44 sounds
English Phonemes: All 44 Letter Sounds
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Grapheme
The written letters, like sh. What a child sees and writes.
Phoneme
The sound itself, like /ʃ/, written in IPA. What a child hears and says — not the letter name.
Unit 1 — First Sounds (s, a, t, p, i, n)
Unit 2 — Building Blocks
Unit 3 — Endings
Unit 4 — More Consonants
Unit 5 — Short Vowels
Unit 6 — Consonant Digraphs
Unit 7 — Long Vowels
Unit 8 — Vowel Teams
Unit 9 — R-Controlled Vowels
Unit 10 — Diphthongs
Unit 11 — Special Sounds
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- 92 step-by-step lessons, SATPIN first
- Big flashcards to show your child
- Games, checkpoints and progress for every sound
For little ones (2–6) there’s also our sound-play game on iPhone & iPad and Android.