The Rhyming Reader

Book One

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INSTRUCTIONS0 1 2 3

Print some pages.

Do just a couple

at a time to start.

Later, you can do a

half-dozen or more

in one sitting.

Have your kid

sound out all the words

on the pages.

You can help with the

letter sounds, but don't

say the words.

Make the kid

sound them out.

Send the kid off

to a nice quiet place

with a big fat pen

to trace all the words.

If you must watch,

watch from a distance.

The kid will digest

the stuff better alone.

Have your kid

sound out all the words

with you again.

Review the pages the

next day and repeat

them as necessary.

Don't rush. The tortoise always wins in this race.

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HINT

English has 40-some sounds (depending on

your accent) but only 26 letters. We make up

for this shortage by using groups of letters to

represent single sounds. EA, for example,

typically makes the long-e sound. It's

important that your kid learns to spot groups

of letters, and not just individual ones.

So as your kid sounds out the words in this

book, point out that both individual letters

and groups of letters have sounds. Tell him

that the word "cat", for example, can be

thought of as three separate sounds (c-a-t).

Or as just two (c-at). Then make sure he

understands that the second way is better.

All the words in our reader are arranged in

rhyming groups that make it easy to spot the

common letter combinations.

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CAT

HAT

cat hat4

HAT

RAT

rat hat

PAT

5

CAT

FAT

fat cat

SAT

6

AT

BAT

rat bat

RAT

VAT

7

RAN

MAN

can man

CAN

8

PAN

TAN

tan van

VAN

JAN

9

BAD

FAD

bad lad

LAD

10

HAD

DAD

rad dad

MAD

RAD

11

DAD

CAD

sad dad

SAD

PAD

TAD

12

BAG

JAG

rag bag

RAG

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HINT

Many of the words in this book

will be new to your kid.

And he probably won't get

some of the jokes.

This is intentional.

It minimizes guessing.

It increases the kid's vocabulary.

And it reinforces the fact that

you're the teacher.

So tell the kid what the words mean,

and explain the jokes as you go along.

It will be a quality bonding experience.

And after a while your kid just might

start to think that you're almost

as smart as he is.

WOW

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BAG

GAG

gag bag

LAG

15

WAG

TAG

tag wag

$3

ZAG

HAG

16

NAG

FAG

nag sag

MAG

SAG

17

Hal and Sal

GAL

HAL

HAL 9000

SAL 9000

SAL

PAL

AL

18

Sam ham

PAM

SAM

HAM

19

ham dam

HAM

JAM

BAM

DAM

AM

20

TAP

LAP

nap lap

NAP

21

RAP

ZAP

Yap! Zap.

Yap!

Yap! Yap!

Yap!

CAP

YAP

22

CAB

JAB

cab gab

$75.23

GAB

23

GAB

TAB

lab gab

LAB

DAB

NAB

24

SAX

FAX

sax wax

AX

WAX

25

MAX

SAX

wax sax

WAX

TAX

26

MAX

SAX

sax fax

FAX

AX

27

SAX

MAX

max sax

TAX

LAX

28

PET

WET

wet pet

GET

29

PET

BET

pet vet

VET

LET

30

MET

JET

jet net

SET

NET

YET

31

bed fed

NED

BED

FED

32

Red led Ted

ED

LED

RED

TED

WED

33

Tex and Mex

MEX

TEX

VEX

34

T-rex

HEX

REX

SEX

EX

35

web

DEB

JEB

WEB

36

peg leg

LEG

PEGAh!

BEG

37

egg keg

KEG

MEG

EGG

38

TEN

MEN

ten pen men

HEN

BEN

PEN

39

DEN

MEN

ten Zen men

TEN

ZEN

YEN

40

BIB

RIB

rib bib41

RIB

rib fib

BIB

FIB

42

PIG

DIG

pig wig

WIG

43

BIG

FIG

big rig

JIG

RIG

44

DIG

PIG

pig rig

ZIG

RIG

GIG

45

IN

BIN

pin bin

PIN

DIN

46

KIN

FIN

tin fin

TIN

WIN

SIN

47

DIP

SIP

tip sip

TIP

RIP

48

HIP

LIP

lip zip

NIP

YIP

ZIP

49

DID

KID

Sid kid

BID

SID

50

LID

HID

Sid hid.

SID

RID

51

HIM

RIM

"Him Jim."

JIM

52

DIM

JIM

dim Kim

KIM

TIMJIM

KIM

TIM

53

IT

KIT

sit kit

SIT

HIT

LIT

54

BIT

NIT

nit wit

FIT

PIT

WIT

55

MIX

SIX

six mix

FIX

56

MIX

SIX

six fix

NIX

FIX

57

JOB

LOB

cob lob

COB

58

BOB

ROB

Bob mob

SOB

MOB

59

ROD

NOD

cod rod

COD

GOD

60

MOD

POD

Odd Todd

TODD

ODD

2

6

12

4

5

8

10

61

DOG

LOG

dog jog

? JOG

62

DOG

FOG

hog dog

BOG

HOG

63

MOM

TOM

Mom. Tom. Tom-tom.64

ON

NON

Ron on Don

DON

D

R

RON

65

DON

CON

con and non-con

NON

RON

66

HOP

TOP

pop top

BOP

POP

67

MOP

POP

mop top

COP

TOP

68

TOP

LOP

cop top

HOP

COP

69

HOP

TOP

ZZ Top

Z

70

POP

TOP

hop on pop

HOP

MOP

71

HOT

POT

tot pot

TOT

COT

NOT

72

HOT

DOT

Dot got hot.

