When a child is ready to read and tackle a decodable book, they start with basic decodable books. These books will have a strong focus on CVC words like c-a-t, b-a-t, and s-u-n.
So, as long as the young reader knows the sounds of the alphabet, these words are easily decodable.
There is an emphasis on repetition and images to give the child a clue of what they will be reading. Typically, each page stands alone and there is rarely an actual story or message.
After a young reader succeeds at these basic decodable books, they can begin with our advanced decodable books.
Our books teach words that have these multi-letter phonograms (reading codes). Each book has a meaningful story and they don’t rely solely on image cues.
The young reader learns to decode words with those special multi-letter phonogram sounds.