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Beginner Phonics Books - Older Versions

cat dressed as a sheepThese easy (and free) books teach fluency in reading small, short-vowel words and develop instant-recognition of fifty of the most-common words in English.

Age: 4 - 7 years old.  These books are for children who already know their alphabet.  If a child struggles with letter recognition, use our Alphabetti books to resolve this.

Format: Downloadable e-books to read on-screen or print on your printer. 

Activity sheets: Matching handwriting worksheets, word-search puzzles, flash cards and memory games are included for each book.  (All for free!)

Book coverBeginner Book One

A newer version of this book is available, click here!

Teaches short vowel "a" (hat, cat, am, etc.).
Page count: 40 pages (10 sheets of paper when printed as a double-sided booklet)
Time to print: Approximately 7 minutes
Words taught: bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, rat, sat, bad, had, sad, bag, am, Sam, yam, can, Dan, man, ran, cap, map, nap.

 

IMPORTANT -- if you are using the older version of this book, there are two older versions of the book:

Regular version:  This version of the book can be read on-screen, or it can be transferred to an iPad or Kindle.  It can also be printed if your printer has a "booklet" printing option, and can also be projected onto a classroom screen when using a projector.

Two-on-a-page version:  For printers that DO NOT have a "booklet" or "duplex" printing option.  This version of the book has been specially formatted so that two pages fit onto one sheet of paper.  (This saves ink and paper when printing.) 

 

 

 

Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Beginner_Book_1_revised.pdf)NEW, REVISED Beginner Book One, Regular version 742 kB
Download this file (Beginner_Book_1_two_page_version.pdf)Revised Beginner Book One, Two-On-A-Page version 723 kB
 

Book coverREVISED VERSION

Beginner Phonics Book Two
Revised Book Two teaches short vowel "e" (red, ten, yes, etc.). It also contains many more "spot-the-difference" pictures. (The old book is still available if you prefer, see below.)
Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Beginner_Book_2_revised.pdf)Revised Beginner Book Two Regular Version 836 kB
Download this file (Beginner_Book_2_two_page_version.pdf)Beginner Book 2 two-on-a-page version 814 kB
Read more: REVISED Beginner Book 2
 

Book coverREVISED VERSION

Beginner Phonics Book Three
Revised Book Three teaches short vowel "i" (him, sit, big, I, if, etc.). It also contains four sets of "spot-the-difference" pictures. (The old book is still available if you prefer, see below.)
Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Beginner_Book_3_revised.pdf)REVISED Beginner Phonics Book 3, regular version 913 kB
Download this file (Beginner_Book_3_two_page_version.pdf)REVISED Beginner Book 3, two-on-a-page version 929 kB
Read more: REVISED Beginner Book 3
 

Book coverREVISED VERSION

Beginner Phonics Book Four
Teaches short vowel "o" (on, got, dog, etc.). Contains 90% all-new material and four sets of "spot-the-difference" pictures. (The old book is still available if you prefer, see below.)
Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Beginner_Book_4_revised.pdf)Revised Beginner Book Four, regular version 801 kB
Download this file (Beginner_Book_4_two_page_version.pdf)Revised Beginner Book Four, two-on-a-page version 783 kB
Read more: REVISED Beginner Book 4
 

Book coverREVISED VERSION

Beginner Phonics Book Five
Teaches short vowel "u" (up, run, us, cut, etc.). Contains 90% all-new material and four sets of "spot-the-difference" pictures. (The old book is still available if you prefer, see below.)
Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Beginner_Book_5_revised.pdf)Beginner Phonics Book 5 -- printer-friendly version 834 kB
Download this file (Beginner_Book_5_two_page_version.pdf)REVISED Beginner Book 5, two-on-a-page version 811 kB
Read more: REVISED Beginner Book 5
 
Book coverBeginner Phonics Book One -- OLDER VERSION

Teaches short vowel "a" (hat, cat, am, etc.).

Newer version of the book available, please click here!

