Program Components

Flying Start to Literacy is a comprehensive core literacy program. It supports the systematic development of reading strategies and skills of students.

The literacy resource comprises of a variety of elements.

Big Books

Launch young readers into literacy through rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and highly predictive texts. Visually appealing, presenting familiar and favourite topics, the Big Books will be sure to delight your students

Paired Books

Not just paired, but connected.

Paired books address the same concepts, vocabulary and high-frequency works in different text types and sentence structure to reinforce your students reading strategies.

Perspectives Books

Flying Start Perspectives present short, point-of view texts exploring the issues raised by the big ideas in the accompanying paired texts. It will extend your students’ thinking with additional views of the issue.

Vocabulary Starters

These laminated cards provide direct reading support to your young students from Pre-school – Year 1.

Lesson Plans

The Lesson Plans for each pair of books integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, when appropriate to the reading level. The comprehensive Lesson Plans also include writing components as an integral part of each lesson.