Michelle from The Autism Helper presents Level Daily Phonics, a structured curriculum for autistic learners that uses real-photo visuals and teaches letter sounds, CVC words, and syllable awareness. The program breaks phonics into clear, predictable levels with interactive activities like sound-out practice and syllable clapping, designed for low-prep classroom use.
Have you ever wished phonics could feel simple, structured, and actually accessible for autistic learners? Today we're diving into the brand new phonics curriculum from The Autism Helper, and honestly, it's a complete upgrade for phonics instruction. My name is Michelle, and I've spent almost 20 years teaching in a self-contained autism program. My passion is helping educators make learning more accessible more visual, and more doable for every student. And that's exactly why I'm so excited to share this with you today. So what is the new phonics curriculum? Well, The Autism Helper created a Level Daily Phonics curriculum designed specifically for autistic and special education learners. It's part of their larger Level Daily curriculum series, but this phonics program is completely new and built from the ground up with the science of reading in mind. What I really love is that it's not one-size-fits-all. Every student starts where they need to start because the curriculum is broken into clear, accessible levels that build skills step by step. You'll see tasks that teach uppercase and lowercase matching, letter sound identification, distinguishing letters from numbers and symbols. You'll see CVC word work, rhyming, syllables, identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds, and so much more. Everything is broken down into tiny teachable steps, perfect for learners who need predictability, visuals, and repetition. And here's what you get inside. You get explicit, structured phonics instruction where students learn all 26 letters and sounds with real photo visuals. No babyish clip art, so everything feels age-appropriate and meaningful.
Bin. Buh.
How do we spell outside?
Sound it out, my love. Look, B is for bus stop. Match the letters. Buh. B. B is for book. Follow the line.
Thank you.
B is for ball.
Buh.
B is for banana.
Buh.
B is for bird.
Buh. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
5 syllables. 1, chair.
Book.
Book. 2 syllables. Pencil.
Pencil. Or apple.
Let's clap. Apple. Good. Excellent. Letter that represents the sound /e/.
/e/.
Which letter represents the sound? Circle it.
This.
Thank you.
A-X-X-E-R.
X says 'art.' Circle the letter in each box. Where's the letter 'I'?
Good boy.
Circle the letter. Wait.
Okay, you can use the eraser.
Sebastian. Thank you.
Gotcha.
Right here?
Thank you. He self-corrected that.
I forgot. Train. How many?
One.
Good.
Toothpaste. What would you like?
All right, let's color the letters.
E, E, O.
Let's get me. Can you find the letter O? Oh no!
Do you need help? Okay. It's okay. Circle the number of syllables in each word. Sandwich.
Sandwich.
Sandwich.
Sandwich.
Good, circle it. Tractor.
Tractor.
Tractor. Yes.
Yeah.
Slide.
Slide.
Oh, let's try that again. Yes!
You also get tasks that teach like uppercase and lowercase matching, or letter sound identification, or distinguishing letters from numbers and symbols.
C. Y. A.
We're going to work on the letter. Which one is the letter?
D?
Let's see. Find the letter.
Before it was just a C box.
Find the letter.
A. A. I love it. I love it.
Are you sure?
No, it's Y. Y.
Good. The phonics curriculum also has teacher-friendly supports. You get real photo manipulatives, flashcard visuals, anchor charts, and pre- and post-assessments. Plus data sheets, color and grayscale materials, and low-prep daily lessons. It's truly designed to make your instruction easier and more effective. Why does this matter for autistic learners? This curriculum works because it's highly structured, predictable, visually rich, evidence-based, and built for differentiation. Whether you have early emergent readers, students who struggle with writing, or learners who need concrete visuals, there is a level that meets them exactly where they are. And the built-in assessments make progress monitoring so much easier for IEPs and goal tracking. To sum it up, this phonics curriculum is a complete upgrade for phonics instruction, especially for autistic and special education learners who thrive with structure, visuals, and repetition. It supports you and your students, which is exactly what good curriculum should do. To get a full picture of how this fits into the Autism Helper's entire curriculum system, I'm going to link one of my videos that takes a deep dive into the math and language arts curriculum. This video really shows how beautifully everything connects, from phonics to reading to math to language arts.
