I'm an early childhood education student and reading support tutor, and have never heard of letterland! So i went a googled it....

I tried a few demo's on the website, flicked through some research...

I probably wouldn't say it was fantastic, but it seems to be adequate. Though I DO think the stories they have to teach letter blends like 'ch' and 'sh' and 'th' are really good, as this is the biggest problem with beginner readers (e.g. saying 's' and 'h' seperately, instead of the 'sh' blend).

A question for those with children who use the letterland program - do they really remember the songs? I just wondered if they actually remembered the songs for writing the letters. I would have trouble remembering the writing songs, because there are so many!