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Title Author
Call Number
Resource Type: Books
Phonics First Steps : Set 2 (Step into Reading)
Pre-K to 1st Grade
Weinberg, Jennifer Liberts / Lieser, Ron
FROM Review 2004:
I am teaching my 4 y.o. daughter to read and have bought several
sets of first readers including this set and BOB books. The Step
into Phonics set includes 8 small paperback books and a parents
gude which consists of hints on how to use the books. It is by no
means a total system for teaching your child to read but is meant
to supplement those efforts. The words utilized in the little books
are limited and graduate in difficulty as new consonants and short
vowel sounds are introduced.
BOB books offer more repetition and advance at a slower rate (there
are more of them). However, at least so far, those BOB books are
boring! My daughter just reads them and doesn't smile or laugh.
The step into phonics series books however are very entertaining in
terms of content. She just laughs and laughs when reading some
of these books. I can't help but marvel at the creativity the authors
utlilized in keeping the word usage simple and yet developing an
entertaining plot..
603 .112 WEI
I highly recommend this series to those at home teaching their children to read. Also, the rest of this series in
great. I bought several of the
Level 2 readers which involve science topics to read to my daughter.
She loves them and they are cleverly written. I also plan to buy level
one readers once she completes the phonics set.
Phonics First Steps : Set 3 (Step Into Reading) Weinberg, Jennifer Liberts
603 .113 WEI
Research shows that early instruction in phonics is the first step to reading success. Now Step into Reading is
introducing a fun and comprehensive, educationally based phonics program designed to help kids learn to read,
step by step! Developed by a phonics expert, each box includes eight brief books that cover a specific range of
phonic skills. The boxed sets build on each other, and book by book, skills are reviewed and reinforced as new
ones are introduced—giving kids the tools they need to crack the code of letters and sounds.
A sample of featured skills:
• more digraphs (or two-letter blends that form a single sound) like bl-,
qu-, and cr-
• additional two-letter phonograms (word parts) like -nk, -ck, and -sh
• three-letter, long-vowel phonograms like -ade, -een, -ive, and -oke
“We now know—because science tells us—what teaching methods are most effective. The basics work. Reading
programs that include phonics and phonemic awareness work.”
—Remarks from Mrs. Laura Bush on Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers at the House Education and Workforce
Committee, March 14, 2002
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