GOT

LOT

ROT

73

OX

BOX

Fox box

FOX

74

FOX

SOX

fox pox

BOX

POX

75

BUG

RUG

bug hug

TUG

HUG

76

BUG

DUG

bug mug

JUG

MUG

PUG

77

GUM

HUM

Gum. Yum!

BUM

YUM

78

BUM

MUM

bum sum

RUM

SUM

79

UP

CUP

pup up

PUP

80

CUP

PUP

pup cup

YUP

SUP

81

US

BUS

bus

GUS

PUS

82

HUT

NUT

nut hut

RUT

CUT

83

CUT

BUT

gut cut

JUT

GUT

84

CUB

RUB

cub tub

TUB

BUB

85

TUB

HUB

tub sub

PUB

SUB

NUB

86

BUD

MUD

cud bud

DUD

CUD

87

FUN

RUN

gun fun

SUN

GUN

88

BUN

FUN

bun nun

NUN

PUN

89

TUX

Tux90

HINT

From here on, some of our pages will include special words

where the letters make unusual sounds.

Many people call these words "sight words." We prefer to think

of them as "cursed words": words that, for some strange reason,

we've all agreed to misspell over and over again.

To help your kid learn these words, we've done two things:

First, we always put the cursed words in context, where your kid

is used to hearing them. This makes it easy for him to get used

to the unusual spellings of those sounds.

Secondly, the first ten or so times a cursed word appears, we

include the "correct" spelling of that word directly underneath

the nasty thing in small gray letters. Your kid can simply look

there and sound them out in the usual way.

And now it's time for more phun with fonnix.

And God said,

"Go to, let us go down

and there confound their

language."

Genesis 11:7

wuz

iz

hiz

elefant

was

is

his

eleph

91

DEB

JEB

Deb and Jeb on the web

WEB

thuh

92

HOT

ROD

a hot rod93

uh

BIG

PIG

a big hen

a pig pen

HEN

PEN

94

uh

uh

YAP

ZAP

Zip zap.

YIP

ZIP

Yip! Yap!

Yip!

Yap! Yip!

Yap!

95

AT

BAT

a rat at bat

RAT

uh

96

CAT

HAT

a cat in a hatuh uh

97

CAT

HAT

a cat hat on a mat

MAT

uh uh

98

CAT

HAT

The cat hat sat on a mat.

SAT

thuh uh

MAT

99

DAN

MAN

PAN

Dan the pan manthuh

100

FAN

VAN

TAN

a tan van with a fanuh uh

101

NAN

CAN

PAN

Nan with a can in a panuh uh

102

ADD

PAD

Add on a pad.uh

103

DAD

HAD

Dad had a rad pad.uh

PAD

RAD

104

RAG

BAG

TAG

a rag bag with a taguh uh

$3

105

GAG

BAG

a gag bag with a tag

TAG

uh uh

$3

106

Sam-I-am with a ham

SAM

HAM

uh

107

a ham and jam dam

HAM

JAM

DAM

uh

J AM

108

CAP

SAP

sap in a cap

sap tap

TAP

uh

109

NAP

MAP

LAP

a nap with a map in the lap

NEXT EXIT

350 MILES

uh thuhuh

110

DAB

GAB

gab and a dabuh

111

AL

PAL

SAL

The pal is Sal.iz

Al has a pal.

thuh

haz

112

SAL

GAL

VAL

The gal is Val.iz

Sal has a gal.

thuh

haz

113

AL

SAL

PAL

Val is the gal of Al's pal Sal.

GAL

VAL

thuhiz uv

114

SAX

FAX

a sax in the faxthuhuh

115

MAX

SAX

WAX

sax wax for the max saxthuh

116

BED

ED

Red, Ned, Ted and Ed in bed

NED

RED

TED

117

PIG

WIG

a pig in a wiguh uh

118

PIG

BIG

a pig in a big rig

RIG

uh uh

119

BIG

PIG

a pig jig with a big pig

JIG

RIG

uh uh

120

BIG

FIG

a big pig

PIG

WIG

121

uh

US

BUS

us on the busthuh

122

DUB

RUB

rub-a-dub-dub in the tub

TUB

uh thuh

123

DUD

MUD

a dud in the mudthuhuh

124

FUN

SUN

fun in the sunthuh

125

FUN

NUN

fun in the sun with a nunthuh

SUN

uh

126

NUN

RUN

a nun on the run with a gun

GUN

uh thuh uh

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