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Learning to read is a great migration. A child’s brain goes through an incredible transformation, linking areas that were previously unconnected. When a child isn’t exposed to science-based reading instruction, this process is often halted.

When elephants migrate, younger elephants often get lost. An older, experienced elephant stops to help. She guides the younger one back to the herd. Young readers deserve the same sort of guidance. Our phonics books guide young students gently through each phonics sound.

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Step-by-step phonics books! Get your student reading with confidence. Close the gap between his level and potential. Gently teach your student how to read. Our 70 printable phonics books gently lead your student toward independent reading. Kids that struggle with reading are intelligent. We must teach them in a way that works. Our books help kids gain ground.

Reading Elephant phonics books are carefully designed for kids that fall behind in K-2 reading skills. Books are methodically written to ease your student into reading success.

Why can’t I find books my student can read? I’ve gotten every easy reader. My student can’t even read those.

Sound familiar?

Tired of your student’s reading difficulties? Of the tears during reading time? Looking for fun, effective learn-to-read books that match your student’s unique level? Our phonics books are for you.

Reading Elephant phonics books were created to get all kids reading. Many books expect kids to “catch on.” But learning to read is a process. Without carefully designed incremental steps, many children fall behind.

So, our printable phonics books introduce sounds one at a time. Kids master one phonics unit before learning another. Sounds are added gradually. Kids read with confidence and build a strong reading foundation.

Reading Elephant offers systematic phonics books. Kids learn short vowels, consonant digraphs, consonant blends, silent e and long vowel phonics sounds.

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My student just memorizes books. He thinks memorizing is reading.

All Reading Elephant books encourage kids to read words sound-by-sound. They teach kids to analyze phonetic units.

My child looks at the pictures to read. When the picture is taken away, he can’t read the words!

Our pictures are carefully drawn so kids can NOT use them to guess at the words. The pictures are there for fun and to color. No child should rely on pictures to read.

Reading Elephant books are a fun, effective, step-by-step guide to reading success.

What do Reading Elephant books offer?

  • Research-based phonics books that introduce sounds incrementally
  • A gentle path toward independent reading
  • A way to build confidence in struggling readers
  • Fun, amusing stories and pictures
  • Carefully written books that offer extensive practice on common phonics sounds
  • Phonics books that start simple and progressively get more complex
  • Extensive review. Kids get to practice old sounds with new sounds
  • Easy access. You can print them all from home!
  • A fun path toward independent reading

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What phonics rules do our books cover?

Our phonics books cover a broad range of phonics rules. There are many books in each set. As a result, beginning readers are able to develop fluency (reading speed). Our phonics books cover the following phonics rules:

  • 1) short vowels
  • 2) consonant digraphs
  • 3) consonant blends
  • 4) silent e
  • 5) long vowel digraphs

Our short vowel books allow kids to master short vowel sounds in the following order:

  • a_ as in mat, sat, fan, ham, cap
  • i_ as in lit, sit, fin, him, kit
  • o_ as in got, hot, Ron, hop, cop
  • u_ as in cup, hut, fun, hum, tub
  • e_ as in met, set, fell, pen, let

Since our books are systematic, kids learn how to read one short vowel word type at a time. For example, short a books include sentences like: “Pam had a bat.” Later, short e books contain sentences like: “The cub ran to the den.”

Our step-by-step approach helps struggling readers master all short vowel words.

Next, our consonant digraph books introduce consonant digraphs in the following order:

  • sh as in wish, dish, ship, shell…etc.
  • th as in bath, math, moth, path…etc.
  • th as in then, this, that…etc.
  • ch as in chop, chill, chip, Chad…etc.
  • _tch as in batch, witch, match, patch…etc.
  • _ck as in deck, kick, Rick, chick…etc.
  • _ing as in king, ring, sing, wing…etc.
  • _ng as in long, song, wrong, strong…etc.
  • _ang as in sang, rang, pang, bang…etc.
  • wh_ as in when, whale, wheel, whim…etc.

Again, our consonant digraph books are systematic. Each book set focuses on one phonics sound. Thus, the sh digraph books include sentences like: “Shell got on a ship to get fish.” Later, our _ang digraph books include sentences like: “Jill got a pet with fangs.”

Our books teach phonics sounds in incremental steps.

Next, our consonant blends books teach kids to read two letter sounds in a row. Consonant blends words include words like spot, land, track, west, and sand. Our consonant blends books give kids extensive practice with a step-by-step approach that builds confidence.

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These books introduce your child to consonant letters and sounds - learning to recognize these is a crucial step in reading mastery.

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Next, our silent e books teach kids to read the following phonics rules:

  • a_ e as in lake, bake, lane, make, mane…etc.
  • e_e as in Pete, these…etc.
  • i_e as in hive, bike, dive, tile, mile, mine…etc.
  • o_e as in hope, cope, hole, rope, rose…etc.
  • u_e as in duke, use
  • Our silent e books build a strong reading foundation.

