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The "Colours We Eat" books use colour to categorize food, rather than traditional food groups. They introduce different foods and colours and include scientific information about plants and food aimed at young readers. Chapter headings are designed as child-friendly questions to help children focus and learn. ... Read more

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Mr. Bug's Phonics 1 and 2 provide an effective way to teach young children how to read in English.
Mr. Bug's Phonics 2 focuses on consonant blends, vowel combinations, and long vowel sounds.
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Letters A through Z, with one letter displayed per page. Lowercase and uppercase letters are grouped in separate sections.

Each page of a section has convenient links to all letters in that section and to the table of contents. The links are arranged in a way to reduce the number of controller moves needed to reach the other pages.

(To keep all pages display uniformly with the letter image and menu on the same screen, we recommended keeping font size at medium or low setting.) ... Read more

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Each double-paged spread focuses on one letter of the alphabet (e.g. b) and has a large, busy illustration based on a favourite fairytale or nursery rhyme (e.g. "The Three Bears"). Around the border are little pictures of objects featured in the scene which begin with the target letter (e.g. bear, bed, bowl). Children are encouraged to say the name of the objects and find them in the big picture. The special Superphonics letter-pictures help make the link between letters and sounds. "Superphonics ABC" is packed with interest and great fun for parents and children to share. It will help children learn how letters look and sound - essential first steps in reading. ... Read more

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Read at Home First Skills are fun early learning books, which use your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce important first skills to your child. Your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters make learning fun and memorable. Read at Home First Skills books are the perfect accompaniment to all your Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home storybooks. From Gran picking an apple to Chip and Wilf spying a zebra, this book takes the reader through a series of fun events to help him/her learn alphabet letters and sounds. Throughout, parent and child can see either the capital letter (e.g. A), the lower case letter (e.g. a), the letter at the beginning of word (e.g. apple) and the word in a sentence e.g. Gran picked an apple. Fun illustrations support the text throughout. As with all Read at Home books, the story ends with fun activities for parent and child to enjoy together.Floppy's ABC helps your child to: BL recognise familiar letter shapes and words BL develop important word skills and enjoy reading BL boost their learning with lively illustrations and large clear print BL Uses the Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce children to the ABC BL Includes capital and lower case letters (e.g. Aa) BL Includes the letters within words and sentences to prepare the child for learning to read BL The story and skill and been carefully introduced and levelled to prepare the reader for school. ... Read more

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ABC I can read is an exciting new series of graded readers with lively stories for children who are just beginning to read English. The themes of the stories are drawn from everyday life and each book is beautifully illustrated in full colour. ... Read more

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Designed for parents and carers of pre-school children who are looking for a simple way to help develop their children's writing skills from which all later learning develops. This book also offers parent's notes with explanations and spin-off activities. ... Read more

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Take the Now I'm Reading!™ series to the next level. In this Level 2 collection for beginning readers, long-vowel sounds are introduced and short-vowel sounds and sight words are reinforced. Ten books, two for each long-vowel sound, are included for children to practice reading over and over again as they become confident in their abilities. Stories include an ape on a date, a floating goat, a mule making music, and more. CD-case-like package includes magnetic closure and holds removable story books plus the Parent Guide. GRL: B/C
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Wonderful!Colorful pictures, simple but cute stories, with a phonics approach.
Like so many other parents, I did my research about how best to teach my child to read - sight word, word families, or phonics - and quickly decided that a strong foundation in phonics was best for our family.

Then came the hard part, finding phonics based readers.So many series claim to teach phonics but really are just pushing sight word reading.Nearly all of the series based on popular characters are that way - a brief page at the beginning of the story that tells the parent what phonics concepts are introduced in the story and then a story that only uses those concepts a few times in sentences crowded with longer, more advanced phonics words. It's very frustrating for a beginning reader to have to keep stopping to ask what a word is.And it's frustrating to the parent to have to keep trying to teach a child that they CAN sound out words when the child is seeing so many she can't sound out yet.

We tried the BOB books and found them to be just OK for us.While they are very much phonics based, with the child able to sound out nearly every word on every page, they are also somewhat boring.The pictures are very simple line drawings with little to no color; the stories are disjointed and need some explanation to help the child "get it".My daughter (4 years, 1 month) knew all of her main letter sounds and could sound out all of the words in the first 2 boxes of BOB books but she resisted reading any of them to me, often stopping in the middle of a story and refusing to continue.In addition to being worried about squashing a budding love of reading, I was worried about finding any slightly more advanced readers for her.

Then we found Now I'm Reading.The pictures are cute and colorful.They add a lot to the story, making it possible for the child to "get" the humor and emotion of the story with just the simple words.And the words themselves are wonderful.Each story builds on itself, easing the child into reading a much longer sentence than a beginning reader otherwise might feel comfortable reading.For example, in "Fat Cat", the first page simply says "A cat."The next page adds to that with "A tan cat."Then we get "A tan fat cat."Every page after that refers to the cat that way and that cat is soon running in a race that he loses and his two friends come over to pat him on the back and cheer him up - all with simple 3 and 4 letter "short a" words.Most of the words follow the simple CVC pattern like "cat" and "fat" but some blends are thrown in as well - "glad" and "last" for example.Are there sight words?Yes, of course.It's nearly impossible to tell a story without "a" and "the" for example.

