Little Learners Love Literacy®
2025 Catalogue
WELCOME
Dear colleague,
Welcome to the 2025 Little Learners Love Literacy® catalogue!
At Little Learners Love Literacy®, our team is committed to supporting teachers who provide evidence-based instruction, ensuring that children have the best opportunity to become fluent readers, writers, and spellers. We believe every child deserves explicit and sequential literacy teaching from day one, giving them the strong foundation they need to succeed.
By listening to your feedback we aim to provide the tools and guidance you need to achieve your goals in the classroom.
Last year’s highlights included the launch of our user-friendly digital platform – Little Learners Love Literacy® Online. This platform provides a simple and smart resource for teaching Little Learners Love Literacy® with confidence (read more page 11). We also celebrated winning the Speech Pathology Australia award for best decodable book series for the second year in a row! The Fox Kid chapter book series and Little Learners, Big World nonfiction have both received this prestigious award for being high quality, innovative and engaging (read more page 45).
This year we look forward to supporting you with structured literacy implementation and curriculum change. We have a range of exciting new resources including decodable books, workbooks, practice games, Year 2 teaching resources and online content!
Have a great 2025!
The Little Learners Love Literacy® team
Little Learners Love Literacy
Little Learners Love Literacy® Online
Quality phonics teaching for all children.
Stages: 1 2 3 4 +4 6 : 5
✓ Phonics ✓ Reading ✓ Spelling ✓ Morphology
✓ Handwriting ✓ Vocabulary ✓ Comprehension
What is it?
Little Learners Love Literacy® Online provides a simple and smart solution for all schools to teach structured literacy with confidence It contains decodable eBooks, lesson plans and slides, practice resources, professional learning support and more!
How do I use it?
LLLL Online has been designed to support educators to teach the program with fidelity and to save time! Use the lesson slides to support Teacher Activity Resources books for each LLLL stage
Teacher Activity Resource LLLL Online Decodable Books and Practice Games
• Weekly lesson plans
• Daily lesson scripts
• LLLL instructional playbook
• Practice resources
• eBooks for take-home and class choral reading
• Slides for core revision and teaching routines
• Access to small group teaching notes for each decodable eBook
Build fluency and work towards mastery with decodable fiction andnonfiction, and a range of engaging reading and writing practice games
Professional Learning
Our services
Making a change and driving improvement in your school can be hard work and we are here to support you every step of the way.
We offer an array of professional learning opportunities, such as workshops, online webinars, and resources to help support your professional development, so you can teach Little Learners Love Literacy® with fidelity and confidence.
Professional learning workshops
Our professional learning workshops will prepare you to implement evidence-based reading, spelling, phonemic awareness and writing routines in your classroom.
Perfect for: Foundation & Year 1 teachers, Literacy leaders, APs and Principals.
Two-day workshop: Teaching Little Learners Love Literacy®
This professional learning will lay vital foundations by exploring key theory concepts including the science of reading, cognitive load theory and
explicit teaching. Classroom footage and a range of interactive activities will support you in mastering the practical elements of the program including planning and assessment.
This rigorous and engaging two-day workshop can be completed in person or online.
Our two-day workshop comprises:
• four online pre-work theory modules
• two-days of interactive training
• a professional learning kit.
INTERSTATE?
Look out for in-person workshops in NSW, QLD, WA and SA. Or contact us to request a workshop in your area.
Webinars
Our online webinar schedule includes a range of topics for teachers, school leaders, private practitioners and parents. Each webinar includes an opportunity to ask questions and discuss the topic. Topics include:
• An introduction to Little Learners Love Literacy®
• Teaching and assessing fluency
• Teaching spelling
• Reading assessment with the LLARS
• Spelling assessment with the LLASS
• Decodable books – what are they and how to use them
• Small group reading with decodable books
• Intervention with LLLL
• Teaching and assessing Heart Words
• Explicit Teaching with LLLL
• Introduction to LLLL Online
• Weekly Planning with LLLL
• Teaching Handwriting with LLLL
• Teaching Heart Words with LLLL
Really enjoyed the presentation. Very affirming! Lots I am already doing and a few new tips and ideas. Loved it. Thank you!
Andrea
Professional learning resources
YouTube channel
This is a great resource to learn more about teaching with Little Learners Love Literacy®. Listen and view sample books, see resources in action and grab quick tips.
Facebook group
Join our exclusive members-only Facebook group to share thoughts and questions with other schools using Little Learners Love Literacy®
Monthly newsletter
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter for the latest news, professional learning opportunities and evidence-informed literacy resources including free downloads, blogs and more
Our blog
Subscribe to our blog to get updates and articles straight to your inbox. We’re always learning about literacy best practice and we like to share what we know!
Taster events
You may be wanting to talk to another school who has been through the implementation journey themselves Check our online calendar for free taster event opportunities near you
Contact us for support, quotes, bookings and more: hello@learninglogic.com.au 0455 491 199 littlelearnersloveliteracy.com.au
Teacher Activity Resource Books
Explicit teaching support and carefully constructed practice for reading, spelling and writing.
