Reception Pack (Stage 1)

by Sue Reed and Liz Webster

Published 1 September 2020

Collins Big Cat Song of Sounds is a hands-on systematic synthetic phonics programme that meets the learning needs of your whole class - and puts the fun back into phonics.

Song of Sounds has a song at its heart that teaches children all of the phonemes necessary to read and write English successfully.

Stage 1 for Reception contains 30 weeks of instruction. Each week has four short daily sessions and a longer consolidation session at the end of the week to put phonic skills into practice.

A resource CD contains software presentations to use throughout plus printable resources for the activities.

The Song of Sounds Stage 1 Reception Pack contains:
- Audio CD
- Teacher's Handbook
- Resource CD
- Flashcards
- Green words and sentence cards
- Tricky word cards
- Phoneme stars
- Phoneme finder sheet
- Lotto game
- Classroom frieze
- Picture cards


Stage 3

by Liz Webster and Sue Reed

Published 15 July 2016

Collins Big Cat Song of Sounds is a hands-on systematic synthetic phonics programme that meets the learning needs of your whole class - and puts the fun back into phonics.

Song of Sounds has a song at its heart that teaches children all of the phonemes necessary to read and write English successfully.

Stage 3 for Year 2 contains 20 weeks of instruction to cover all the new English curriculum requirements. Each week has four short daily sessions and a longer consolidation session at the end of the week to put phonic skills into practice.

A resource CD contains software presentations to use throughout plus printable resources for the activities.

The Song of Sounds Stage 3 Year 2 Pack contains:
- Audio CD
- Teacher's Handbook
- Resource CD
- Flashcards
- Green words and sentence cards
- Tricky word cards
- Phoneme stars
- Phoneme finder sheet
- Lotto game
- Classroom frieze
- Picture cards







Nursery Pack (Stage 0)

by Sue Reed and Liz Webster

Published 24 February 2020

Collins Big Cat Song of Sounds is a hands-on systematic synthetic phonics programme that meets the learning needs of your whole group - and puts the fun back into phonics.

Ensure your children are school-ready with Song of Sounds!

Song of Sounds is a child-focused phonics pack that has a song at its heart. The song teaches children all the phonemes necessary to read and write English successfully, ensuring there is a consistency of approach across the school.

Stage 0 for pre-school children introduces the sounds of the alphabet through fun, age-appropriate games and activities that take no more than 5-10 minutes a day. The teacher handbook is split into three clear sections:
Part One: falls within the Communication and Language area of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. It focuses on developing children's speaking and listening skills and language comprehension through varied adult-led activities, rhymes, stories, poems and drama activities.
Part Two: marks the beginning of explicit phonics teaching, in which the children, once they are ready, begin to learn their 26 letter sounds (phonemes).
Part Three: is aimed at providing practitioners with ideas of how to implement phonics activities within the different areas of their setting.
The Song of Sounds Stage 0 Nursery Pack contains:

- Resource CD, including audio of the song
- Teacher Handbook
- Flashcards
- Green word cards
- Phoneme stars
- Phoneme finder sheet
- Lotto game
- Pairs game
- Classroom frieze
- Picture cards


Year 1 Pack (Stage 2)

by Sue Reed and Liz Webster

Published 20 May 2014

Collins Big Cat Song of Sounds is a hands-on systematic synthetic phonics programme that meets the learning needs of your whole class - and puts the fun back into phonics.

Song of Sounds has a song at its heart that teaches children all of the phonemes necessary to read and write English successfully.

Stage 2 for Year 1 contains 30 weeks of instruction. Each week has four short daily sessions and a longer consolidation session at the end of the week to put phonic skills into practice.

A resource CD contains software presentations to use throughout plus printable resources for the activities.

The Song of Sounds Stage 2 Year 1 Pack contains:
- Audio CD
- Teacher's Handbook
- Resource CD
- Flashcards
- Green words and sentence cards
- Tricky word cards
- Phoneme stars
- Phoneme finder sheet
- Lotto game
- Classroom frieze
- Picture cards