The structure is in 15 phonic reading Stages – 5 stages in each box:

There are School Boxes and Home Boxes.

Play the games at each of the stages

Box 1: Approx Reading Age 6 – 7 ½ yrs, Interest level 5 – 95 yrs

Each stage practices the phonic rules below, building on the previous stage

Stage Word examples
Stage 1 consonant-vowel-consonant sat yes big fox hug
Stage 2 c-c-v-c pram shall trip snack
Stage 3 c-v-c-c and c-c-v–c left best crash drank
Stage 4 two syllable words magnet instruct
Stage 5 ‘ar’ – ‘or’ – ‘er’ car port standard

Box 2: Approx Reading age 7 ½ – 9 yrs, Interest level 5 – 95 yrs

Each stage practices the phonic rules below, building on the previous stage

Stage Word examples
Stage 6 split digraph make these fine code tuneful
Stage 7 vowel digraphs and trigraphs snail seen light boat statue
Stage 8 alternative vowel digraphs boy out paw
Stage 9 two syllable words limit pilot
Stage 10 three syllable words consider discontent

Box 3: Approx Reading age 9-15 yrs, Interest level 5 – 95 yrs

Each stage practices the phonic rules below, building on the previous stage

Stage Word examples
Stage 11 ‘c’ as in /s/ mice pencil succeed
Stage 12 ‘g’ as in /j/ gem page rigid
Stage 13 consonant-le candle sensible
Stage 14 four syllable words independent
Stage 15 suffixes with ‘ti’ ‘ci’ ‘si’ electrician
  • Get it, Match it and Take it card games enable students and children to practise, reinforce and consolidate reading.
  • Use it card game develops sentence construction and increases vocabulary knowledge.
  • Explanation Card explains what each Stage is and how to teach that stage

That’s all that’s needed as the structure has been put together by a phonics specialist

Progress with reading is inevitable; the learner picks up the phonic patterns easily and then reinforces them every time they play the games, over and over again.