The Phonics First setis the starting point for the Reading Freedom Program and consists of 6 levelled workbooks, a teacher resource book and achievement tests book.
The Phonics First activity books are specifically written for emergent readers. The series is carefully structured to develop phonemic awareness – the ability to identify individual sounds in words as well as the ability to blend sounds into meaningful words.
The series enables students to gain confidence in their word attack skills because they are only expected to apply their phonic knowledge to words that are accessible to them. Once students master the regularities and simple generalisations inherent in phonics instruction they are introduced to irregularities and more complex word structures.