Phonic Books Dandelion Launchers Reading and Writing Activities for Stages 1-7 Sam, Tam, Tim (Alphabet Code)

Learn how to read with Dandelion Launchers decodable books for beginner readers.

Dandelion Launchers Reading and Writing Activities for Stages 1-7 are first reader books by Phonic Books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This activity book accompanies Dandelion Launchers Extras Stages 1-7 and is perfect for children in Pre-K and Kindergarten who are learning to read, teaching different letter patterns through a series of activities.

Two books for every stage provide phonics practice while offering different stories and encouraging independent reading from the start of their journey. Each stage introduces new letters and sounds while supporting any previously taught phonic letters or sounds and high-frequency words or sight words.

For example:
Book 1a: Sam, Tam, Tim (Stage 1: s, a, t, i, m)
Book 1b: Is it Sam? (Stage 1: s, a, t, i, m)
Book 2a: Pam (Stage 2: n, o, p)
Book 2b: The Pot (Stage 2: n, o, p)
Book 3a: Sam's Bag (Stage 3: b, c, g, h)
Book 3b: Pip and the Bat (Stage 3: b, c, g, h)
Book 4a: Ted (Stage 4: d, e, f, v)
Book 4b: Meg and Ted (Stage 4: d, e, f, v)
Book 5a: Ken, the Rat (Stage 5: k, l, r, u)
Book 5b: Kim, the Bug (Stage 5: k, l, r, u)
Book 6a: Jim and Jam (Stage 6: j, w, z)
Book 6b: Ken Gets Wet (Stage 6: j, w, z)

This beginner reader series features:

• Activities to practice previously taught spellings in Dandelion Launchers Extras Stages 1-7.
• Reading material aimed at children aged 4-6.
• CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant). Three letters producing distinct sounds when blended that are simple to sound out. An example of this is sun, s-u-n.

This 168-page phonics activity book features:

• Introduction to the activity book.
• A variety of activities to practice phonics materials taught in the accompanying book Dandelion Launchers Extras Stages 1-7.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.

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