Nursery 2 / Reception English Curriculum
Alpha Brain teaches Nursery 2 (Reception) English through 8 dojos and 31 short narrated levels, for children aged 4–5.
Coverage spans Phonics, Vocabulary, Reading & Comprehension and Listening & Speaking.
Every level is matched to both the Nigerian NERDC primary curriculum and the British Early Years Foundation Stage, and plays in a browser or the installed app.
- Class (Nigeria)
- Nursery 2
- Year group (UK)
- Reception
- Stage (UK)
- Early Years Foundation Stage
- Age
- 4–5
- Dojos
- 8
- Levels
- 31
Nursery 2 English topics
Phonics
ABC Dojo
Letters & sounds
5 of its 10 levels are set at Nursery 2
Questions at this level look like:
- “Sort into the bins: vowel or consonant?”
Sound Blender
Blend c-a-t into cat
5 of its 10 levels are set at Nursery 2
Questions at this level look like:
- “Which word matches the picture?”
- “Spell the word you hear.”
Rhyme Time
Words that sound the same
3 of its 10 levels are set at Nursery 2
Questions at this level look like:
- “Which word rhymes with rat?”
- “Which word rhymes with pen?”
- “Which word rhymes with ring?”
Vocabulary
Star Words
High-frequency words
4 of its 10 levels are set at Nursery 2
Name It
Words for things
3 of its 10 levels are set at Nursery 2
Colour Words Dojo
Names for colours
5 of its 10 levels are set at Nursery 2
Questions at this level look like:
- “What colour is the grape?”
- “What colour is the leaf?”
- “What colour is the apple?”
Reading & Comprehension
Story Pictures
Picture-led stories
4 of its 10 levels are set at Nursery 2
Questions at this level look like:
- “Where did Funke carry the basket?”
- “What flew over the house?”
- “Where did the cat sit?”
Listening & Speaking
Big Ears
Listen & match
2 of its 10 levels are set at Nursery 2
Questions at this level look like:
- “Listen, then pick the picture.”
What a level is like
Every level is 10 questions long and takes a few minutes. Questions are read aloud in recorded narration rather than robotic text-to-speech, and answers are tapped, dragged or typed on a number pad rather than written, so a child who is still learning to read can play unaided.
Most dojos open with a short lesson before the questions start. Get one wrong and the level teaches the step you missed before showing the answer, and you can play the level again — the questions vary on each replay, so it is practice rather than memorising a fixed sheet. Levels are scored out of three stars.
Nursery 2 English questions parents ask
- What does Alpha Brain cover in Nursery 2 English?
- Alpha Brain teaches Nursery 2 (Reception) English through 8 dojos and 31 short narrated levels, for children aged 4–5. The topics are ABC, Sound Blender, Rhyme Time, Star Words and 4 more, grouped under Phonics, Vocabulary, Reading & Comprehension and Listening & Speaking.
- What is Nursery 2 in the British system?
- Nursery 2 in Nigeria matches Reception in the UK, which sits in Early Years Foundation Stage, for children aged 4–5. Alpha Brain teaches both from the same English levels, so a family moving between the two systems keeps its progress.
- Is the Nursery 2 English content aligned to the NERDC curriculum?
- Yes. Every English dojo is tagged to a NERDC strand — at Nursery 2 that is Phonics, Vocabulary, Reading & Comprehension and Listening & Speaking — and the same levels are matched to the British Early Years Foundation Stage programme of study.
- How many English levels are there for Nursery 2?
- 31 levels across 8 dojos at Nursery 2 / Reception, at 10 questions a level — about 310 questions. A level takes a few minutes, so it fits a school night.
- Can a child who cannot read yet use the Nursery 2 English levels?
- Yes. Questions are read aloud in recorded narration, and answers are tapped or dragged rather than written, so a 4–5 year old can play Nursery 2 English without reading the screen.
- How much does Alpha Brain cost?
- Alpha Brain costs ₦15,000 per year for a child, and a 3-day free trial unlocks when you invite three friends. That covers all three subjects — Maths, English and Science — from Nursery 1 to Primary 6, not just English.
Play Nursery 2 English tonight
Create an account, pick Nursery 2 in Settings, and your child starts on the first level of whichever dojo you choose.
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