Bob Books: Beginning Phonics Workbook (Stage 1: Starting to Read) New by Scholastic Inc. (author)

With playful stories, silly illustrations, and a phonics approach based on Science of Reading research, Bob Books keep young readers’ confidence high, leading to continued success and a love of reading. Your child will soon join the millions of happy kids who say, “I read the whole book!”

The 90+ pages of matching activities, letter mazes, writing practice, and more in this fun workbook can be done alongside the Bob Books Stage 1 phonics learn-to-read boxed sets, or by any child who is just starting to sound out (decode) words. Activities gradually increase in difficulty, beginning with activities using only four letter sounds (m, a, t, s) and progressing until all letters of the alphabet have been introduced.

90+ pages of activities feature matching activities, letter mazes, writing practice, and more!

For ages 4 to 6

Decodable text in all activities (three-letter words with short vowels in very simple sentences) makes this workbook perfect for kids who are just beginning to learn to read.

Friendly illustrations feature characters that kids love to learn to draw on their own. The black-and-white line drawings make this more than a workbook -it’s a colouring book too!

Builds fine motor skills.

An achievement certificate builds reading confidence and allows kids to show off their hard work!

ABOUT BOB BOOKS

Bob Books is America’s no.1, award-winning, learning-to-read series trusted for over 40 years.

Bob Books is a true first reader series, designed to make helping children learn to read simple and straightforward. The clean layout, short words, and simple phonics make learning to read a fun and natural step for a child that knows the alphabet. Companion workbooks extend children’s reading journey by allowing them to practice the skills learned in the books.

Bob Books is designed to give young children the tools to cross from learning letters to reading words. The award-winning beginning reader book sets start slowly and progress from books with three letter words, to books with more than one sentence per page. By meeting children at the right level, parents are often amazed at how quickly their child is able to sound out words when reading their first Bob Book.

Bob Books covers four reading stages…

Pre-Readings Skills Recognize shapes, patterns, and other pre-reading skills

Stage 1: Starting to Read From learning the alphabet to sounding out your first words

Stage 2: Emerging Readers Sentences become longer and sight words are introduced

Stage 3: Developing Readers Words and sentences become longer, and new rules are introduced