Collins Easy Learning Phonics Ages 5-6

This workbook has been excellent for my 4-year-old in Reception. It matches really well with what they’re learning at school, so it feels familiar and helps reinforce their phonics in a simple, clear way. The activities are easy to follow and broken down into small steps, which is ideal at this age. It focuses on sounds, simple words, and early blending, and I’ve already noticed my child becoming more confident when trying to read. It’s also engaging without being overwhelming – colourful, fun, and just the right level to keep their attention. We only do a few pages at a time and they actually enjoy it, which is a big win. Overall, a great workbook for building early reading skills and confidence. Perfect for children in Reception or just starting their phonics journey.

It’s very useful

Great learning book for extra learning at home. My little one has enjoyed using this books. I've brought a few others from the range too.

Very useful to help my grandchildren understand phonics. Ultimately it will improve their reading processes.

Great

My son loves it. We have a few books of this collection and there are very good to improve children development besides school activities.

Reading and writing are so important, and the sooner you start the better. This is a great book to use with your child to develop early reading skills through the use of phonics. The answers are provided in the back of the book and there is a progress chart in the front. At the start of the book there is a “How to use this book” page, together with a QR code that can be scanned to access free audio content that includes a correct pronunciation guide. This book covers adjacent consonants and split digraphs, plus much more. The illustrations are colourful but pleasantly muted, rather than brash. Every other page has clear instructions for parents, explaining how the phonic on that page and its facing page work. A great back-up to school work and perfect for the holidays. Some of the exercises may be challenging for the age group, but that’s a Good Thing. It is important to repeat the exercises to embed learning, so it would be better if the pages were shiny so that they could be written on using a whiteboard pen that can be wiped off, but you can use a soft pencil and an eraser instead.

I got 3 of these books for my 5 year old and we’re planning on working through them over summer to keep his mind fresh and hopefully not go as feral lol. You definitely need an adult or old kiddo to work with your child on these based on the age, as there is instructions on each with words they will understand, but may not be able to read or out fully into context. This book is to help kids learn more about phonics, starting their journey to read and write. Although we’re not doing it fully until summer I worked through a bit with my 5 year old and he was able to answer the questions I pulled out, so the age range targeted is definitely right. It will help us as parents to make sure we’re teaching him words correctly when it comes to similar sounding phonics, like the one in my photo.