The Get Ready to Read Book:‍ ‍Identifying, Sounding Out & Blending the ABC's

Laying the Foundation for Early Literacy

The Get Ready to READ Book is a foundational phonics workbook designed to prepare preschoolers for independent reading. It teaches young learners to recognize uppercase and lowercase letters, master short vowel sounds, and blend letters left-to-right to decode their first two- and three-letter words. Once completed, children are fully prepared to transition directly into the 1983 edition of Alpha-Phonics: A Primer for Beginning Readers.

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How Does The Get Ready to READ Book Prepare Children for Literacy?

This primer builds systematic phonemic awareness skills through visual letter-sound charts, short-vowel sound drills, enunciation practice, and decoding exercises. By connecting letter symbols to their sounds and training left-to-right blending, children establish the foundation needed before starting structured reading lessons.

  • Visual Letter-Sound Charts: Teach the difference between the name of a letter and the sound that letter represents, while training the student’s eyes to move from left-to-right across text.

  • Short-Vowel Sound Drills: Focus on foundational short vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u) to build reliable decoding.

  • Enunciation Drills: Train eye movement while blending sounds together from left-to-right, in a way that requires clear pronunciation.

  • Decoding Puzzles: Stimulate student curiosities as they learn to decode words by blending letter sound symbols.