Levelling System

"Level one is all about recognising the sounds that each letter makes. Children meet the letters in an order that allows them to start making words straight away − using sounding out and blending skills: saying the sounds that each letter makes and blending them together to make words. This level also helps children master the key skill of segmenting, breaking words they hear down into letter sounds." - Alphablocks

"Level 1 introduces the first five numbers and foundation skills including counting, recognising amounts on sight, comparing and sorting numbers and simple addition and subtraction." - Numberblocks

“In Level 1, your child will meet Colourblocks Red, Blue, Yellow and Green. Children learn to recognise and name these colours, spot them in everyday objects, see the differences between them and explore simple mixing to make new colours.” - Colourblocks

"Level 1 introduces the Wonderblocks Go and Stop and their friends the Do Blocks. Children learn how the Do Blocks help to make things happen in Thinkingland. They begin to explore problem-solving, ideas and plans, patterns and sequences and discover the fun of tinkering - trying something out to see what happens. All with a healthy dose of teamwork!" - Wonderblocks

"Level two introduces the less common letters and rounds out the alphabet. Once your child knows all their letters and letter sounds, they can enjoy making and reading lots of simple words. They'll also meet the capital letters and letter names." - Alphablocks

"Level 2 takes us up to ten, developing the foundation skills and introducing number bonds, odds and evens, square numbers, number patterns, shapes and more." - Numberblocks

“Level 2 introduces Orange, Purple, Indigo and Violet. These new Colourblock characters help children to continue to build their colour vocabulary, explore more colour mixing, and start to understand colour order and simple patterns.” - Colourblocks

"In Level 2, children learn more about abstraction, decomposition and planning - in other words, how to think things through, breaking problems into smaller parts, trying things out and learning how to come up with a plan.They're introduced to debugging and logic – how to spot mistakes and use what they have learnt to fix them - and, with the help of Wonderblock Again, they can learn about loops – patterns that repeat. In the grand finale children revisit everything they’ve explored so far and are given the chance to reflect on how their thinking has grown." - Wonderblocks

"Level three introduces children to letter teams − two letters that join to make one sound, such as sh and ch, oo and ee. These are also known as digraphs. And they meet three-letter teams, such as igh and air − also known as trigraphs." - Alphablocks

"Level 3 takes us past ten with numbers who discover place value, doubling and halving, multiplication, division, factors and new number patterns." - Numberblocks

“Level 3 introduces Black, White, Grey, Pink and Brown. As they get to know these Colourblocks, children learn to recognise and name their colours, explore light and dark colours and discover that there’s more than one way to mix a colour.” - Colourblocks

"Level four is all about letter blends − two consonants that make both of their sounds when they appear together (instead of a new single sound). Blends can be at the start of a word (such as st-, bl- or tr-) or at the end (such as -nd, -mp and -sk ). And there are three letter blends too: (such as spl- and str-) They are also known as consonant clusters." - Alphablocks

"Level 4 helps children become number explorers, discovering how the number system works and developing all their skills with two-digit numbers." - Numberblocks

”Level 4 is where children can meet The Printing Crew - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. Children discover the world of printer colours and learn about colour wheels.” - Colourblocks

"Level five is a big step − time to discover that there are different ways to make the long vowel sounds. We meet Magic E, who shows how split digraphs work: a vowel and e combine to make the long vowel sound (such as a-e in cake and o-e in home). And children complete their journey from meeting the alphabet to reading words like 'alphabet' with confidence." - Alphablocks

"Level 5 builds confidence in working and playing with numbers up to 100 and offers a sneak peak of how much bigger numbers work." - Numberblocks

“Level 5 introduces Lime, Sky Blue, Dark Blue. Children explore bright and dull colours and discover that there are in-between colours like orangey-red or reddish-orange. They'll see how mixing different amounts of colours gives different results and see the fun in being creative with colour.” - Colourblocks