🐚 English Quest
Phonics Cove
Letter sounds, blending, digraphs, and word families — sounding out first words.
First Sounds
Covers: s a t p i n
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: ph-set1 title: First Sounds icon: 🅰️ sub: s a t p i n board: soundToLetter bands: - 0 lesson: letter-sounds
Lesson: Letter Sounds — 6 steps
All sounds
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the soundboard visual — interactive sound wall: every letter and digraph as a tappable tile — tap one to hear its sound. A whole-alphabet "explore it yourself" screen, across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Here are all our letter sounds. Tap any letter to hear the sound it makes!
In the open config
id: sounds
label: All sounds
beats:
- say: lph-0
caption: Here are all our letter sounds. Tap any letter to hear the sound it makes!
advance: hold
view:
kind: soundboard
key: boardPreview
Listen
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the letters view — a row of letter tiles; the active one lifts and glows. Good for intro/recap beats that point at a set of letters, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- Reading starts with listening. Every letter makes its own little sound — let's hear a few!
In the open config
id: listen
label: Listen
beats:
- say: lph-1
caption: Reading starts with listening. Every letter makes its own little sound — let's hear a few!
view:
kind: letters
key: intro
items:
- s
- a
- t
- p
- i
- "n"Preview
S
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the phoneme view — one letter in focus: a big letter card plus an example word and picture, with the first letter coloured, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- This is the letter S. It says sss, like at the start of sun.
In the open config
id: s
label: S
beats:
- say: lph-2
caption: This is the letter S. It says sss, like at the start of sun.
view:
kind: phoneme
key: s
letter: s
word: sun
emoji: ☀️Preview
A
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the phoneme view — one letter in focus: a big letter card plus an example word and picture, with the first letter coloured, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- This is the letter A. It says ah, like at the start of ant.
In the open config
id: a
label: A
beats:
- say: lph-3
caption: This is the letter A. It says ah, like at the start of ant.
view:
kind: phoneme
key: a
letter: a
word: ant
emoji: 🐜Preview
P
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the phoneme view — one letter in focus: a big letter card plus an example word and picture, with the first letter coloured, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- This is the letter P. It says puh, like at the start of pig.
In the open config
id: p
label: P
beats:
- say: lph-4
caption: This is the letter P. It says puh, like at the start of pig.
view:
kind: phoneme
key: p
letter: p
word: pig
emoji: 🐷Preview
Your turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the letters visual — a row of letter tiles; the active one lifts and glows. Good for intro/recap beats that point at a set of letters just showed.
What Luna says
- When you hear a sound, find the letter that makes it and tap it. Now you try!
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: lph-5
caption: When you hear a sound, find the letter that makes it and tap it. Now you try!
view:
kind: letters
key: go
items:
- s
- a
- t
- p
- i
- "n"
active: 0Preview
More Sounds
Covers: + m d g o c k
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: ph-set2 title: More Sounds icon: 🅱️ sub: + m d g o c k board: soundToLetter bands: - 0 - 1 lesson: letter-sounds
Lesson: Letter Sounds — 6 steps
All sounds
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the soundboard visual — interactive sound wall: every letter and digraph as a tappable tile — tap one to hear its sound. A whole-alphabet "explore it yourself" screen, across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Here are all our letter sounds. Tap any letter to hear the sound it makes!
In the open config
id: sounds
label: All sounds
beats:
- say: lph-0
caption: Here are all our letter sounds. Tap any letter to hear the sound it makes!
advance: hold
view:
kind: soundboard
key: boardPreview
Listen
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the letters view — a row of letter tiles; the active one lifts and glows. Good for intro/recap beats that point at a set of letters, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- Reading starts with listening. Every letter makes its own little sound — let's hear a few!
In the open config
id: listen
label: Listen
beats:
- say: lph-1
caption: Reading starts with listening. Every letter makes its own little sound — let's hear a few!
view:
kind: letters
key: intro
items:
- s
- a
- t
- p
- i
- "n"Preview
S
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the phoneme view — one letter in focus: a big letter card plus an example word and picture, with the first letter coloured, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- This is the letter S. It says sss, like at the start of sun.
In the open config
id: s
label: S
beats:
- say: lph-2
caption: This is the letter S. It says sss, like at the start of sun.
view:
kind: phoneme
key: s
letter: s
word: sun
emoji: ☀️Preview
A
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the phoneme view — one letter in focus: a big letter card plus an example word and picture, with the first letter coloured, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- This is the letter A. It says ah, like at the start of ant.
