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Phonics for Reading: A Primer $35.95 Add to Cart

- Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade - Consecutively Arranged. - Easy-to-Use. - Starts Them Reading and Lays the Groundwork for Spelling. - Helps to Prevent Reading Problems - More Material Specifically Designed for the Beginner. - Coupon for $15.00 Discount on Phonics for Reading and Spelling (for later years) Preschool The preschool years should be a time of discovery. In reading, this is when most young children make the connection that those funny marks on the paper mean something to Mom, and she can tell me what they say. So you may hear, "Read me a book, please," or "What does that say?" We do not advocate pushing preschoolers to be reading by a certain time, but there are children who are curious and want to know more about letters. The preschool portion has games and activities that are fun and satisfy that curiosity in a way that is consistent with what they will be taught later. And we provide suggestions for how to write the letters in playful ways and places! Kindergarten and First Grade Kindergarten and First Grade begin by learning the connection between the written phonograms (letters and combinations of letters) and the sounds they make. They are introduced to specific letter formations to prevent and correct tendencies toward letter confusions and reversals, using fun shapes that the children readily recognize. (It is also in a one-stroke style not "ball and stick" that promotes good penmanship). All this is presented in a scripted dialogue: here is what you do and say and here is what he says and does. It always allows you to proceed at his pace. Then the phonograms are put together into words, and Spelling Rules are introduced to explain why a word is the way it is. The words are based on frequency so that the first hundred words learned make up 40-50% of all written English material: they are vital for reading. Reference Charts are provided to reinforce what is being taught.