Entry Level Phonics

Posted on December 2, 2009
Filed Under Learning Tools, Reading |

I’m continuously frustrated with my search for entry level children’s reading material - even though I make my own, I’m still always looking on the store shelves. It seems that many publisher’s version of “level 1″ simply involves using fewer words with a larger font, with no regard to the type of words used (are they phonetic? multi-syllabic?). It makes me wonder if the people who create these books have ever even sat down with a child and tried teaching them to read.

So I turned to the internet, and was happy to discover that www.starfall.com (love that website!!) has a download centre, that includes some printable entry level books that are in fact phonetic :) I printed off a few, and my five year old like them so much he read all 7 pages of “Zac The Rat” at bedtime last night.

Thanks Starfall!!