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My First Phonics and Reading Workbook
About This Book
My First Phonics & Reading Workbook is a fun, beginner-friendly learning book designed for children aged 3–6 years. It helps young learners develop essential early reading, phonics, and spelling skills through colourful activities and simple exercises.
What Children Will Learn
By working through this book, children will learn how to:
Recognise the Alphabet (A–Z): Identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
Learn Letter Sounds: Understand the sounds each letter makes.
Identify Beginning Sounds: Match letters to pictures and words that start with the same sound.
Blend Sounds: Put individual letter sounds together to read simple words.
Read CVC Words: Practise three-letter words such as CAT, DOG, SUN, and PEN.
Explore Word Families: Discover words that share similar ending sounds, such as CAT, BAT, and HAT.
Develop Spelling Skills: Practise spelling simple words using letter sounds.
Recognise Sight Words: Become familiar with common words used in everyday reading.
Read Simple Sentences: Build confidence reading short, beginner-friendly sentences.
Enjoy Reading Practice: Complete simple stories, matching exercises, tracing, and revision activities.
Why Parents and Teachers Will Love It
Suitable for preschoolers and kindergarten beginners.
Encourages independent learning and practice.
Builds early literacy and vocabulary.
Makes learning enjoyable through varied activities.
Helps children develop confidence before starting formal reading lessons.
The Learning Goal
By the end of the workbook, children should have a stronger understanding of letters, sounds, simple spelling, and beginner reading.
A fun first step towards becoming a confident reader!
This workbook is designed for young learners to develop essential reading and phonics skills. With colorful activities, children will learn to recognize letters, understand sounds, and read simple words.
Who this book is for
- Parents of preschoolers
- Kindergarten teachers
- Caregivers looking for educational resources
- Anyone teaching early literacy
What you'll learn
- Recognize uppercase and lowercase letters
- Understand letter sounds
- Read and spell simple CVC words
- Explore word families
- Develop confidence in reading
Read a free sample 3 pages from the book
My First Phonics & Reading Workbook4 Mouth and Ear Warm-Up Listen to the first sound in each word. Say: sun, moon, fish, map, dog. Which word begins with /s/? __________________ Which word begins with /m/? __________________ Which word begins with /f/? __________________ Grown-up note: This is an oral warm-up, not a spelling test.
My First Phonics & Reading Workbook5 Meet the Alphabet Sounds A letter has a name and can represent a sound. A /a/ apple • B /b/ ball • C /k/ cat • D /d/ dog • E /e/ egg • F /f/ fish G /g/ goat • H /h/ hat • I /i/ insect • J /j/ jam • K /k/ kite • L /l/ leaf M /m/ moon • N /n/ nest • O /o/ octopus • P /p/ pig • Q /kw/ queen • R /r/ rabbit S /s/ sun • T /t/ top • U /u/ umbrella • V /v/ van • W /w/ web • X /ks/ box Y /y/ yo-yo • Z /z/ zebra Grown-up note: Short-vowel sounds are shown for a, e, i, o, u. X is introduced in the final position in box.
My First Phonics & Reading Workbook6 Letter Sound: A a Say /a/. Listen for it in words. Say these words: apple, ant. Trace in the air: A a a a Which word begins with this sound? ant / sun / dog Write the letter: __________________________ Draw something that begins with this sound: Draw here
My First Phonics & Reading Workbook7 Letter Sound: B b Say /b/. Listen for it in words. Say these words: ball, bus. Trace in the air: B b b b Which word begins with this sound? ball / fish / moon Write the letter: __________________________ Draw something that begins with this sound: Draw here
My First Phonics & Reading Workbook8 Letter Sound: C c Say /k/. Listen for it in words. Say these words: cat, cup. Trace in the air: C c c c Which word begins with this sound? cat / sun / van Write the letter: __________________________ Draw something that begins with this sound: Draw here
My First Phonics & Reading Workbook9 Letter Sound: D d Say /d/. Listen for it in words. Say these words: dog, drum. Trace in the air: D d d d Which word begins with this sound? dog / map / fish Write the letter: __________________________ Draw something that begins with this sound: Draw here
My First Phonics & Reading Workbook10 Letter Sound: E e Say /e/. Listen for it in words. Say these words: egg, elephant. Trace in the air: E e e e Which word begins with this sound? egg / moon / bus…
End of sample. The full book is 60 pages on Afri KDP.
Questions about this book
What age group is this workbook suitable for?
This workbook is designed for children aged 3 to 6 years, making it ideal for preschool and kindergarten learners.
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