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Created by teachers and trusted by schools, Anima Phonics is the proven way to learn to read. For ages 3-7, on tablet, computer or smartphone.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

One of the best Phonics schemes out there!

Our children and teachers absolutely love this scheme! The mascot characters are amazing, the children love the songs and the actions and they are doing SO WELL! Just four months after starting Reception, the majority of children are writing simple sentences. It is a pleasure to see how much children look forward to Phonics lessons. They literally cheer when it’s time for Phonics! As Phonics lead, I couldn’t be happier with our choice to buy into this scheme. I know so many teachers who find some of the bigger schemes monotonous and uninspiring. None of our teachers feel this way about Anima Phonics. Literally couldn’t be happier!

29 January 2024
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Wow! This is such a wonderful review to receive! We're all so glad that Anima Phonics is working wonders in your school. Thank you so much, Dahlia, for taking the time to let us know. :-)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

whole class teaching holds back more able children

Anaimaphonics is engaging but we are finding lots of issues with it. The teaching approach to teach all children at the same rate is holding kids back. My child entered reception already able to read and was bringing home books for weeks with just 1 letter in them which was a waste of time. Currently she is reading at about a level 7/8 on oxford reading tree but the school says they have to send home the level the class is working at at the moment which is level 4. Also, the spellings in year 1 have many issues where words are chosen that are not using the rules they learn in year 1. For example, one week the word cried was used because it used ie but the rule is the root word cry is changed because of adding the suffix -ed. This rule is not a year 1 rule so explaining to my child why cried is ie but cry is y was confusing.

21 November 2023
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Reply from Anima Phonics

We are glad to hear that your child finds Anima Phonics engaging. :-)

I am sorry to hear that you are finding issues with your school’s teaching approach. Whole class teaching can work really well, if implemented correctly, as can teaching in small groups. We allow schools to choose the approach that works best for them.

If your child is not moving through the book levels as expected, we recommend speaking with your child's teacher. They can use our assessment tool to work out the correct level of book for your child.

Our single letter books are designed for the first week of Reception only, after which children quickly progress on to reading words and sentences, then storybooks and non-fiction texts.

Finally, thank you for your feedback on our spelling scheme. We have aligned our spellings with the KS1 National Curriculum, which lists words to be covered in each year group. However, we agree that the word 'cried' appears a little early in the Curriculum. We have replaced this with the word 'tied'. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent for phonics.

Amazing site. Excellent way to engage children in learning phonics. Strongly recommend.

26 November 2020
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Hi Fiona,

Thanks so much for the lovely feedback. We really appreciate you taking the time to review our programme. :-)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Superb!

Superb!
My 3 year old daughter loves learning the sounds with Anima Phonics, great resources, friendly presentations, great interaction between screens/sounds/ push buttons, funny characters and great experience when used the free resources, I would probably pay for suscripción but until next September my daughter will have Anima phonics at her nursery. Well done ladies for creating something special!

3 November 2020
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Hi Mitch,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us. It's such wonderful news to hear that your daughter is enjoying learning to read with Anima Phonics. We hope that you have lots of wonderful reading experiences together!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Year 1 Teacher

I am a Year 1 teacher, and I love teaching using Anima Phonics! I feel really lucky that the school that I work in has subscribed to it, as the children love all the actions, creatures, poems and games!

My one request would be for Anima Phonics to add more spelling rules, and to compare the same sound within the same lesson. It would be useful to have formalised guidelines as to when to use each spelling/ sound.

Thanks so much for making this available during lockdown, it was so helpful to give the link to parents!

1 November 2020
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Reply from Anima Phonics

Hi Isabel,

It's so great to hear that you're loving Anima Phonics at your school. Thanks so much for suggesting adding spelling rules to our lessons. This is a wonderful idea! In our Phase 5 lessons, we're now building in plenary activities for children to compare all spelling varieties for each phoneme.

If you have any other ideas, please drop us and email. :-)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This was an amazing resource to share…

This was an amazing resource to share with parents during remote learning. It allowed consistency and continuity for the children and aided the parents when revising phonics at home.

13 October 2020
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Reply from Anima Phonics

We're so glad Anima Phonics was helpful for you during lockdown. We have now extended the free parent accounts this term to six-weeks. You can add parents to your school membership straight from your Members Area. Let us know if you need any help.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous Fun Phonics Programme

Engaging , effective and exciting phonics scheme. Easy to follow and such good value for money. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

12 October 2020
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Reply from Anima Phonics

Hi Rebecca,

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. Also for your A* efforts at using alliteration! Thanks for the fabulous feedback! ;-)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We LOVE Anima Phonics!

We LOVE anima phonics!! The children at our school are enthused and love phonics more than ever. Our parents are engaged and it certainly made remote schooling FAR easier! Thank you so much to Kerry and the team also for being so hands on and supporting us in everything we do.

12 October 2020
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Reply from Anima Phonics

Hi Emily,

This is such lovely news! We're so glad that your children and parents have been enjoying Anima Phonics. With this new lockdown, we've extended parent accounts to February half term. I hope this continues to make your remote learning a little bit easier. :-)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Anima Phonics is amazing

Anima Phonics is amazing - my son was always keen to learn the next sound, and it was the highlight of his day during homeschooling. He is my third child and the other two used different systems for learning phonics. Although they all learnt to read well, my youngest is by far the most secure in his knowledge of the different sounds and how to break words down. The pictures that accompany each sound are really helpful and definitely aid his memory.

11 October 2020
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Reply from Anima Phonics

Hi Catherine,

What amazing feedback! Thank you so much for taking the time to let us know. It's particularly pleasing to hear your experience of using Anima Phonics with your son compared to your older children. This really makes us so happy to hear! We hope that you have lots of wonderful reading experiences together. :-)

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