Frequently Asked Questions

You get the complete phonics teaching toolkit: 7 interactive games (Sound Hunt with 1000+ words, Phonics Match, Word Scramble, Phonics Fishing, Word Search, 36 Dictation lessons, and Syllable Builder), an AI Story Generator that creates unlimited illustrated decodable books, a High-Frequency Word system with 200+ words and IPA notation, plus our complete teaching toolkit (Syllable Splitter, Phoneme Counter, Digraph Spotter, and more). All designed by teachers, for teachers.

Select your target phonemes (e.g., "ch", "sh", "igh"), choose a reading level (Foundation to Year 5), pick a theme your students love (dinosaurs, space, pirates), and click generate. In under 2 minutes, you'll have a fully illustrated, decodable story ready to download as a beautiful PDF. Perfect for guided reading, take-home books, or literacy centers.

Every game is designed for independent play—no teacher hovering required. Students can work for 20-30 minute sessions with built-in hints, progress tracking, and immediate feedback. Sound Hunt alone has 1000+ words across 4 real-world environments. Dictation Mastery includes 36 scaffolded lessons from Foundation to Year 2. All games track progress so you can see exactly where each student is.

Absolutely. PhonicsMaker is built on systematic, explicit phonics instruction principles. All content focuses on phoneme-grapheme correspondences, genuine decodable text (not "leveled" guessing), and structured progression. No three-cueing. No balanced literacy in disguise. Just evidence-based phonics instruction that works.

Yes! We've built explicit modules for the Victorian Curriculum (6-stage progression) and General Australian Phonics. All Australian state curriculums share the same synthetic phonics foundation, so PhonicsMaker works beautifully for any Australian classroom. Additional state-specific support is in development.

Everything: All 7 games, the AI Story Generator (unlimited stories), the complete HFW Mastery system (200+ words), our complete teaching toolkit, all 36 dictation lessons, progress tracking, and every future update we release. One payment, lifetime access, no monthly fees ever.

After February 15, lifetime access goes away and we switch to a subscription model. New users after that date will pay $49 AUD/month. But if you lock in now at $199 AUD, you get lifetime access forever—one payment, no recurring fees, plus every future update we release.

Yes! You get a 7-day free trial to explore everything. Plus, even after you purchase, we offer a 14-day "Love It or Leave It" money-back guarantee—no questions asked. We're confident you'll love it.

Yes! All stories export as beautiful, print-ready PDFs. Word searches export to PDF. Everything is designed to work both digitally and in print—perfect for literacy centers, take-home activities, and guided reading sessions.

PhonicsMaker is a web-based platform that works on any device with a browser—laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, and iPads. No app installation required. Just log in and start teaching.

We're here for you! Reach out via WhatsApp for quick support, or email us anytime. We typically respond within a few hours. We also have getting started guides and tutorial videos to help you hit the ground running.