44 Speech Sounds. One Complete Method.
The 44 Phonemes Kit is a Science of Reading aligned system for teaching every English speech sound — for reading and for spelling. Built by a pediatric SLP for clinicians, teachers, and parents who want more than flashcards.
3 Flashcard Decks · Interactive Sound Wall · A Video for Every Sound
Science of Reading Aligned
All 44 Speech Sounds
Built by a Pediatric SLP
Works on Any Device
"They'll Catch Up."
Does your child know all their letter sounds? Or only a handful — maybe just the ones in their own name?
Many children finish kindergarten without them, and parents usually hear the same thing: they're a little behind, they'll catch up.
Sometimes that's true. But grade one doesn't wait. Spelling lists come home, reading gets harder, and a child who's still missing the sounds is chasing a moving target.
Closing the Gap
Catching up doesn't have to take another year. All it takes is an action they enjoy, an illustration they remember, and a sound they can relate to.
Most decks use a keyword — a is for apple. But an apple doesn't make a sound. Every one of our 44 pictures does. A vacuum goes vvvv. A bee goes zzzz. Someone shushing a room goes shhh.
Sounds taught this way don't need a week each. Most children can take on several at a time — three or four a week, or even one a day.
And you don't need to wait for all 26 letters. Your child can start reading and spelling with a handful of sounds — the videos show you how.
Everything You Need to Teach Every
English Speech Sound
The Big Picture Phonics Sound Wall
All 44 sounds, one screen
Everything you need to teach any sound.
- Tap any sound to teach it, review it, and see all its spellings
- Not sure how a sound is produced? Tap it and hear it.
- Works on any device: a clinic iPad, a classroom screen, or the phone in your pocket
The Instructional Videos
Watch it once, teach it forever
No teaching background needed.
- A short video for every one of the 44 sounds, modeled by a pediatric SLP
- Watch it first yourself, or sit your child down and let the video do the teaching
- How to blend sounds into words, and how to help your child spell them
- Games and routines for each deck, so you always know what to do with them
The Teaching Deck
Say the Sound · Do the Action
Sounds they remember.
- Jumbo flashcards
- All 44 speech sounds, beginner to advanced
- A picture your child will know by heart, and an action to do together
- Everything you need to say is printed on the back — plus a video for every sound, with the story that makes it stick
- 170 pages
The Dictation Deck
Say the Sound · Spell the Sound
Spelling from memory.
- Just the picture — your child hears the sound and spells it themselves
- The prompt and the answer are on the back, so you don't have to memorize anything
- Not writing yet? Start with magnetic letters — spelling doesn't have to wait for handwriting
- 26 pages
The Grapheme Deck
See the Spelling · Say the Sound
What reading is built on.
- Every spelling your child will meet in real words, beginner to advanced
- If a sound won't come, the answer is on the back — with the same character your child already knows
- Color-coded, so you know what to teach now and what can wait
- Includes The Teaching Path, so you never guess what comes next
- 182 pages
The Phonics Express
Listening for the sounds inside words
The skill reading and spelling depend on.
- Say a word, and your child finds the sound at the beginning, the middle, or the end
- Then spell the whole word — one box per sound, one letter underneath
- Magnetic letters if they're not writing yet, a pencil when they are
- 500 words, so you never have to think one up on the spot
- Use whatever's handy on the top row — pennies, buttons, a toy off the floor
The Printable Sound Chart
One page, all 44 sounds
Progress they can see.
- Every sound your child is working toward, on a single page
- Slip it in a page protector, let them mark the ones they know, then wipe it clean for next time
- A full review in a minute or two — quick enough to do every day
- Children take real pride in this one — they'll point out every sound they know, then start asking about the ones they don't
The CVC Games Vault
Hear It · Blend It · Read It · Spell It
Rep building, after the teaching's done.
Once a sound's been taught, these are the reps that make it automatic — instant, no re-teaching required.
