the two-letters-one-sound teams (sh, ch, th, ng, ck), and words that start with two quick sounds (stop, flag).
Reading whole sentences — and the words 'I' and 'a'
Two letters, one sound: sh
More hand-holders: ch and th
The endings ng and ck
Two sounds at the start: bl, st, tr and friends
Big finish: reading like a champion — and 'to' and 'no'
Silent e (cap becomes cape), the vowel teams (ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, ow, igh), and chopping longer words into chunks.
Silent e makes the vowel say its name: a_e
Silent e with i and o: i_e, o_e
Two vowels together: ee and ea
The teams ai and ay
The teams oa and ow (the 'oh' one)
The sound igh — and 'said' and 'was'
Longer words: two chunks
Checkpoint: read a whole little story
Bossy r (car, fork, bird), the two sounds of oo, the loud ow/ou, and oi, oy, aw, ew.
Bossy r: ar
Bossy r: or, er
Bossy r: ir and ur
The teams oo (moon) and oo (book)
The loud teams: ou and ow
The teams oi and oy
The teams aw and ew — and 'they' and 'what'
Checkpoint: every vowel sound you own
Endings (-s, -ing, -ed), soft c and g, silent letters, three-chunk words, reading with expression, and the last tricky words.
Endings that do work: -s, -ing
Endings from the past: -ed
Soft c and soft g
Silent letters: kn, wr, mb
Three-chunk words
Reading smoothly: punctuation is stage directions
Tricky-word round-up
You are a reader: the final story
From the parent guide
This teaches reading the way the research says reading works: sounds first, taught explicitly, in a careful order. Schools call it systematic synthetic phonics. Clara teaches each sound out loud and plays the blending games with your child that a good reception teacher would. Your child then shows they can read by tapping the right printed word. The question is spoken aloud; the answer words never are, because reading them is the whole point. Every word your child is asked to read uses only sounds already taught. We check that mechanically when the course is built, so it is a promise rather than a hope.
Unit 1 · what to expect
The letter sounds, taught in the order that makes real words fastest — your child reads their first word (at) in week one.
The full guide covers all 5 units: where kids get stuck, what to say, and how to tell it's working. Included with the course.
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