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Help your child learn to read sight words, one little step at a time! ๐ What is this book about? Designed for children who find sight words or high-frequency words difficult to learn. Covers 40 Dolch Pre-Primer sight words , organised into 10 sets of 4 words each . Each set features a friendly zoo animal, making learning engaging and fun. Uses the Heart Word Method to help children understand the sounds in words and remember tricky parts instead of relying only on memorisation. โ๏ธ How will children learn? Each word is introduced through simple, step-by-step activities: Look: Notice the special markings on the word. Tap: Tap the sounds using the dots and lines as a guide. Slide & Say: Slide a finger under the word and say it smoothly. Trace & Write: Practise tracing the word and writing it from memory. ๐งฉ What does the workbook include? 10 themed animal sets covering all 40 sight words. Word-learning pages with sound-marking guidance. Letter and word activities, tracing and writing practice. Review activities, matching tasks and fill-in-the-gap exercises. Simple sentence reading using words already introduced and decodable words. A decodable mini reader. Interactive games, including Zoo Bingo, Snake Slide, Memory Match and Roll and Read . A star chart, progress tracker and certificate to celebrate learning. ๐ก How can parents use this book? Follow one animal set at a time . Spend around 15 minutes a day practising. Encourage children to look, tap, slide, say, trace and write. Use the review activities and games to reinforce learning. Repeat a word or set whenever your child needs more practice. ๐ What makes this workbook different? Instead of asking children to memorise every word as a whole, Word Zoo helps them explore the sounds and spelling patterns within words , while identifying the tricky parts that need to be remembered by heart. A gentle, structured and playful approach to building sight-word recognition, reading confidence and early literacy skills!
EA & EE Word Family Workbook Two teams. One sound. No confusing rules to memorise! Does your child know that ea and ee can both make the long e sound, but still gets confused about which spelling to use? This workbook takes a different approach. Instead of asking children to memorise complicated rules, they learn ea and ee words through word families , one family at a time. The workbook gradually builds familiarity with the spelling patterns so children can recognise and remember them through repeated, meaningful practice. ea_ee_Word_Family_Workbook ๐ What's inside? Part 1 โ The EA Families Explore 9 different ea word families through reading, tracing, writing and Sound Hunt activities. Part 2 โ The EE Families Learn 9 ee word families using the same systematic approach, helping children build confidence without mixing the two spellings too early. ea_ee_Word_Family_Workbook ๐ Sound Hunts Children practise finding words, spotting the correct spelling, sorting words, unscrambling letters and identifying patterns. ๐งฉ Twin Sort Once both teams are familiar, children bring ea and ee side by side and sort words according to their spelling patterns. ea_ee_Word_Family_Workbook ๐ฏ Twin Words Children explore words that have the same sound but different meanings , such as see/sea, meet/meat, week/weak and peek/peak . ea_ee_Word_Family_Workbook โ๏ธ A workbook that makes spelling practice manageable Children will read โข trace โข write โข hunt โข sort โข think โข practise The activities move from learning individual word families to applying what they have learned, making the progression simple and structured rather than overwhelming. ๐ Perfect for parents & teachers who want... A structured way to teach ea and ee Word-family based spelling practice Less reliance on memorising rules Repeated exposure to spelling patterns Fun, varied practice instead of endless copying Activities that gradually bring ea and ee together An answer key for easy checking ea_ee_Word_Family_Workbook 35 pages of structured phonics and spelling practice โ created to help children become familiar with the patterns, not simply memorise a list of words. Learn the families. Spot the patterns. Build confidence. ๐
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