Stages: 1 2 3 4 +4 6 7 : 5
✓ Decoding ✓ Spelling ✓ Vocabulary ✓ Comprehension ✓ Handwriting
What is it?
As well as supporting teachers with explicit teaching, the Little Learners Love Literacy® Teacher Activity Resource books provide carefully constructed application and practice activities for each stage of the teaching sequence – for reading, spelling and handwriting.
Each Teacher Activity Resource book breaks down the Little Learners Love Literacy® teaching sequence into weekly plans, which include unique instructional routines such as Let’s spell, Let’s write dictation, Ally talk and Super spelling for your whole class.
Look inside!
Created from evidencebased research, these resources explain how to teach explicitly so that ALL children learn to read, write and spell.
How do I use it?
The Teacher Activity Resource books provide simple lesson plans and engaging activities to ensure your teaching of reading and spelling is effective and targeted from the very beginning. Use the Teacher Activity Resource books alongside the decodable books and Little Learners Love Literacy® practice games such as Sound Swap, Read and Grab and Read, Write and Draw
LLLL Online supports each Teacher Activity Resource with a selection of lesson slides to show key content to students.
Key features
• Weekly planning guidance for each stage.
• Targeted reading and writing practice activities.
• Available in print and digital formats.
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Resource Books
Teacher Activity
Stages: 1 2 3 4
Stages: +4 6 : 5
Check the Little Learners Love Literacy® website for digital editions containing state handwriting font writing activities.
Workbooks
Targeted reading, spelling and handwriting practice.
What is it?
Little Learners Love Literacy® Stages 1-4 workbooks are designed to perfectly align with our Teacher Activity Resources.
Each workbook contains the activity sheets from the Teacher Activity Resources, including multiple pages for Let’s spell and Let’s write. Easily track progress and minimise administration time by having everything students need in one place. Additionally, they include handy reference pages for Speed Sounds and Heart Words.
Each workbook is available in a choice of handwriting fonts: LLLL Sassoon, NSW Manuscript GT, Victorian Modern Cursive Script, SA Beginner GT, TAS Beginner GT, and QLD Beginner GT.
Look inside!
Stage 1 ✓ Phonics ✓ Reading ✓ Spelling ✓ Handwriting ✓ Phonemic awareness
How do I use it?
The workbooks are used alongside the Teacher Activity Resources. Students complete the activity sheets in the workbooks as detailed in the Teacher Activity Resource, allowing teachers to save time preparing individual activity sheets per student, and to easily track progress.
Workbook
Workbook Stage 4
Workbook Stage 2, Victoria Modern Cursive Script
Workbook Stage 3, NSW Manuscript GT
Small Group Reading Teacher Notes
Decoding
What is it?
Vocabulary
Carefully planned small group reading sessions allow teachers rich opportunities to instruct, model and guide children towards independent, fluent reading. Small Group Reading Teacher Notes support these sessions with:
• easy-to-read instructions and advice
• prepared teacher notes for each decodable book
• additional after-reading activities for each stage
• a small group reading observation template
• reproducible Heart Words and Speed Words resources.
How do I use it?
Decodable books should be used both in classroom instruction (small group reading, one-to-one, whole class choral reading) to build word reading, vocabulary and comprehension skills, and in independent practice to build fluency, confidence and deeper comprehension (partner reading, independent reading, take home reading).
Small group reading sessions follow a 5-step routine; use each set of notes to guide your instruction.
Look inside!
Key features
• Save planning and preparation time for small group reading sessions.
• Notes and advice are also useful for one-to-one reading and whole class reading
Decodable Quizzes
Generate lots of talk in your classroom with these quirky reading games.
What is it?
These unique and simple quizzes give children practice reading short decodable questions matched to the stages of the Little Learners Love Literacy® teaching sequence. They are perfect for sentence-level reading practice. The questions are fun and quirky and provide a springboard for interesting discussions that develop oral language, vocabulary and comprehension.
• The Wiz Kids Quiz Stages 1–4 contains 120 large-format, illustrated question cards linked to The Wiz Kids Stages 1–4 decodable books.
• Tim’s Quiz Stages 1–4, +4, 5, 6 contains 170 question cards linked to the Pip and Tim Stages +4, 5 and 6 decodable books.
• Big World Quiz Stages 7.1-7.2 contains 168 question cards linked to the Little Learners, Big World Stages 7.1-7.2 decodable books. Look inside!
How do I use it?
Children read decodable question cards and answer ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘maybe’. They must justify their answer using evidence from the illustrations and/or their background knowledge – no matter how silly the question is! Example questions from Tim’s Quiz Stages Plus 4, 5 and 6 include: ‘Did Goldilocks run from three possums? Do all kids like froth? Can a rock think?’ For The Wiz Kids Quiz and Tim’s Quiz players place their card on their bingo grid and play continues until they have filled it. In Big World Quiz, students work in pairs, taking turns to read the question card to their partner. The player answers ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘maybe’ and places a counter on the card’s corresponding answer icon. They must justify their answer using whole sentences.
