Learn to Read First Grade Edition

2nd level of the Learn to Read series!

Designed to teach beginning and ending sound combinations and word endings, this first-grade learn-to-read kit is loaded with audio CDs, flash cards, and workbooks to appeal to visual, auditory, and experience-based learners. Plus, kids move past just reading storybooks and are introduced to reading chapter books designed to reinforce the skills already learned.

What s Included:

• 2 workbooks with stories and activities
  
  
• 6 chapter books
  
  
• 8 Hooked on Phonics® storybooks
  
  
• 4 audio CDs
  
  
• 2 progress posters to track learning success
  
  
• 1 set of fun stickers kids love
  
  
• 1 Parent's guide
  
  
• 7 flash card sets
  
  

What Parents Say

• "We never pressure her she sets the pace and yet, nearly every day, she is urging us to let her read to us."
  
  Carolyn Hampton
  
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• "What a wonderful investment this was!"
  Briana
  
  Mother of Brenna, age 4
  

  
  

• "I bought the Hooked on Phonics program based on a friend's suggestion and saw immediate results."
  
  Sara
  
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• "He has so much confidence now and is constantly trying to read new things."
  
  Sandy
  
  Mother of Wyatt, age 6
  
  

Dennis Hockerman is a freelance designer/illustrator who has worked in the children's book trade and educational markets, as well as in the toy and game industry. His books include A Rose for Abby, The Molehill Mystery series, Cry Bunny, Little Pig's Birthday, Little Duck Finds a Friend, and a series of 24 Christopher Churchmouse books.

Johnathan London is a poet and the award-winning author of more than 30 books for children, including the popular Froggy series (which started as Froggy Gets Dressed), Hip Cat (a Reading Rainbow feature), and The Eyes of Gray Wolf (winner of the American Bookseller's for Children award).

Doug Cushman started illustrating books when he was eight years old. Some of his books include Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery (a Reading Rainbow feature), Aunt Eater's Mystery Christmas, Camp Big Paw, ABC Mystery (an American Library Association Pick of the List), Halloween Mice, Mouse and Mole and the All-Weather Train Ride, and The Mystery of King Karfu (which received a starred review from the School Library Journal). For book illustration he has won a Reuben Award, sponsored by the National Cartoonist's Society.

Leslie McGuire is a writer/illustrator with more than 200 published children’s books. Some of her personal favorites include Brush Your Teeth! (a pop-up book with sharks that actually floss); Big Dan’s Moving Van (winner of a Parents’ Choice Award); Good Night, Little Bear (an American Bookseller’s Association Pick of the List and a Time-Life kids selection); Baby Night Owl; and This Farm is a Mess.

Steve Haefele is a regular contributor to such magazines as Reader’s Digest, Field & Stream, and Golf Illustrated. His books for children include Animal Songs with Super Sound, The Bear Went Over the Mountain, Rocky the Mountaineer, Where Does This Come From?, and The Lazy Donkey. He has received the Humor Award from the Society of Illustrators.

Ron Lipking has illustrated more than a dozen books for children, including Old-Fashioned Christmas (a pop-up carousel book); Silent Night, Jingle Bells, and Deck the Halls (all pop-up books of songs); and Disney Funworks’ The Wacky Farm series. He has also illustrated for Spider, Cricket, and Sesame Street magazines.

Mitchell Rose is a children’s book illustrator whose works include Norman, The Great Catsby, To Grill a Mockingbird, and Baseball Fever.