Reading Schemes for EYFS
Publishers offer a range of reading schemes suitable for children in EYFS up to and including reception. These encompass book bands Lilac, Pink, Red and Yellow and phonic phases 1–4 including DfE validated systematic synthetic phonics teaching programmes from leading publishers. All reading scheme books purchased from Pandora Books will be supplied fitted with FREE protective jackets, ensuring they last longer in your school.
Bug Club Phonics, from Pearson, aims to help all children in your school learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. This is a DfE validated SSP programme.
Pearson’s Bug Club Independent is one of the most popular schemes in schools today with children, teachers and parents alike. Pink to Yellow packs are phonetically decodable and perfect for EYFS.
Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters & Sounds
Ensure a secure start to every child’s reading journey in reception with fully decodable fiction and non-fiction books expertly aligned to the 2007 Letters and Sounds progression.
Big Cat is perfect for independent, guided and whole class reading. Carefully levelled to match the Institute of Education book bands.
From PhonicBooks®, the Dandelion Launchers and Readers series offer a carefully guided phonics journey for beginning readers. These books are suitable for readers who need structured, decodable text to build fluency.
Developed by the Knowledge Schools Trust with the aim of getting all children to read well, quickly.
Explore with Biff, Chip & Kipper
This unique series of decodable reading books will take your children on a journey of discovery as they read across both fiction and non-fiction.
A rigorous, easy-to-use DfE validated synthetic phonics teaching programme featuring the well-loved Biff, Chip, Kipper, and Floppy characters.
Fully decodable books aligned with Letters and Sounds to turn your children into fluently reading superheroes.
Oxford Reading Tree inFact comprises distinctive non-fiction books designed to inspire, inform and intrigue young children.
Little Blending Books for Letters and Sounds
These fully decodable books are specially designed for children to practise blending sounds together to make words.
Books and resources to support every child in learning to read using the leading DfE validated systematic synthetic phonics programme.
Mixed Scheme Boxes are an easy way to stock your classrooms with reading books of exceptional quality from highly regarded publishers.
Handpicked from the vast range of Oxford Reading Tree series, these are an ideal resource to keep track of pupils’ reading progress.
Read Write Inc. Phonics is a rigorous, dynamic and DfE validated teaching programme with colourful books to support all stages of phonic learning.
Blast off to the Reading Planet and embed essential early reading skills that spark a love of reading. These decodable books are designed to support children in developing their reading skills through a systematic phonics approach.
Fully decodable, synthetic phonics readers aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1 to 5.
Red Squirrel Phonics is a series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read.
Inspire and motivate children with a reading scheme that reflects today’s young readers. This is a DfE validated SSP programme.
Phonically decodable yet emotionally powerful stories to draw children in, making them think, laugh, get cross, nervous, and enjoy the anticipation of a great story.
Timeless stories from around the world with clear phonic progression. Written and illustrated by international authors and artists, these stories are perfect for children everywhere.
Phonically decodable books that enhance vocabulary too! Children will learn new vocabulary at the same time as developing their decoding skills, fluency and comprehension.
