Letterland

Letterland is a synthetic phonics approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds. Children are taught shapes and sounds of letters by assigning them imaginary names and shapes and presenting them as living in the fictional land of Letterland. Letterland characters transform plain black letter shapes into pictogram characters. By translating the full range of dry phonic facts into engaging stories, children are motivated to listen, to think and to learn. These stories explain letter shapes and sounds, allowing children to progress quickly to word building, reading and writing. It was originally developed by Lyn Wendon, and first published in 1985. The voices for the Classic Letterland characters were done by Josie Lawrence.