Dandelion Launchers Extras, Reading and Writing Activities Stages 1-7 are first reader books by Phonic Books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This activity book accompanies Dandelion Launchers Extras Stages 1-7 and is perfect for children in Pre-K and Kindergarten who are learning to read, teaching different letter patterns through a series of reading and writing activities.

Two books for every stage provide phonics practice while offering different stories and encouraging independent reading from the start of their journey. Each stage introduces new letters and sounds while supporting any previously taught phonic letters or sounds and high-frequency words or sight words.

For example:
Book 1a: I Am Sam (Stage 1: s, a, t, i, m)
Book 1b: On the Mat (Stage 1: s, a, t, i, m)
Book 2a: A Man (Stage 2: n, o, p)
Book 2b: A Map (Stage 2: n, o, p)
Book 3a: Bob (Stage 3: b, c, g, h)
Book 3b: Pam and the Cat (Stage 3: b, c, g, h)
Book 4a: The Fib (Stage 4: d, e, f, v)
Book 4b: Bob and the Cod (Stage 4: d, e, f, v)
Book 5a: The Bus (Stage 5: k, l, r, u)
Book 5b: Mud (Stage 5: k, l, r, u)
Book 6a: Viv Can Run (Stage 6: j, w, z)
Book 6b: A Bad Job (Stage 6: j, w, z)
Book 7a: Bob on the Sill (Stage 7: x, y, ff, ll, ss, zz)
Book 7b: The Hill (Stage 7: x, y, ff, ll, ss, zz)

This beginner reader series features:

• Reading and writing activities to practice previously taught spellings in Dandelion Launchers Extras Stages 1-7.
• Reading material aimed at children aged 4-6.
• CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant).
• Three letters producing distinct sounds when blended that are simple to sound out. An example of this is sun, s-u-n.

• An introduction to the activity book
• A variety of activities to practice phonics materials taught in the accompanying book Dandelion Launchers Extras Stages 1-7

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.