Little Book Practice Mats: Stage 1, 2, & 3

Support your students' early reading and writing success with these engaging Little Book Practice Mats, designed to align with the Little Learners Love Literacy® (LLLL) stages. Perfect for classroom or home use, these mats help students consolidate their understanding of phoneme–grapheme correspondences and heart words in a visual and accessible way.

What's Included:

• 5 differentiated practice mats aligned to LLLL Stages 1, 2, and 3
• Sounds introduced across each stage (e.g. m s f a p t c i → b h n o d g l v → y r e qu z)
• High-frequency heart words relevant to each stage (e.g. the, my, I, he, we, to, was, do, etc.)
• Clean, printable format in plain print, NSW Foundation, and VIC Modern Cursive fonts

Use These Mats For:

• Warm-up or independent review
• Literacy centres and small groups
• Decodable sentence building prompts
• Supporting phonics and heart word recall

Why Teachers Love It:

• Simple, consistent layout that supports cognitive load
• Supports the Science of Reading approach
• Matches your decodable reading program sequence
• Engaging and accessible for K–1 learners

Designed by an experienced NSW educator and aligned with explicit and systematic phonics instruction.