Hunter Calder

Five Senses Phonics is a carefully structured series of activity books for pre-readers and beginning readers at the important stage of their literacy acquisition. These activity books are intended for use in a preschool setting, in the beginning school years, and for older students who are having difficulty learning to read. Book 1 focuses on:

• Vowels and consonants
• Rhyming words
• Initial and terminal consonants
• Medial vowels

Book 1 develops the skill of phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is the essential precondition for successful reading acquisition. In this book students are taught to discriminate vowel and consonant sounds and where the position they occupy in words. They are also introduced to the basic sight words needed to work with Book 3. Simple blending techniques are introduced once students master vowel and consonant sounds. The exercises in Book 1 enable the student progressively to attain competency in the skills of phonemic awareness. On completing Book 1, students are able to employ these skills to discriminate individual sounds in words. Students then progress to Book 2 to consolidate and further develop their phonemic awareness skills.

Student progress is regularly monitored and evaluated after completing each level by using the Achievement Tests section. Each test is specifically designed to assess mastery of skills and to allow students to confirm the positive results of their learning experiences.