In the open config
id: a
label: A
beats:
- say: lph-3
caption: This is the letter A. It says ah, like at the start of ant.
view:
kind: phoneme
key: a
letter: a
word: ant
emoji: 🐜Preview
P
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the phoneme view — one letter in focus: a big letter card plus an example word and picture, with the first letter coloured, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- This is the letter P. It says puh, like at the start of pig.
In the open config
id: p
label: P
beats:
- say: lph-4
caption: This is the letter P. It says puh, like at the start of pig.
view:
kind: phoneme
key: p
letter: p
word: pig
emoji: 🐷Preview
Your turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the letters visual — a row of letter tiles; the active one lifts and glows. Good for intro/recap beats that point at a set of letters just showed.
What Luna says
- When you hear a sound, find the letter that makes it and tap it. Now you try!
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: lph-5
caption: When you hear a sound, find the letter that makes it and tap it. Now you try!
view:
kind: letters
key: go
items:
- s
- a
- t
- p
- i
- "n"
active: 0Preview
All Letter Sounds
Covers: every letter
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: ph-all title: All Letter Sounds icon: 🔤 sub: every letter board: soundToLetter bands: - 0 - 1 - 2 lesson: letter-sounds
Lesson: Letter Sounds — 6 steps
All sounds
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the soundboard visual — interactive sound wall: every letter and digraph as a tappable tile — tap one to hear its sound. A whole-alphabet "explore it yourself" screen, across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Here are all our letter sounds. Tap any letter to hear the sound it makes!
In the open config
id: sounds
label: All sounds
beats:
- say: lph-0
caption: Here are all our letter sounds. Tap any letter to hear the sound it makes!
advance: hold
view:
kind: soundboard
key: boardPreview
Listen
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the letters view — a row of letter tiles; the active one lifts and glows. Good for intro/recap beats that point at a set of letters, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- Reading starts with listening. Every letter makes its own little sound — let's hear a few!
In the open config
id: listen
label: Listen
beats:
- say: lph-1
caption: Reading starts with listening. Every letter makes its own little sound — let's hear a few!
view:
kind: letters
key: intro
items:
- s
- a
- t
- p
- i
- "n"Preview
S
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the phoneme view — one letter in focus: a big letter card plus an example word and picture, with the first letter coloured, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- This is the letter S. It says sss, like at the start of sun.
In the open config
id: s
label: S
beats:
- say: lph-2
caption: This is the letter S. It says sss, like at the start of sun.
view:
kind: phoneme
key: s
letter: s
word: sun
emoji: ☀️Preview
A
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the phoneme view — one letter in focus: a big letter card plus an example word and picture, with the first letter coloured, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- This is the letter A. It says ah, like at the start of ant.
In the open config
id: a
label: A
beats:
- say: lph-3
caption: This is the letter A. It says ah, like at the start of ant.
view:
kind: phoneme
key: a
letter: a
word: ant
emoji: 🐜Preview
P
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the phoneme view — one letter in focus: a big letter card plus an example word and picture, with the first letter coloured, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- This is the letter P. It says puh, like at the start of pig.
In the open config
id: p
label: P
beats:
- say: lph-4
caption: This is the letter P. It says puh, like at the start of pig.
view:
kind: phoneme
key: p
letter: p
word: pig
emoji: 🐷Preview
Your turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the letters visual — a row of letter tiles; the active one lifts and glows. Good for intro/recap beats that point at a set of letters just showed.
What Luna says
- When you hear a sound, find the letter that makes it and tap it. Now you try!
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: lph-5
caption: When you hear a sound, find the letter that makes it and tap it. Now you try!
view:
kind: letters
key: go
items:
- s
- a
- t
- p
- i
- "n"
active: 0Preview
Blending Bay
Covers: blend sounds into words
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: ph-blend title: Blending Bay icon: 🫧 sub: blend sounds into words board: blendWord bands: - 0 lesson: blending
Lesson: Blending — 3 steps
c-a-t
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the blend visual — sounds blending into a word: letter chips appear one by one, then resolve into the whole word ("c-a-t → cat"), across 2 narrated beats, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Letters team up to make words. Listen to these three sounds, one at a time.
- Now blend them together, nice and smooth: cat!
In the open config
id: cat
label: c-a-t
beats:
- say: lbl-1
caption: Letters team up to make words. Listen to these three sounds, one at a time.
view:
kind: blend
key: cat
letters:
- c
- a
- t
word: cat
- say: lbl-2
caption: "Now blend them together, nice and smooth: cat!"
view:
kind: blend
key: cat
letters:
- c
- a
- t
word: catPreview
p-i-g
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the blend view — sounds blending into a word: letter chips appear one by one, then resolve into the whole word ("c-a-t → cat"), turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- Let's try another word. Sound out each letter.
