Decode & Read

Decode & Read! helps your child take the next steps—from sounding out their first words to building sentences and understanding what they read. Each colorful activity breaks reading into simple, visual steps designed for beginning readers. 1. Decode & Read Words Children break words into individual sounds, blend those sounds together, and then discover the same words inside short, easy-to-read stories. This helps them move beyond memorizing words and begin actually sounding them out. 2. Build Complete Sentences Once children can read words, they learn how those words work together. Colorful picture cues introduce WHO + ACTION + WHERE, before children put the pieces together, read the sentence, trace it, and write it themselves. 3. Read & Understand Reading isn’t just saying the words. Short illustrated passages and visual questions help children understand who, what, and where, recall what they just read, and use the information to complete sentences on their own. From Sounds → Words → Sentences → Understanding Instead of asking beginning readers to make one enormous jump from knowing their ABCs to reading books, Decode & Read! teaches the skills between those two stages.