Letterland Early Years

Scope and Sequence

Letter Introducing Word Bank (non-decodable) Things to do Things to talk about

Arrow trail
add, address, adventure, alligator, alphabet, Apple tree Alphabet
Annie Apple ambulance, an, and, animal, ant, anteater, Apple printing Apple pips
a apple, arrow, as, at, axe Follow the arrow Knowing why*
Animals

Mr A, the
acorn, age, April, apron
Apron Man

Bouncing
baby, bad, balance, ball, bat, beautiful, bed,
Building bridges Breakfast
bee, big, bird, birthday, biscuit, blue, boat,
b Bouncy Ben Butterfly pictures Balloons
bounce, bread, breakfast, bridge, brown,
Bubble pictures Knowing why*
bubble, bun, bus, butter, butterfly
Cookery

Cat collages Clever Cat’s sound

cake, can, candles, cap, car, castle, cat, clean, Paper plate face Cats
c Clever Cat clever, climb, clock, clothes, cold, colour, come, Cut-outs Caterpillars
cook, count, cross, cuddle, cup Cookery Rhyme
Comics Knowing why*

Duck heads Ducks

Dippy Duck dance Rhyme
Daddy, daffodil, daisy, dance, day, dinner, dish,
Daffodil or daisy pictures Dippy Duck’s words
d Dippy Duck doctor, dog, doll, donkey, door, down, draw,
Dough ducks Ugly Duckling
dress, drink, drum, duck
Dice game Five Little Ducks Song
Duck den Knowing why*

Egg patterns Elephants

Eddy egg, elbow, elephant, eleven, empty, end,
Egg box game Action rhyme
Elephant engine, enjoy, enter, envelope, every, exit
Egg heads Eddy’s objects
e
Mr E, the
Easy Magic Easter, easy, eat, even
Man

Being firefighters Fire engines

face, fall, farm, fast, favourite, feel, feet, fence,
Counting fingers Fred’s foam
Firefighter fetch, field, fill, fireworks, fish, five, fix, flag,
f Flame pictures Fireworks
Fred flame, flower, fly, fork, four, fox, friend, frog,
Follow my leader Favourite foods
from, fruit, fun, funny
Fishing game Faces

Favourite colours
Miniature garden
garden, get, giggle, girl, give, glass, glue, go, Wearing glasses
Things in the garden
g Golden Girl goat, golden, goldfish, good, grandfather, Gloves
Gorgeous garden picture
grandmother, grapes, grass, green, grow Giving gifts
Cookery
Knowing why*

ham, hand, happy, hat, hear, hedge, hedgehog, Hand play Hats
Harry Hat helicopter, helpful, hen, her, here, hill, his, holly, Harry Hat Man picture Horrible noise
h
Man home, honey, horrible, horse, hot, house, how, Hunt the hat Houses and homes
huge, hungry Hopping Helping hands

Insect pictures Introductions

if, ill, important, in, infants, ink, insect, inside,
Impy Ink Ink Important things
interesting, into, invitation, itch, internet, igloo
i Invitations Interesting things

Mr I, the Ice
I, ice cream, idea, iron, island, ivy
Cream Man
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Jumping Jim’s jungle

Junk box
Months of the year
jacket, jam, January, jar, jaw, jelly, jigsaw, job, Jim’s jeep
Jack-in-a-box
j Jumping Jim jog, joke, jolly, journey, joy, jug, juggle, juice, Jim’s jet
Journeys
July, jump, jumper, June, jungle, just Food tasting
Knowing why*
Jumps
Jigsaws

King’s crowns Kittens

Kicking balls Kindness
kaleidoscope, kangaroo, keep, kennel, ketchup,
Kite pictures Kangaroo koala and
k Kicking King kettle, key, kick, kid, kilo, kind, king, kiss, kitchen,
Kaleidoscope kookaburra
kite, kitten
Kitchen collage Kilo
Kiwi fruit Names Rhyme

Leaping up Length
ladder, lamb, lamp, large, laugh, leaf, left, leg, Letters Leaf display
Lucy Lamp
l lemon, letter, lighthouse, like, little, lion, live, Little lambs Lights
Light
long, look, lost, lots, lovely, lunch Lunch Ladders
Labels Ladybirds

