I try to share. My son just started his first lesson on tue, so actually we are also new to cheerful's phonics course. So far as I know there are four stages. First stage is to introduce a-z through the letterland story etc. Then second stage is for blending such c-a-t = cat. I am not sure about the third and final stages for the moment. There are around 20 lessons for each stage. Teacher for phonics is a foreigner. Parents can also pay to join one parent class for each stage to learn how to help the kid to do homework or revision etc. Hope my sharing helps. You can visit their website as i got their info on it or you can call them. Think they are nice to handle inquiry.