Phonics Hero - Growing Reading and Spelling Superheroes with the Power of Phonics! Phonics Hero (www.phonicshero.com) is the world's largest phonics gaming platform. We give our accounts free to teachers because we want to see every child reach their reading and spelling potential. Parents can take up a 7 day trial to take their child step-by-step through learning to read and spell with Synthetic Phonics. Phonics Hero is targeted at parents and teachers of children learning to read for the first time, as well as children of any age learning to read English as a second-language. Synthetic phonics is a teaching method enabling children to learn to read and spell using the 44 phonemes (sounds) of the English language. Children can play online, or using our iPad or Android tablet app!