What resources will I need?

The extensive range of Letterland resources may leave you confused at to what you will need in your classroom. The first consideration is to the age of students you are working with, as Letterland has been developed into four product ranges;
    • Early Years - for children 4-5 (Kindy, Prep, Pre-Primary)
    • Primary Years - for children 5-6 (Year 1)
    • Advanced Program - for children 6-8 (Year 2-3)
    • ELT program - an ESL/EFL program (not discussed here, see link to this section under Teacher above)

To see how Letterland seamlessly flows from one range to the next please view the progression chart by clicking here. For each of the Early Years, Primary Years or Advanced resource ranges the essential elements you will need are a teacher Guide, class wall frieze, songs CD's as well as flashcards and copymasters. Another useful guide when viewing our pricelist is to refer to the REF column as to whether an item is Essential Highly Recommended or Optional. You can download a current pricelist by clicking here.

For Early Years the key resources are:

Early Years Handbook (EYH) with CD (T27) 

Train frieze (straight T04s or pre-cursive T04)   

ABC Storybook (ABC SB or ABC HB, softback or hardback) 

Alphabet (T23) and Handwriting Songs (T24) CD's     

Big Picture Code Cards (BPC) 

A-Z Copymasters (T07) 

EdSource has discounted Early Years packs to make it more affordable to resource an entire classroom and these are;

Early Years Basic Pack                                            Early Years Essential Pack
(choose straight or pre-cursive frieze)                      (choose straight or pre-cursive frieze)

Keep in mind that there is an exciting array of support resources such as a-z stickers, puzzles, computer software, games, readers and magnetic letters to complement the Early Years range.  

For Primary  Years the key resources are:

Teacher's Guide  (TG) 

Train frieze (straight T04s or pre-cursive T04)   

Alphabet, Handwriting and Blends and Digraph Songs CD's (T25) 

Pre-cursive (T10) or Straight Code Cards (T29)   

Blends and Digraphs Copymasters (T45) 

Living ABC Computer Software (T70 site licences available) 

Beyond ABC Storybook (T99) 

EdSource has discounted Primary Years packs to make it more affordable to resource an entire classroom and these are;

Primary Years Basic Pack                                            Primary Years Essential Pack
(choose straight or pre-cursive frieze & code cards)        (choose straight or pre-cursive frieze & code Cards)

For Advanced Program the key resources are:

Advanced Teacher's Guide (T43) 

Advanced Songs CD (T52) 

Advanced Code Cards (T44) 

Advanced Copymasters (T53)

EdSource has a discounted Advanced pack which includes each of the four items listed above.