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We’ve created the toolkit we wished we’d had when we started teaching phonics to ESL learners. And now it’s ready for you!
A complete, classroom-tested phonics resource made for ESL contexts: clear, structured, and adapted to how English is really learned as a foreign language
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The Phonics Chain Reaction:
Do you want to create this chain reaction in your students too?
What’s inside the Toolkit
Everything you need to deliver effective phonics sessions with confidence and structure:
✔️ Key concepts explained clearly
Understand the essentials of phonics and the Science of Reading — explained simply, with examples — so you can teach confidently even if you’re new to this.
✔️ Step-by-step guidance for every sound and digraph
No guessing. Follow a clear path to teach each sound, blending, tricky patterns, and spelling — with ideas for practice and revision along the way.
✔️40+ photocopiable worksheets and over 100 flashcards
Ready-to-use, classroom-tested resources that will save you time and help your students stay engaged.
✔️ Games and activities for easy practice
Low-prep, practical ideas to review and consolidate sounds, blending, and tricky words.
✔️ Materials organised into 3 progressive levels
Each level builds gradually on the previous one — ideal for young learners aged 4-11 in English as a Foreign Language contexts.
✔️ Decodable word lists aligned with Cambridge YLE word lists
Carefully selected words for each sound and digraph, matching the needs of learners whose first language is not English (with mainly Spanish speakers in mind).
✔️ Decodable mini-books, short texts, and dictation ideas
Simple, engaging texts to help students read aloud, build confidence, and connect reading with pronunciation.
✔️Video practice for students on YouTube
Short, engaging videos for your learners to practise sounds, digraphs, and blending — aligned with the Toolkit sequence. Perfect for classroom use or extra practice at home.
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Explore our YouTube channel for videos that help your students see and hear how digraphs work:
Here you can see one of the worksheets from the Toolkit in action!
PHONICS QUEST: The perfect companion to the Phonics for ESL Toolkit designed to review all the sounds in a fun, interactive way.
- Fun, interactive practice with letter sounds, digraphs, and vowel teams.
- Perfect for small groups, literacy centres, and fast-finisher activities.
- Ideal for primary-aged English learners who have already been introduced to the target sounds.
