This audio companion reinforces the phonics lessons from The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading. Over 30 tracks cover the elementary sounds used for short-vowels, long-vowels, consonants, the schwa, digraphs, and more.
Lyrics and a key to phonetic symbols enable you to read along with the tracks. Rhymes and songs put the sounds in context, in a memorable and fun format for children.
Read by radio professional Mark Russo, with music performed by Mike Smith, this audio companion will serve you well as you begin using The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading!
Track List:
1. Introduction
2. Short-Vowel Sounds
3. Long-Vowel Sounds
4. Other Vowel Sounds
5. R-changed Vowel Sounds
6. The Schwa Sound
7. Consonant Sounds
8. Digraphs and Other Sounds
9. The Alphabet Song
The Five Vowels
10. The first verse: a
11. The second verse: e
12. The third verse: i
13. The fourth verse: o
14. The fifth verse: u
15. The entire poem16. “Old MacDonald Had a Farm: a, e, i, o, u”
The Consonant Rhyme
17. The first verse: b
17. The second verse: c
19. The third verse: d
20. The fourth verse: f
21. The fifth verse: g
22. The sixth verse: h
23. The seventh verse: j
24. The eighth verse: k
25. The ninth verse: l
26. The tenth verse: m
27. The eleventh verse: n
28. The twelfth verse: p
29. The thirteenth verse: qu
30. The fourteenth verse: r
31. The fifteenth verse: s
32. The sixteenth verse: t
33. The seventeenth verse: v
34. The eighteenth verse: w
35. The nineteenth verse: x
36. The twentieth verse: y
37. The twenty-first verse: z
38. The entire poem