Beginning Phonics Workbook (Stage 1: Starting to Read)

Created by a teacher, Bob Books have been helping children learnto read for more than 40 years.This workbook has more than 90 pages of fun activities to helpchildren strengthen their early phonics skills!With playful stories, silly illustrations, and a phonics approachbased on Science of Reading research, Bob Books keep young readers'confidence high, leading to continued success and a love ofreading. Your child will soon join the millions of happy kids whosay, "I read the whole book!"The 90+ pages of matching activities, letter mazes, writing practice,and more in this fun workbook can be done alongside the BobBooks Stage 1 phonics learn-to-read boxed sets, or by any childwho is just starting to sound out (decode) words. Activities graduallyincrease in difficulty, beginning with activities using onlyfour letter sounds (m, a, t, s) and progressing until all lettersof the alphabet have been introduced. 90+ pages of activities feature matching activities, letter mazes,writing practice, and more!For ages 4 to 6Decodable text in all activities (three-letter words with shortvowels in very simple sentences) makes this workbook perfect forkids who are just beginning to learn to read.Friendly illustrations feature characters that kids love to learnto draw on their own. The black-and-white line drawings makethis more than a workbook -it's a colouring book too!Builds fine motor skills.An achievement certificate builds reading confidence and allowskids to show off their hard work!  ABOUT BOB BOOKSBob Books is America's no.1, award-winning, learning-to-readseries trusted for over 40 years.Bob Books is a true first reader series, designed to makehelping children learn to read simple and straightforward. Theclean layout, short words, and simple phonics make learning to reada fun and natural step for a child that knows the alphabet. Companionworkbooks extend children's reading journey by allowingthem to practice the skills learned in the books.Bob Books is designed to give young children the toolsto cross from learning letters to reading words. The award-winningbeginning reader book sets start slowly and progress from bookswith three letter words, to books with more than one sentence perpage. By meeting children at the right level, parents are oftenamazed at how quickly their child is able to sound out words whenreading their first Bob Book.  Bob Books covers four reading stages... Pre-Readings Skills Recognize shapes, patterns, and otherpre-reading skillsStage 1: Starting to Read From learning the alphabet tosounding out your first wordsStage 2: Emerging Readers Sentences become longer andsight words are introducedStage 3: Developing Readers Words and sentences becomelonger, and new rules are introduced