- 24 Boom Cards for phonemic awareness — click a sound, hear the phoneme, then drag the picture to the letter that makes it
- 126 CVC games for reading and spelling — arranged by sound, so it's always review, never new material
- Self-checking, instant feedback — no re-teaching in the moment, just reps
- Play on any device, nothing to print
Printing Practice — Sky, Grass, Ground
Where every letter lives
Six letter families, one simple rule: every stroke starts and ends in the same place, every time.
- Round Letters (c, o, a, d, e) — "Round like a clock — but go backwards."
- Stick Letters (l, i, t, f, b) — "Straight down like a stick — then add the extra bit."
- Trampoline Letters (n, m, r, h) — "Boing! Up and over — a hill, a mountain, a rainbow."
- Curve Letters (s, u) — "Watch out — curve ahead!"
- Ground Letters (j, g, q, p) — "Dig down and find the worms."
Slide Letters (v, w, x, y, z, k) — "Weee, down the slide!"
Every letter comes with its own "what to say" line, so you always know the exact words to use
Sky, grass, and ground give every stroke a home — kids learn where a letter starts and where it stops, not just what it looks like
Ties directly into the sounds they're already learning, in the same order as the rest of the kit
Blend with Cookies
Word-building, one cookie at a time
Drag-and-drop word building for learning to blend, and blending to read.
- Drag cookie letters onto the tray to spell real CVC words — and Alien Words, to prove they're really blending, not just memorizing
- Tap the word list to see what's possible, then build it — say each sound, then blend them together to read the word smoothly
- Pulls from over 250 CVC word combinations, real words and Alien Words both, so there's always a fresh word to build
- Self-checking, instant feedback — no re-teaching in the moment, just reps
- Play on any device, nothing to print
How It Works
One sound at a time
Step 1: Teach the Sound
The Teaching Deck pairs every sound with a picture your child won't forget and an action they'll want to do again.
Step 2: Connect it to the Letter
As soon as they've got the sound, point to the letter at the top of the card. Now it has a spelling.
Step 3: Read It and Spell It
The Grapheme Deck for reading, The Dictation Deck for spelling — both at once, using only the sounds they already know.
Step 4: Read Their First Words
Once they know a handful of sounds, they can start reading and spelling real words. The videos show you how.
That's it. Follow these four steps, and you can teach every sound in English.
Built for Anyone Teaching a Child to Read
Parents
No teaching background needed. Every card carries the prompt and the answer on the back, and there's a video for every sound. A few minutes at a time, a few times a day, wherever you happen to be.
Classroom Teachers and Reading Specialists
A whole-class resource that works on any screen, with print materials ready for small-group or one-to-one work. The Teaching Deck cards are jumbo — big enough to hold up across a room. Buy it once and use it year after year.
Speech-Language Pathologists
Pull the sounds your client is targeting. Each one comes with a memorable illustration and a fun action — something to prompt the sound in the moment, and something they'll remember between sessions. All 44 speech sounds — your whole caseload, covered.
And Who It Isn't For.
If you want an app that teaches your child to read while you're in another room, this isn't it. You'll be sitting beside them, doing the action, saying the sound. That's the method, and it's why it works.
Why I Built This
Most of the children on my caseload come to me for speech and language. A lot of them also struggle to read. For the last decade, I've been looking for the best way to get them reading. These are my three non-negotiables.
Anchor everything to the sound. Humans are wired for speech, not print. Writing is something we invented, and all of it has to be taught. A child already has the sounds — only the letters are new. So it makes sense to start with what's familiar.
Starting with speech sounds also makes sense from an organizational standpoint. English has 44 sounds, but far more spellings. Group them by sound, and every new spelling is just another way to write a sound they already know.
Don't skip phonemic awareness. Speech is a continuous stream — the sounds run together, with no gaps between them. A child knows what soap is. They don't know the word is made of separate sounds. That needs to be taught, and reading and spelling both depend on it: you take a word apart to spell it, and put the sounds together to read it.
