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Getting Ready
Learning to hear sounds, clap syllables, and listen closely before reading words. The phonological foundation every reader needs.
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Welcome to theLand of Letters
You don't need to rush this. Your child is exactly where they are supposed to be. Noticing letters on signs. Asking what words say. Laughing at rhymes they've heard a hundred times. That is reading beginning. It starts in the ear, in the mouth, in the body, long before a pencil touches paper. Give it room. Give it time. This stage is for tending, not testing.
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Your spot on the Reading Map
Land of Letters
Oral Language, Phonological Awareness & Print Concepts
Land of Letters
This is where the journey begins. Sounds, letters, rhymes, and the first seeds of reading. Pre-readers play with language before decoding begins, wondering before working and playing before print. There is no rush here. This stage is for tending, not testing.
Signs your reader is right here
Tap each sign you have noticed at home.
Tap each one you have noticed.
Modules for the Pre-Reader stage
The first parts of the reading journey, worked through in order. Come back when you are ready. There is no rush.
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Sound to Letter Connection
Letter names, letter sounds, and the bridge between hearing and seeing. Where sounds and print begin to meet.
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Into First Words
Blending the first sounds together and meeting the earliest decodable words. The gentle bridge into the Beginning and Emerging stage.
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Tools for this stage
Made for Pre-Readers
$20
The Vowel Story
A decodable picture book that makes every vowel sound unforgettable. Characters, story, and phonics all in one.
FreeReading Garden Scavenger Hunt
A gentle activity for sounds, letters, and early print awareness.
FreeReading Tracker
Track books read and rate them with five stars. Printable and ready to use.
LibraryLand of Letters
Short lessons, sound play, and creative practice for the earliest reading stage.
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