Features

Letterland is a program designed to make learning phonics fun and engaging for young children. Here are some of its key features:

• Story-based learning: Letterland isn’t just dry memorization of letters and sounds. It creates a fictional world where each letter is a character called a Letterlander. These characters have names and stories that help children connect the letters to the sounds they make.

• Multi-sensory approach: Letterland goes beyond just sight and sound. It incorporates movement, music, games, and even role-playing to keep children engaged and stimulate different learning styles. Children might sing songs about the letters, do actions that represent the sounds, or play games that reinforce their understanding.

• Pictograms: Letters aren’t just abstract symbols in Letterland. Each letter has a corresponding pictogram that combines the letter shape with a character. For instance, the letter C might be represented by Clever Cat, whose name emphasizes the “c” sound. These visuals help children connect the written letter to the sound it makes.

• Structured lessons: While Letterland is playful, it also has a structured approach to teaching phonics. Lessons are designed to follow a developmentally appropriate sequence, building on children’s existing knowledge and gradually introducing new concepts.

• Comprehensiveness: Letterland covers a wide range of phonics skills, including phonemic awareness, letter formation, blending sounds, segmenting sounds, recognizing digraphs and trigraphs, and even early spelling patterns.

• Appeal to different learners: Letterland’s combination of stories, visuals, activities, and clear structure caters to different learning styles. Kinesthetic learners benefit from the movement and games, while auditory learners enjoy the songs and rhymes. Visual learners appreciate the pictograms and clear letter formation instruction.