LEARN TO READ: 27 Decodable Stories and Phonics Activities AGES 5-7, Kindergarten and First Grade, BEGINNING READERS

Do you want to help your child learn to read but don’t know where to begin? This beginning readers workbook can help! A handy parent section guides you in how to teach/review the letter sounds. Phonics pages help your child learn to blend the letter sounds together to make simple three letter words. These three letter words are also called CVC words: consonant, vowel, consonant words. These only use the short vowel sounds: for instance the short o in hop as opposed to the long o in hope. A short story with the skill lesson is followed by three phonics pages. An answer key is included as well. 27 units in all. The phonics units include the following: 1.at: Pat the Cat 2.ap: The Map 3.am: Tam and Cam 4.an: The Van 5.ad: Tad is Mad 6.ag: Jag 7.ab: The Gab Lab Short i 8.Id: Sid the Kid 9.in: The Bin 10. ig: Fig the Pig 11.im: Jim 12.ip: Pip and Dip 13.it: Kit Got a Hit Short o 14. ox: Sox the Fox 15. ot: The Pot 16. og: The Fog 17. od: Rod the Cod 18. op: Top Cop Short u 19. ug: Bug the Pug 20.un: Fun in the Sun 21. ut: The Hut 22. ub: Bub the Cub 23. um: Sum Sum Likes Gum Short e 24.ed: Red Hair 25.en: Ben Drew a Hen 26.eg: Peg and Meg 27.et: The Pet Vet CHECK OUT ALL THE BOOKS IN THE LEARN TO READ SERIES: Book One: LEARN TO READ: 27 Decodable Stories and Phonics Activities AGES 5-7, Kindergarten and First Grade, BEGINNING READERS PHONICS SKILLS: Short vowel consonant words (CVC consonant-vowel-consonant) such as: cap and pig. Book Two: LEARN TO READ: 18 Decodable Readers PHONICS STORIES AND ACTIVITIES Blends, Digraphs, Long Vowel Sounds AGES 4-8 Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade PHONICS SKILLS: Blends: A blend is two consonants in a row. Each consonant says its own name. An example is sp in spot. Digraphs: A digraph is two letters in a row that make one sound. Some examples are: sh in ship and ck in back. Long vowel words with silent e at the end. Examples would be: cake (a) and bike (i). Book Three: LEARN TO READ: 22 Decodable Readers PHONICS STORIES AND ACTIVITIES R-Controlled Vowels, Vowel Teams, Diphthongs AGES 4-8 Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade PHONICS SKILLS: R-Controlled vowels: Words where the r changes the sound of the vowel. Examples are: car and fur. Soft c and soft g: For example rice and page. Common endings: es, ed, ing, Vowel teams: Two or more vowels in a row that make one sound. such as ai in paid. Diphthongs: A diphthong is when two vowels make two sounds as they glide together. For example oi in oil.