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About Phonics for Nursery resources

Essential support to help you teach the programme

Read Write Inc. Phonics for Nursery resources, published by Oxford University Press, provide essential support to help you teach the programme.  

They include a Handbook, Speed Sound cards, Green Word Cards, a wall frieze, Sound Blending Books and a Fred Frog beanie toy. Resources are suitable for pre-school children and are recommended for the term before they start in Reception (P1).

All resources are available to buy from the OUP website and other school suppliers, or through your local OUP Educational Consultant

Two children in a Read Write Inc. Phonics for Nursery lesson beginning to blend using magnetic sound cards.

Getting started?

If you’re new to Read Write Inc., speaking to your local OUP Educational Consultant is the best place to start. They can talk you through the resources in more detail and will provide a personalised quote based on the best package for your school. 

Already using the Read Write Inc. programme? 

Browse the OUP website to top up your resources including Handbooks, Cards, Sound-Picture Friezes and more.  

Teacher resources

The Nursery Handbook provides everything you need for pre-school phonics teaching. It includes easy-to-follow blueprint lesson plans covering Set 1 Speed Sounds and Word Time (sound-blending) and guidance on developing language alongside phonics teaching, through nursery rhymes, poems and songs, and planned talk.  

Cover of the Read Write Inc. Phonics for Nursery Handbook cover.

Classroom resources

Sound Blending Books provide clear phonic progression from simple three sound words (e.g. sit) in Book 1 to four and five sound words (e.g. brush) in Book 10. They feature many words in the wider Read Write Inc. Phonics Storybooks used in school so these words will be familiar for children when they reach Reception (P1). 

A selection of RWI Phonics for Nursery Sound Blending book covers.

Cost of resources

To give you an indication of cost, this is what schools typically spend on resources*: 

£414 for a Nursery Pack  

The pack includes: Nursery Handbook; Speed Sound Cards; Picture Sounds Cards; Fred Frog beanie; 10 Sound Blending Books; Green Word Cards; and a small Sound-Picture Frieze. 

*All prices quoted are for UK schools, are subject to VAT and are approximate for the minimum resources required to implement Read Write Inc. Phonics for Nursery in your school. 

How to contact OUP

Email primary.salesconsultant@oup.com. 

Book an appointment with your local OUP Educational Consultant. 

Call Customer Services for any general enquiries: +44(0)1536 452610. 

Browse the website. 

Screenshot of the Read Write Inc. overview page on the Oxford University Press website.

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