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Hoot's Phonics Path
"Hoo, hoo. Let's read it cosy and slow." Three calm rounds with Professor Hoot — tap a leaf to hear a letter, blend three letters into a word, or spot the little words we see everywhere.
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No timers. Tap any round and explore at your own pace — Hoot will be here when you come back.
About Phonics Path 🦉
Phonics Path teaches Year R and Year 1 phonics the calm way — letter sounds, CVC blending, and the most common sight words. Aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 2–3 and Cambridge Primary Year 1 English. No timers, no scores, no pressure. Hoot reads at your own pace.
Letter sounds use your device's speech voice. If your browser doesn't pronounce letter sounds clearly, Hoot will say the anchor word with the first sound stressed — like "aaaa-pple" — so you can still hear the phoneme.