Don't wait for all 26 letters. Once a child has a handful of sounds, start building words. Mix the letters around, make new ones. On its own, a letter is just a shape to remember. In a word, it's doing a job — and every word they read or spell is more practice with the sounds they know. That's what makes them stick.
I built the 44 Phonemes Kit around those three principles. I use it every day in my own practice, and the best part is watching print start to make sense to a child for the first time.
Lisa kennedy
Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist,
Orton-Gillingham Trained · Big Picture Phonics
What Parents Are Saying
Jenny
parent
Going into Grade 1, our son only knew a handful of letter names and sounds, and we were worried he was falling behind. We used the phonics flashcards over the summer, and after just four weeks he had learned almost all of his letter names and sounds! We were amazed by how much progress he made in such a short time, and he started Grade 1 with so much more confidence.
Claudia
parent
My daughter knew her letter names, but learning the sounds was a real struggle. The flashcards and matching actions were incredibly helpful and really helped her remember them.
Eric
parent
My son was struggling with some of the letter sounds and was behind in his class. This kit has helped him tremendously. He’s now mastered all of the sounds and is on his way to catching up to grade level. Thank you so much!
Please note: results vary from child to child.
Created by a pediatric SLP trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach — designed for beginning and struggling readers.
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The 44 Phonemes Kit
A Complete Speech-to-Print Method for Reading and Spelling
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Lifetime access includes: 
The Big Picture Phonics Sound Wall — 44 sounds, six tools, any device The Teaching Deck — learn the sounds The Dictation Deck — spell the sounds The Grapheme Deck — know the spellings
↳ includes The Teaching Path — beginner to advanced Instructional videos — one for every sound, plus how to read and spell real words The Printable Sound Chart — all 44 sounds on one page The Phonics Express — printable sound boxes, plus 500 practice words The CVC Games Vault — 150 games for phonemic awareness, reading, and spelling Printing Practice — Sky, Grass, Ground handwriting for all 26 letters Blend with Cookies — drag-and-drop word building, real words and Alien Words
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FAQ
Answers to your top questions
Anyone learning to read English, at any stage. The decks start with single letters and run all the way through to the advanced spellings, so they work for a four-year-old meeting their first sounds and for an older child still stuck on the tricky ones. You start wherever your child is.
No. Every card carries the prompt and the answer on the back, so there's nothing to memorize, and there's a short video for every sound showing you exactly how to teach it. Whether you've never taught reading before or you do it every day, you'll know what to say.
No — there's no need to wait. Handwriting is a separate skill, and as soon as your child knows a handful of sounds they can start reading and spelling with magnetic letters. The pencil can catch up later.
Both. Once your child knows a handful of sounds, the videos show you how to put them together into words — and how to break words apart for spelling. Six sounds is enough to begin.
That's the idea. Every sound comes with an illustration they'll remember and a fun action to do together, and most children enjoy practicing. Children like what they're good at — and when it's going well, they don't need much persuading.
These are the children it was built for. A sound that comes with a picture and an action gives a struggling reader something to hold on to, and the Kit is designed for the repetition they need to make a sound stick.
This is what I use with the children on my caseload who've struggled the most.
A kit isn't an assessment, though. If you're worried about your child's reading or speech, it's worth talking to a professional too.
A few minutes at a time, a few times a day. Short bursts work better than one long sitting, and you can fit it in around your day.
No. You can print one section at a time — start with the single letters and add more as your child is ready.
The Big Picture Phonics Sound Wall works in any browser — phone, tablet, computer or interactive whiteboard — with nothing to download. The decks, The Phonics Express and The Printable Sound Chart are PDFs you print yourself.
No. One payment, and it's yours. Nothing recurs, nothing expires, and there's nothing to cancel.
FOR CLINICIANS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS
Every Sound. Every Spelling. One Kit.
Whether you're in a clinic, a classroom, or at the kitchen table, the 44 Phonemes Kit gives you one complete system for reading and spelling every English speech sound.
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