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Phonics Milestone Checklist (Free PDF)
One page per age band, 2 through 7 — check off each milestone as your child achieves it, with a date-achieved line.
Age-by-age milestones from 2 to 7 with a place to date each one — for tracking real progress without comparing to other children.
What’s inside
- An instructions page: find your child's age, check off milestones as you see them; six months either side is normal.
- Age 2 — Pre-Phonics (notices rhymes, claps syllables), Age 3 — First Letter Sounds (knows 4–10 sounds, picks the picture for a sound).
- Age 4 — Blending 3-Sound Words, Age 5 — Digraphs and Short Books, Age 6 — Long Vowels and Vowel Teams, Age 7 — Fluency and Comprehension.
How to use it
- Read the page for your child's age and the one before it.
- Tick a milestone only when you've seen it happen more than once.
- Write the date next to it.
- Look back every few months — the dates show progress better than any test.
Who it’s for
Parents of children aged 2–7.
Where it fits: Stage 0 — Getting Ready
Goes well with
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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.