Each set comes with matching stickers as well - 4 stickers for each story.The idea is to have the child read the story to you and once she does, she places one of the stickers on the inside front cover of the book.By the time she reads it 4 times, she has the confidence in her abilities to move on to the next book.I was certain that my daughter would NOT want to do this.In her world, stickers are for SHIRTS, sometimes charts, but never books.Well, she loves it.She is so proud to be able to earn a sticker and place it inside the book.

What does your child need to know before starting Animal Antics?The child needs to know the main letter sounds of each consonant (c as in cat, g as in glad, x as in x-ray), the short vowel sounds, and needs to grasp the concept of saying each letter's sound and then blending those sounds into a word. Once a child can do that with simple words like "cat" and "pig", then the child is ready for these wonderful little readers.

Thought books would be larger
I had been given a set of these books and they were larger. I thought these would be the same size. In saying that, they are still great books to aid in reading.

Fun and Educational!
I own all the books in this wonderful Now I'm Reading series by Nora Gaydos.I can't say enough about how much I love these books!The author was an elementary school teacher and understands how children learn to read.The stories are perfect length for early readers, and amusing enough to hold their interest.Level 1 starts with simple 3-letter words and a few sight words, and each level builds progressively on the skills previously learned.Look at the back page to determine which level you think your child might be at.Most children in late grade 1/ early grade 2 should be able to read Level 4.

The 10 books come in a nice hardcover case with magnetic closure, and includes a parent guide and 5 reward stickers per story.My children find this aspect very encouraging.At the end of each story are 3 comprehension questions.On the inside back cover of each story is listed the sight words and phonics combinations that are used in the story.I find this very helpful.

Now I'm reading amazing animals
This reading series is FABULOUS.....full of the most entertianing stories that have proven to keep my busy boy's attention.It doesn't seem like a reading lesson.He breezed through the first two sets in the level one series and now the long vowels are a bit more challenging, but he is surprising me at how well he is doing.I have recommended this series to my son's kindergarten teacher and she wants to incorporate them into her classroom.

Great books for little readers
I started introducing letters and letter sounds to my 4 year old in preparation for pre-K this year- she did not find this fun, and while she was learning, it was a struggle to get her to do it. Then I discovered this series-she absolutely loves these books. I bought our first book in this series 3 months ago and my 4 year old is already reading. She has mastered the skills in the level one books and I am planning on buying her a couple of level two books next. I have tried other begining reader types of leveled books and the level one books are too difficult for children just starting to learn phonics skills and blending. They have not held her interest because she needed too much help to feel that she was doing it on her own. "Now I'm Reading" starts at the perfect level for kids just learing to read and builds their confidence and makes them want to keep working at it. She started by slowly blending and decoding the words in the story and she is now reading the stories with fluency and has gone through all her stickers.She also enjoys doing the 'After you Read' activities after the stories. My daughter loves totell people that she can readall by herself. ... Read more

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This work shows a fun and effective way to teach young children how to read in English. ... Read more

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This book is intended as a support for the playing of I-Spy, which is taught through the use of phonics and is aimed at children at Reception and Key Stage 1. To obtain this literary skill children are encouraged to learn and recognise sounds and alphabetical order, spelling patterns and familiar words. The language is simple and Marmaduke Bear provides a fun and colourful focus. ... Read more

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A large-format book which aims to provide support for teaching children to learn and recognise sounds at Reception, Key Stage 1 and Scottish P1-3 level. Marmaduke Bear provides a focus for these skills. ... Read more

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A pack of six books which aim to provide support for teaching spelling patterns at Reception, Key Stage 1 and Scottish P1-3 level. Marmaduke Bear provides a focus for the learning these literacy skills. ... Read more

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First published by Letterland Direct in 1995, this alphabet book introduces the letter people. Illustrated in full colour by Jane Launchbury. ... Read more

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Amazingly effective!
A dear friend from the UK send me this book last week and told me that her little girl had learned the alphabet from it in the space of just a few weeks. I tried it on my 3-year-old boy who, up to this point, had not shown any particular interest in letters (even though he has many educational toys that try to teach the alphabet). He loves this book! It is amazing. Nothing had caught his interest before. Now he walks around all day trying to recognize letters. He is doing so well. So funny, that such a simple book can be so effective. I guess you have to see it to believe it, though. One tip: Don't use the letter's name, but only the sound it makes (to start with). This seems a good way to avoid confusion. The "official" name of the letter can be added at a later point. Good luck and enjoy!!! ... Read more

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The book are in three levels:Level 1 The bananas After school A hot day My first day at schoolLevel 2 The football match A visit to the zoo My new dress The car breaks downLevel 3 The story of our new classroom It is raining Our school play Fishing ... Read more

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ABC I can read is an exciting new series of graded readers with lively stories for children who are just beginning to read English. The themes of the stories are from everyday life and each book is beautifully illustrated in full colour. ... Read more