 

Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Book_1_print_version.pdf)Beginner Book 1 -- Short Vowel A printer-friendly version 593 kB
Download this file (beg_book_1_activities.zip)Book 1 Activity Sheets (all the below activity sheets in one ZIP file) 501 kB
Download this file (Book_1_screen_version.pdf)Beginner Book 1 Read-on-screen version 632 kB
Download this file (Book_1_flashcards.pdf)Flash Cards for Book One (Unzipped) 27 kB
Download this file (Book_1_handwriting.pdf)Handwriting Sheets for Book One (Unzipped) 174 kB
Download this file (Book_1_memory_game.pdf)Memory Game using most important words from Book One (Unzipped) 195 kB
Download this file (Book_1_puzzles.pdf)Puzzles for Book One (Unzipped) 144 kB
Read more: Beginner Book 1
 
Book coverBeginner Phonics Book Two -- OLDER VERSION

Teaches short vowel "e" (bed, get, pen, etc.)

 

Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Book_2_print_version.pdf)Beginner Book 2 -- Short Vowel E (printer friendly version) 457 kB
Download this file (beg_book_2_activities.zip)Book 2 Activity Sheets -- ZIP file of the four activity sheets listed below 498 kB
Download this file (Book_2_screen_version.pdf)Beginner Book 2 Read-on-screen version 478 kB
Download this file (Book_2_flashcards.pdf)Flashcards for Book Two (Unzipped) 24 kB
Download this file (Book_2_handwriting.pdf)Handwriting sheets or Book Two (Unzipped) 152 kB
Download this file (Book_2_memory_game.pdf)Memory Game of most important words from Book Two (Unzipped) 195 kB
Download this file (Book_2_puzzles.pdf)Puzzles for Book Two (Unzipped) 161 kB
Read more: Beginner Book 2
 
Book cover
Beginner Phonics Book Three -- OLDER VERSION

Teaches short vowel "i" (sit, in, did, etc.) and introduces the "I" pronoun.

 

Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Book_3_print_version.pdf)Beginner Book 3 -- Short Vowel I (printer-friendly version) 739 kB
Download this file (beg_book_3_activities.zip)Beg Book 3 Activity Sheets (ZIP file of the four activity sheets listed below) 491 kB
Download this file (Book_3_screen_version.pdf)Beginner Book 3 Read-on-screen version 782 kB
Download this file (Book_3_flashcards.pdf)Flashcards for Book Three (unzipped) 26 kB
Download this file (Book_3_handwriting.pdf)Handwriting Sheets for Book Three (unzipped) 153 kB
Download this file (Book_3_memory_game.pdf)Memory Game of the most important words from Book Three (unzipped) 195 kB
Download this file (Book_3_puzzles.pdf)Puzzles for Book Three (unzipped) 153 kB
Read more: Beginner Book 3
 
Book cover
Beginner Phonics Book Four -- OLDER VERSION

Teaches short vowel "o" (on, got, dog, etc.).  Also teaches that the letter "f" is sometimes pronounced as "v" (of).

Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Book_4_print_version.pdf)Beginner Book 4 -- Short Vowel O (printer friendly version) 687 kB
Download this file (beg_book_4_activities.zip)Beg Book 4 Activity Sheets - ZIP file of the four activity sheets listed below 481 kB
Download this file (Book_4_screen_version.pdf)Beginner Book 4 Read-on-screen version 701 kB
Download this file (Book_4_flashcards.pdf)Flash Cards for Book Four (unzipped) 24 kB
Download this file (Book_4_handwriting.pdf)Handwriting Sheets for Book Four (unzipped) 151 kB
Download this file (Book_4_memory_game.pdf)Memory Game of the most important words from Book Four (unzipped) 195 kB
Download this file (Book_4_puzzles.pdf)Puzzles for Book Four (unzipped) 147 kB
Read more: Beginner Book 4
 
Book coverBeginner Phonics Book Five -- OLDER VERSION

Teaches short vowel "u" (cup, but, sun, etc.).

 

Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (Book_5_print_version.pdf)Beginner Book 5 -- Short Vowel U (printer friendly version) 658 kB
Download this file (beg_book_5_activities.zip)Beg Book 5 Activity Sheets - ZIP file of the four activity sheets listed below 475 kB
Download this file (Book_5_screen_version.pdf)Beginner Book 5 Read-on-screen version 695 kB
Download this file (Book_5_flashcards.pdf)Flash Cards for Book Five (unzipped) 22 kB
Download this file (Book_5_handwriting.pdf)Handwriting Sheets for Book Five (unzipped) 143 kB
Download this file (Book_5_memory_game.pdf)Memory Game of the most important words from Book Five (unzipped) 195 kB
Download this file (Book_5_puzzles.pdf)Puzzles for Book Five (unzipped) 145 kB
Read more: Beginner Book 5
 

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