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Art of Reading - Stage 1
The Art of Reading is a systematic, mastery-based phonics program.
Each new concept is introduced one at a time through a short, focused daily lesson, with review built into every lesson to maintain steady forward progress.
Is this the right phonics program for me and my child?
• Everything you need is in one easy to use, open & go book, including the parent guide, activities, and readers, so you won’t need to prep anything the night before.
• Each lesson is paired with a tightly controlled daily reader, with comprehension questions, so your child practises reading exactly what they’ve been taught.
• Readers are intentionally image-free, so your child focuses on decoding words rather than guessing from pictures.
• Reading is taught through decoding, not long sight-word lists. Only a small handful of non-decodable words are introduced in Stage One.
• Engaging activities designed to reinforce each lesson and review previously taught concepts.
What your child will learn in Stage 1:
• They will learn to blend sounds using a simple, and very effective method that supports one of the most challenging parts of learning to read.
• Your child will learn to confidently decode short vowel, closed-syllable words (CVC words), using a carefully mapped sequence that covers the full alphabet while prioritising reading sentences from the very start.
• By the end of Stage One, your child will be able to competently read controlled passages with CVC, CVCC and CCVC words of up to 12 sentences with accuracy and understanding.
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Introduction & Sample Pages
Sample pages show complete lessons from beginning, middle and end of Stage 1.
A parent’s experience using The Art of Reading
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Stage 1 of The Art of Reading lays the foundation by teaching essential building blocks of reading through simple, systematic lessons. We begin with the vowels and their sounds, then introduce consonants one at a time. Always teaching your child how to blend a vowel with a consonant (VC), in line with the natural structure of English words.
The Art of Reading uses a stepping-stone approach, where each lesson focuses on just one concept at a time, building steadily and clearly. Because each lesson builds on the last, your child has time to master each idea before moving on. That steady progress leads to quick, easy wins, that build confidence fast. And when kids feel confident, they’re motivated. They finish each lesson feeling proud of what they’ve done and excited to come back the next day, because they’re having fun.
Every lesson includes a page of engaging, multisensory activities. Your child will learn to listen for sounds, connect them to letters, and begin to understand the foundations of spelling by building blends with letter cards. Our decodable readers are intentionally picture-free, so your child can focus entirely on decoding. To support comprehension, each reader also includes clear, simple questions that check for understanding.
By the end of Stage One, your child will be reading 3- and 4-letter words, confidently decoding up to 12-sentence stories, and ready to move on to Stage Two.
See how simple, effective and fun teaching your child to read can be.
The Art of Reading has:
- Fully scripted, open and go lessons.
- Engaging activities every day.
- Built in Readers.
- Foundations of Spelling & Grammar.
- Short lessons under 10 minutes.
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stage 2
The Art of Reading Stage 2 picks up seamlessly from where Stage 1 leaves off. It begins by introducing the most commonly used digraphs, helping your child unlock a wider range of words with ease.
Rather than relying on a long list of sight words, we prioritise teaching phonics concepts that appear frequently in English, so your child can decode independently with ease.
As their skills grow, you’ll notice blending becomes smoother and reading more fluent. Stage 2 continues to review and reinforce everything taught so far, while gradually introducing more complexity. The readers begin to feature richer, more humorous plots to keep your child engaged and motivated.
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stage 3
COMING JUNE 2026
Stage 3 introduces more advanced phonics patterns (such as controlled R, schwa, and additional sounds of OU), along with complete comprehensive syllable division, prefixes, and suffixes. It continues the same clear, engaging, one-step-at-a-time approach that was used in Stages 1 and 2.
Your child will keep building reading stamina and fluency while developing the tools to tackle longer words and more complex text with confidence.
Instead of cramming too much into each lesson, we continue to keep things simple and manageable, allowing your child time to absorb, apply, and succeed without ever feeling overloaded with information.
By the end of Stage 3, your child will be ready to move beyond controlled readers and start reading real books independently, confidently, and with genuine understanding.