- Blend them together: pig!
In the open config
id: pig
label: p-i-g
beats:
- say: lbl-3
caption: Let's try another word. Sound out each letter.
view:
kind: blend
key: pig
letters:
- p
- i
- g
word: pig
- say: lbl-4
caption: "Blend them together: pig!"
view:
kind: blend
key: pig
letters:
- p
- i
- g
word: pigPreview
Your turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the blend visual — sounds blending into a word: letter chips appear one by one, then resolve into the whole word ("c-a-t → cat") just showed.
What Luna says
- Your turn — listen to the sounds, then tap the letters in order to build the word. You try!
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: lbl-5
caption: Your turn — listen to the sounds, then tap the letters in order to build the word. You try!
view:
kind: blend
key: cat2
letters:
- c
- a
- t
word: catPreview
Word Families
Covers: -at, -an, -ig
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: ph-families title: Word Families icon: 👨👩👧 sub: "-at, -an, -ig" board: wordFamily bands: - 0 lesson: word-families
Lesson: Word Families — 3 steps
The -at family
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the blend visual — sounds blending into a word: letter chips appear one by one, then resolve into the whole word ("c-a-t → cat"), across 2 narrated beats, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Some words are a family — they share the very same ending. Here is the -at family.
- Keep the ending and swap the first letter: cat becomes hat!
In the open config
id: fam
label: The -at family
beats:
- say: lwf-1
caption: Some words are a family — they share the very same ending. Here is the -at family.
view:
kind: blend
key: cat
letters:
- c
- a
- t
word: cat
- say: lwf-2
caption: "Keep the ending and swap the first letter: cat becomes hat!"
view:
kind: blend
key: hat
letters:
- h
- a
- t
word: hatPreview
Again
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the blend view — sounds blending into a word: letter chips appear one by one, then resolve into the whole word ("c-a-t → cat"), turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- Swap it again — now it says mat. Same family, new word!
In the open config
id: more
label: Again
beats:
- say: lwf-3
caption: Swap it again — now it says mat. Same family, new word!
view:
kind: blend
key: mat
letters:
- m
- a
- t
word: matPreview
Your turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the blend visual — sounds blending into a word: letter chips appear one by one, then resolve into the whole word ("c-a-t → cat") just showed.
What Luna says
- Listen to the word, then tap the letter it starts with. You try!
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: lwf-4
caption: Listen to the word, then tap the letter it starts with. You try!
view:
kind: blend
key: sat
letters:
- s
- a
- t
word: satPreview
Tricky Teams
Covers: sh, ch, th, ck
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: ph-digraphs title: Tricky Teams icon: 🧩 sub: sh, ch, th, ck board: digraphs bands: - 0 lesson: digraphs
Lesson: Tricky Teams — 4 steps
sh
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the team visual — two letters teaming up to make one sound (a digraph), shown as letters = sound, then an example word + picture, across 2 narrated beats, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Sometimes two letters team up to make just one new sound.
- S and H together say shh — like at the start of ship.
In the open config
id: sh
label: sh
beats:
- say: ldg-1
caption: Sometimes two letters team up to make just one new sound.
view:
kind: team
key: sh
team: sh
sound: /sh/
word: ship
emoji: 🚢
- say: ldg-2
caption: S and H together say shh — like at the start of ship.
view:
kind: team
key: sh
team: sh
sound: /sh/
word: ship
emoji: 🚢Preview
ch
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the team view — two letters teaming up to make one sound (a digraph), shown as letters = sound, then an example word + picture, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- C and H together say ch — like at the start of chip.
In the open config
id: ch
label: ch
beats:
- say: ldg-3
caption: C and H together say ch — like at the start of chip.
view:
kind: team
key: ch
team: ch
sound: /ch/
word: chip
emoji: 🍟Preview
th
Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the team view — two letters teaming up to make one sound (a digraph), shown as letters = sound, then an example word + picture, turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.
What Luna says
- T and H together say th — like at the start of thumb.
In the open config
id: th
label: th
beats:
- say: ldg-4
caption: T and H together say th — like at the start of thumb.
view:
kind: team
key: th
team: th
sound: /th/
word: thumb
emoji: 👍Preview
Your turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the team visual — two letters teaming up to make one sound (a digraph), shown as letters = sound, then an example word + picture just showed.
What Luna says
- Listen for the team sound, then tap the two letters that make it. You try!
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: ldg-5
caption: Listen for the team sound, then tap the two letters that make it. You try!
view:
kind: team
key: ck
team: ck
sound: /k/
word: duck
emoji: 🦆Preview
