Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box

Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box is your complete phonics-based solution for introducing students to the letter sounds of the English alphabet in a sequential, scaffolded and purposeful way. The series supports early development of blending, segmenting and manipulating skills, and reinforces phonemic awareness.

The Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box approach

Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box 1 introduces the 26 alphabet letters (graphemes) that are used to construct the 44 common speech sounds (phonemes) that make up the English language. Box 1 focuses on the letter–sound relationships in five small collections of letters. These letter sets have been purposefully sequenced to enable students to build upon their phoneme–grapheme correspondences quickly, and to blend two and three phonemes together to make many simple VC (vowel-consonant) and CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words.

Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box 2 consolidates this understanding with an in-depth focus on consonants sounds, beginning with the common double consonant sounds ff, ll, ss and zz, continuing through to consonant digraphs and consonant blends. Box 2 also ensures that students understand the relationship between sounds (phonemes) and letters (graphemes) by exploring common onset and rime word combinations.

Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box 3 explicitly introduces short and long vowel phonemes and graphemes, including irregular vowel sounds.

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Box 1 sounds

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Box 2 sounds

Teacher Resource Book

The Teacher's Resource Book is your comprehensive guide for easily and successfully implementing the Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box program in the classroom.

There is a Teacher's Resource Book for each box, which includes:

Series background, rationale and overview
Easy-to-follow lesson plans
Audio of letter sounds accessible by QR code
Assessment information
Photocopiable blackline masters.

Look inside the Box 2 Teacher's Resource Book

Flashcards

The Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box 1 Alphabet Flashcards are used with students so they can learn the sounds of the 26 letters of the alphabet. The lower-case letter appears on the front of the card and the upper-case letter appears on the back.

The Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box 2 Consonant Flashcards teach students double consonant sounds, consonant digraphs and consonant blends.

One Word Readers

Each One-Word Reader includes eight words beginning with the focus letter or letter combination and a picture for each word.

There are 26 One-Word Readers in Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box 1, one for each letter of the alphabet, arranged into the five letter sets.

There are 24 One-Word Readers in Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box 2, each one focusing on a different consonant sound, and are arranged into three groups: double consonants, consonant digraphs and consonant blends.

Decodable Story Books

The Decodable Story Books are used to practise reading phoneme–grapheme correspondences, CVC words and high-frequency/sight words, and to build concepts about print skills.

There are 26 Decodable Story Books in Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box 1 and 30 Decodable Story Books in Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box 2. These are to be read with students once they are familiar with the initial letter sounds in Box 1 and the consonant letter combinations in Box 2.

The Story Books are engaging stories that also support students to make meaning when reading – that’s why we’ve called them Story Books! You can find a list of all Decodable Story Book titles HERE.

Look inside a Decodable Story Book

Meet The Author

Nelson Phonics-in-a-Box is authored by Deborah Foreman, a practising Literacy Leader and classroom teacher in North Adelaide, South Australia. Deborah has conducted in-depth research into early child language acquisition, and has used this knowledge to develop a phonics approach that incrementally and consistently builds students’ phonics ability.