Silent E Book Series Now Available!

Reading Elephant silent e books teach kids to read words with an e at the end. It's the fourth series of our printable phonics books.

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Printable Phonics Books Silent E Series

Our long vowel books teach kids to read:

  • ee as in peek, seek, seem…etc.
  • ea as in leave, real, seal…etc.
  • ai as in sail, mail, tail…etc.
  • _ay as in bay, day, say…etc.
  • oa as in boat, soap, boast…etc.
  • ow as in glow, slow, row…etc.
  • igh as in sigh, light, might…etc.
  • _y as in my, cry, fly…etc.
  • ____y as in funny, bunny, granny…etc.

Our long vowel series, like all our books, are methodically written. Kids learn one phonics sound at a time. They get to practice extensively.

Give your student a solid reading foundation. Our phonics books give kids the skills to read independently and with confidence.

Phonics Books With a Proven Approach

Reading Elephant phonics books are based on proven approaches and sound research. Furthermore, their sequential, progressive nature eases kids from easy to more challenging reading territory. Kids can have fun with phonics by starting simple and moving methodically toward complex. Moreover, gradual progression allows students to gain confidence. In addition, they build fluency and become more precise readers.

Our books are appropriate for kindergarten through second grade, but preschoolers can also learn from the simpler ones. The phonics stories are meant to engage and entertain, all while establishing fundamental building blocks for a bright reading future.

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A Cute Rhyming Story with a Phonemic Awareness Activity

October 10, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

Phonemic awareness is the ability to segment, blend and manipulate sounds. A phonemically aware student, for example, can answer “What are the sounds in Sam?” by stretching out the sounds: “Ssss-aaaa-mmmm.” Likewise, he can also get rid of beginning sounds. If you say, “Get rid of mmmm in map,” he can answer “ap.” Phonemic awareness […]

Learn What to Teach After Alphabet

October 1, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

sh digraph book

Is your student done learning letter sounds? Can he read simple short vowel sentences like The cat met a hen? Make sure your student reads through a few short vowel books before moving on to new content. He needs to develop some fluency and be able to read about 20 correct words per minute. (Reading […]

Sailors, Limes and how they relate to Reading Research

September 19, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

As of today, the story of reading research is largely one of success. For a long time, people didn’t know how to teach children to read. Teachers guessed, pulling from a wide variety of tactics. Thanks to the work of Cognitive Science, Psychology and some reading researchers, we now know how children learn to read. […]

What is the likelihood that your student has dyslexia or ADHD or both?

July 30, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

Reading difficulties and ADHD often co-occur. Learning to read requires sustained attention on activities that may not interest kids with ADHD. Contrary to popular thinking, learning to read is hard. Learning any new skill is hard and reading is no exception. However, once kids with ADHD know how to read, they can flourish. Their inattention […]

ADHD and Reading

July 11, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

Reading requires focus. Learning to read requires even more. For a child that is easily distracted and seeks intense stimulation, learning to read can feel daunting. Drawing out the sounds, writing each letter, saying words slowly one phoneme at a time, can seem dull and tedious to kids with ADHD. A child with ADHD may […]

Why English-Speaking Kids Start School at Age 5

May 16, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

American children begin school at age 5. In Kindergarten, kids learn (ideally) letter sounds. Then they string sounds together to blend words. For example, a Kindergartner might read met, fin and mom. Later, they learn the names of letters. To learn to spell, teachers often encourage kids to write words slowly while saying the sounds […]

Short Vowel Game pdf with Tulips

April 30, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

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Do you have a Kindergarten student? Beginning readers need to learn how to decode short vowel words. If you’d like to prepare your student for reading, begin by saying words slowly: mmmmm-ooooo-mmmm. Then, ask your student, “What am I saying?” Pick about 10 short vowel words per lesson. Once your student 1) knows letter sounds […]

Sight Word Stories PDF

April 23, 2019 By: Brittany Marker2 Comments

Sight words break the phonetic code. Sight words include: the, they, from, would, could, from, their….etc. They are common in text, especially beginning reader books. If you’d like your student to practice reading sight words in-context, click the links for FREE sight word stories pdf. Here’s one about camels: Camels If you’d like more FREE […]

5 Year Old Reading Level

April 16, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

short vowel books

When Ryan was 5 years old, he didn’t know letter sounds. He also couldn’t blend 3 letter words like ham, fin and get. His peers were reading short vowel kindergarten books. Ryan knew he was behind. He dreaded reading time. One day, on his ride to school, he told his mom, “I hate reading. Mom, […]

ing Worksheets to Practice Inflectional Endings

April 11, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

Are your students learning to read 2-syllable ing words like hoping, tapping, sailing…etc? With these word types, kids need to learn to decipher the first vowel. Why does the o in hoping say something different than the o in hopping, for example? Click the following links to print FREE ing worksheets: ing Roses Here is […]

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