English ยท Foundation
34 interactive lessons to explore
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Rhyme & Beginning Sounds
Hear words that rhyme and listen for the first sound in a word.
โฑ 10 min ยท 12 questions
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The Alphabet & Letter Sounds
Learn the order of the alphabet and the sound each letter makes.
โฑ 12 min ยท 8 questions
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Sounding Out CVC Words
Blend three sounds to read short words like cat, pin and dog.
โฑ 12 min ยท 7 questions
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Asking & Exciting Sentences
Learn when to use a question mark and an exclamation mark.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Beginning Blends
Hear two letters blended together at the start of a word, like 'st' and 'bl'.
โฑ 12 min ยท 7 questions
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Words Make Sentences
Count the words in a sentence and notice the spaces between them.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Naming Words
Find the words that name people, animals and things around us.
โฑ 11 min ยท 7 questions
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Short Vowel Sounds
Listen for the five short vowel sounds a, e, i, o and u.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Listening for Ending Sounds
Hear the last sound at the end of a spoken word.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Capital Letters for Names
Learn that names of people start with a capital letter.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Position Words (Prepositions)
Use little words like in, on, under and behind to say where things are.
โฑ 10 min ยท 6 questions
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Big & Small Letters
Match uppercase (BIG) letters with their lowercase (small) partners.
โฑ 10 min ยท 6 questions
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Retelling a Story in Order
Tell what happened first, next and last in a simple story.
โฑ 12 min ยท 6 questions
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Joining Ideas with 'and'
Use the joining word 'and' to put two ideas together in one sentence.
โฑ 10 min ยท 6 questions
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Blending & Segmenting Sounds
Push sounds together to read a word, and break a word into its sounds.
โฑ 10 min ยท 6 questions
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How Books Work
Find the front cover, the title, and learn which way we read the words.
โฑ 10 min ยท 6 questions
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Colour & Number Words
Read and recognise everyday colour and number words.
โฑ 10 min ยท 6 questions
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Writing 'I' Sentences
Start a sentence with the capital word 'I' to tell about yourself.
โฑ 10 min ยท 6 questions
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Forming & Tracing Letters
Learn how letters are drawn with strokes and follow them in the right order.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Words That Are Opposites
Spot everyday opposite words like big and small, hot and cold.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Sorting Words into Groups
Group words that belong together, like animals, foods and colours.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Predicting from the Cover
Use the title and pictures on a book cover to guess what it is about.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Splitting Words: Onset & Rime
Break a word into its first sound (onset) and the rest of the word (rime).
โฑ 12 min ยท 7 questions
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Listening & Following Directions
Listen carefully to spoken directions and do them in the right order.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Matching Letters in Words
Find the same letter at the start of different words and match letters to sounds.
โฑ 11 min ยท 7 questions
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Talking in Full Sentences
Use a whole sentence to tell someone what you mean instead of just one word.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Clapping Word Beats
Break words into beats by clapping the parts you hear.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Words for Feelings
Name how characters and people feel using feeling words.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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My Favourite Part
Talk about the part of a story you like best and why.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Which Way We Read
Learn that we read words from left to right and top to bottom.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Doing Words (Early Verbs)
Find the action word that tells us what someone or something is doing.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Parts of a Book
Learn the front cover, title and where a book begins.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Matching Pictures to Words
Match a simple word to the picture it names.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions
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Greetings & Polite Words
Use greetings and polite words like please and thank you when we talk.
โฑ 10 min ยท 7 questions