to Writing and Reading
Beginning to Write the Letters 1
Beginning with the Consonants 3
The Story of Proud Prince Pumpernickel 5
The Story of Jack the Jolly Jumping Jester 7
Examples of Main Lesson Illustrations 11
Lesson Plan for Introducing the Letters 12
Introducing the Vowels 16
Pure Vowel Sounds 18
Short Vowels, Long Vowels, and Modified Vowels 19
Introduce These Vowels Sounds this Year 20
Finding Images and Writing Your Own Stories 21
Writing the First Reader 24
Reading the Printed Word 28
Introducing Small Printed Letters 28
Further Development of Skills with Phonics 29
Beginnings and Endings 30
Word Families 31
Short Vowels 32
Long Vowels 34
R Modified Vowels 36
Sight Recognition Words and the Big One Hundred 37