Key features
This resource adds variety and excellent opportunities to practise and hone oral language using the terrific and now very familiar LLLL characters.
S. Donnan
At the end of the game, children re-read their favourite question before they write it and draw a picture to show their understanding.
Our decodable quizzes are designed for whole class partner practice Instructions and video support are provided with each quiz.
• Includes a QR code to access downloads including instructions, extension ideas and bingo play grids.
• Provides interesting decoding and fluency practice at sentence-level.
• Offers variety with hundreds of fun questions covering Stages 1–7.
• Writing extension activities included!
• Oral language practice.
Players place their card on their bingo grid.
Little Learners Decodable Books
Australian books children LOVE to read with words they CAN read.
What are decodable books?
Decodable books are books that are ‘phonetically controlled’ to contain letter–sound correspondences that the reader has been explicitly taught. Children use their knowledge of graphemes (letters) and phonemes (sounds) to decode (read) the words in the text independently.
Decoding is the process of reading a word by sounding out and blending the sounds together from left to right:
The Little Learners decodable books
The Little Learners decodable books include stories and nonfiction texts that children can read by applying their phonics knowledge, with no guessing! Each book is carefully written to the Little Learners teaching sequence, so children can experience success in reading from the start of their journey. We have three series of decodable books:
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The Little Learners decodable books increase in length and complexity as children move through the program. Although they are phonetically controlled to only contain the letters and sounds children have learnt, the fiction books are real stories with a range of characters and diverse plots, and the nonfiction texts are packed with facts and vocabulary.
Fox Kid
Helping ALL kids to become reading superheroes.
✓ Decoding ✓ Fluency ✓ Vocabulary ✓ Comprehension ✓ Spelling
Fox Kid Chapter Books
How do I use it?
What is it?
A new series of decodable chapter books specifically designed for struggling readers, especially those who’ve ‘missed the boat’ in the early years of school
Raise engagement and motivation through success by using decodable text, with a systematic sequence and steady progression Enabling children to master the application of phonic knowledge for word reading, building reading fluency and confidence
Speech Pathology
Australia’s Decodable Book Series award winner 2024!
Best books so far, the chapter books have made it much more inclusive. It’s really made my son want to read and be just like his peers.
Mandy
For struggling readers, intervention using a systematic synthetic phonics approach is vital. The Fox Kid series provides much-needed practice supporting the learning taking place in Tier 2 and 3 interventions. Each Fox Kid decodable chapter book is divided into short chapters and comes with a handy bookmark to break the story up across several short reading sessions. Teacher notes and pre and post-reading activities are included in the back of each book.
Use alongside the Fox Kid Workbooks, Ka-Blam! card game and other Little Learners Love Literacy® resources such as Sound Swap, Let’s Write and Read and Grab to deliver effective intervention sessions.
Books and Workbooks
Chapter
Stages: 1 2 3 4 (the simple code)
Stages: +4 5
Stages: 5 6
(double letters and adjacent consonants)
(consonant digraphs)
Stage: 7.1
Long vowel sounds, morphology, homophones
Stage: 7.2
Chapter books & Workbooks 9 & 10
SOON! Chapter books & Workbooks 11 & 12 COMING
Stage: 7.3
Little Learners Assessment of Reading Skills
student progress.
What is it?
The Little Learners Assessment of Reading Skills (LLARS) assesses the scope and sequence of the Little Learners Love Literacy® explicit teaching program The aim is to assess and monitor students’ skills and knowledge to inform teaching and identify the specific needs of each student The LLARS will identify, in diagnostic detail, what students know and to what level they can apply their skills and knowledge to reading.
How do I use it?
The LLARS is administered individually twice a year. It comprises four subtests:
• Subtest 1: Grapheme–phoneme knowledge
• Subtest 2: Decoding nonwords
• Subtest 3: Reading Heart Words (optional)
• Subtest 4: Reading unseen decodable texts
Teachers can access a range of professional learning support for free on the Little Learners Love Literacy® website.
Little Learners Assessment of Spelling Skills
A diagnostic spelling assessment designed to inform teaching and monitor student progress.
Stages: 1 2 3 4 +4 6 7 5
✓ Spelling
Look inside!
What
is it?
The Little Learners Assessment of Spelling Skills (LLASS) follows the Little Learners Love Literacy® teaching sequence to reveal to what extent children can apply their phonologic and morphologic knowledge to spell with accuracy, and to identify any gaps in students’ knowledge of grapheme–phoneme correspondences
How do I use it?
Administer the LLASS twice per year over two sessions. Use the script and spelling lists provided to administer the assessment. Record results in the Class and Student Record spreadsheets to display a whole class view of performance.
Key features
• Supports explicit teaching of spelling from the very beginning of school.
• Produces rich and informative data to support planning of class teaching and effective interventions.
• Includes a print copy and a digital copy.
Little Learners
Classroom Value Pack
What is it?
This pack offers three options to suit your classroom needs:
• Teacher Toolkit only
• Teachers Toolkit +5 copies of decodable books, or
• Toolkit +10 copies of decodable books.
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Teaching ALL children to read, write and spell with confidence.
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