Sunshine Online consists of two libraries:
Decodable Library and Levelled Library
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Decodable First: Decodable texts are the primary tool for early, independent reading practice, as they enforce the habit of decoding (sounding out words) rather than guessing from pictures or context.
Levelled Later: Levelled books are best introduced once your child has developed a solid foundation of decoding skills and automaticity. They are primarily used to reinforce skills, build fluency, and expand language knowledge, not to teach initial decoding. They can also be repurposed for activities like writing prompts, grammar practice, or content-area learning – or you can read them to your child, rather than have your child read them, and ask questions about the story to develop comprehension skills.
The Decodable Library: Systematic Phonics Instruction supported by Decodable Books
The Decodable Library is the core of our structured literacy programme, featuring 180 decodable books. These titles systematically teach letter-sound relationships and phonics skills, ensuring child only read sounds and letters they have been explicitly taught.
- Systematic Progression: Books are automatically unlocked as children master new sounds and letters, ensuring a smooth, competency-based learning journey.
- Built-in Assessment: Includes digital assessment tools to track children’s progress and mastery of the alphabetic code.
- 180 fully decodable fiction and non-fiction titles
- A strong Scope and Sequence from simple code, through complex code to extended code
- Pure articulation of the phonemes (sounds) modelled for children
- Children record and play back their own articulation of the sounds, and their blending of them to make words
- Children can listen to the text being read, with decoding support if required, or they can read it independently
- Children record themselves reading the text, review it, and re-record it if they wish
- Activity worksheets, lesson plans, assessments are all provided.
The Decodable Library is ideal to use in conjunction with the print resources in our Parent Pack.
The Levelled Library: Practice and Engagement
The Levelled Library offers over 900+ engaging fiction and non-fiction books, along with activities.
- Parent-Controlled Selection: Parents can easily select and assign titles that match their child’s specific reading level, interests, and learning journey.
- More than 900 books with voice over (Levels 1–30+)
- Organised into three Learning Spaces for Early, Emergent and Fluent readers
- Over 2,000 interactive activities focusing on phonics and words, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, fluency and writing
- All content of all three Learning Spaces in Sunshine Online is available, providing children with a huge library of titles and activities
Levelled Library