Munching Mike model Menu

magnet, man, mat, me, meet, melon, metal,
Munching Make marks Magnets
m milk, miss, mix, monkey, monster, morning,
Mike Monster masks Mistakes
most, mug, Mummy, mushroom, my
Mushroom pictures Knowing why*

Naughty or nice?
nails, name, nap, near, neck, need, needle, nest, Necklaces
Nuts
n Noisy Nick net, never, new, next, nice, night, nine, no, noise, Notes
What’s new?
nose, not, now, number, nurse, nursery, nuts Cookery
Knowing why*

Orange week
Oscar object, October, octopus, odd, off, office, often, Object game Oranges
Orange on, olive, opposite, orange, ostrich, otter, ox Office Opposites
o Oscar’s octopus

Mr O, the
ocean, old, only, open, over, own
Old Man

Patterns
paint, paper, parcel, park, party, pass, paw, Potato printing
Politeness
pen, pencil, pet, picture, pig, pink, play, please, Pass the parcel
p Peter Puppy Making plans
pond, pony, present, pretty, puddle, pull, puppy, Peter Puppy puppets
Parents
purple, put People pictures
Peter Puppy’s foods

Queen’s umbrella
Queen’s crown
Quarrelsome Queen’s
Quarrelsome quack, quarrelsome, quarter, queen, question, Queuing game
q quarrelling
Queen queue, quick, quiet, quill, quilt, quite, quiz Queuing picture
Being quiet
Queen’s quilt collage
Being quick

Red collection
Robbing
rabbit, race, radio, rain, rascal, rat, read, ready, Rolling
Favourite foods
really, red, ride, right, ring, road, robber, robot, Road safety
r Red Robot Favourite pastimes
rock, roll, roof, rope, roses, round, rubber, ruler, Red pictures
Rule breaker
rules, run, rush Robots
Tongue twister
Red Robot’s rainbow
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Sleeping snakes Socks

sad, sand, sandals, sausages, school, scissors,
Sandpit Seaside
Sammy seaside, seesaw, sister, six, sky, sleep, small,
s Stocking Sammy Sun
Snake snail, snake, soap, socks, sound, soup, special,
Pipe cleaner Sammy Sausages
spider, star, start, summer, sun, sweets
Sorting socks Favourite foods

Building towers
Tess’s telescope Talking to Tess
table, tall, tap, tea, teddy, telephone, telescope,
Teddy pictures Counting to ten
t Talking Tess tell, ten, tent, tiny, top, toy, tractor, train, tree,
Treasure chest Toys
trousers, true, turn, twice
Trains tracks and tunnels Knowing why*
Tea party

ugly, umbrella, unbutton, uncle, under,

Uppy Upside down Up
underneath, understand, undone, unhappy,
Umbrella Under the cup Under
unless, unusual, up, upside down, upstairs, us
u
Mr U, the
Uniform unicorn, uniform, united, use, useful
Man

Violets
Making violets Velvet
valley, van, vanilla, vanish, vase, vegetables,
Vegetable soup Voices
v Vicky Violet velvet, very, vest, vet, village, violets, violin, visit
Vanilla Vets
visitor, voice, volcano, vole
Vanished! Vans
Very good

Winners and losers

Wave patterns Days of the week
walk, want, warm, wash, water, wave, way, wax,
Walter Winter pictures Wishing
w we, week, well, wet, whale, what, win, wind,
Walrus Wax beetles Road signs
window, winter, wish, with, word
Sinking or floating? Favourite foods
Knowing why*

X pictures
Wax resist EXIT signs
box, exit, fix, fox, mix, mixture, next, six, sixteen,
x Fix-it Max Crossroads Taxis
sixty, taxi, wax
Kisses Foxes
Cookery

Yesterday
Yellow collection Year
Yellow Yo-yo yacht, yawn, year, yell, yellow, yes, yesterday, Yachts Egg yolks
y
Man yo-yo, yogurt, yolk, you, your Yo-yo Man mime Young
Food Yaks
Yawning

Zebra crossing Zebras

Zig Zag crazy, dizzy, fizzy, lazy, puzzle, zebra, Zoo animals Zips
z
Zebra zebra crossing, zero, zip, zoo, zoom Zoo play Zero
Being zebras Zest