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Phonic Books specialises in publishing decodable, synthetic phonics books for beginner readers and reading catch-up. Phonic Books was founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read. Using their expertise, they set about developing phonics reading books for young children and older readers who need support.
Summary
Learn how to read with Dandelion Readers decodable books for beginner readers.
Dandelion Launchers Set 4 Units 1-10 are first reader books by Phonic Books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This pack of 10 is perfect for children in Reception to Year 2 who are learning to read, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.
Each book introduces CVC level words, consonant digraphs and adjacent consonants. Each stage introduces new letters and sounds while supporting any previously taught phonic letters or sounds and high-frequency words. which encourages independent reading from the start of their journey.
For example:
Unit 1: Sam and Tim (s, a, t, i, m)
Unit 2: Sit on Top! (n, o, p)
Unit 3: In the Bag (b, c, g, h)
Unit 4: In the Van (d, e, f, v)
This beginner reader series features:
- New letters and sounds introduced through each unit (1-10) by sounding them out (sat, s - a - t).
- Reading material aimed at children aged 5-7.
- 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 pack of 10 decodable books containing 12 pages features:
- ‘How to Use This Book’ guidance page with ‘This book introduces’ text box, including information about the new sounds introduced, sounds learned from previous books, high-frequency words and important notes on the sound.
- Story pages (numbers 1-6) with one line of text per page.
- Game Instructions.
- Photocopyable game page to reinforce the sounds and letters learned throughout the book.
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 specialises in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.
