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Keen-to-Read Books
WORD FAMILY TALES / BROWSE & SHOP
All prices quoted are in New Zealand dollars (NZD).
Word Family Tales
Tales based on Word Families
to boost reading & Spelling skills
Toast And Jam & My Dog Tam
“I say “Scram !” But my dog Tam, grabs my toast, and bumps the jam.”
Sam learns lots of words that rhyme with am as he crams for his exam, until his dog disturbs him. Your child can learn about initial letter sounds and 20 words containing that word am.
24 pages
A5 approx (140x200mm)
ISBN 978-1-877538-17-9
The Crook & The Cookbook
“Last week a crook took my book...”
What happens next? Does the crook fall over the chook? Children soon get the idea of the rhyming words and read them for you, if you’re reading this fun book together.
20 pages
A5 approx (140x200mm)
ISBN 978-1-877538-18-6
That Fat Rat And My Cat
She said, “Oh no ! Look at your cat. Your cat has caught a fat brown rat.” What mischief is that fat rat and that brat of a cat going to get into? Your child can learn about initial letter sounds and 18 different words containing that word at.
24 pages
A5 approx (140x200mm)
ISBN 978-1-877538-19-3
NZD $7.50
NZD $7.50
NZD $7.50
WORD FAMILY TALES are also available in sets at discounted prices (Printed Book Sets)
WHAT ARE WORD FAMILIES?
A word family is a group of words that not only rhyme, but the rhyming part, which we will call the riming chunk, is also spelt the same way. For example; keen, been, seen, queen, green belong to one family, and bean, mean, clean to another.
WHY RIME-TIME TALES (our word family books) CAN HELP YOUR CHILD PICK UP READING AND SPELLING SKILLS
- They develop an awareness of the relationship between letters and the sounds they make.
- They are an efficient way for children to pick up many, many words.
- Children meet each word family in a story context with colourful pictures. This not only helps children learn these words and their usage, but also helps them form memorable associations between the words in the family.
- Children love rhyming words. They love chanting rhyming verses.
- Word families provide predictable patterns within our inconsistent English language. For instance, within a word family, the vowel sounds are predictable.
- It is fun playing with word families - and unlike rules, they are easy to remember.
- These books encourage children to develop effective decoding techniques.
- Children learn word families within a language-rich setting, which keeps the focus on reading for meaning. There are opportunities for kids to make feasible predictions based on context, language patterns, and the letter patterns within words etc., which help kids develop a range of reading skills.
- All these beneficial features come within a delightful story, which helps create a love of reading. The more children love reading, the more reading they will do, and the more proficient they will become.
Word Family TALES
Set of 3 for only $21
