2008-02-16 A smelly frog has other ideas about bath-time in this story

from the 'READING CORNER PHONICS' book series.

'READING CORNER PHONICS covers two grades of synthetic phonics teaching, with three levels at each grade. Each level has a certain number of words per story, indicated by the number of bars on the spine of the book.'

This particular story is from GRADE 2 / BAR level 1 - 130 words (CVCC and CCVC plus polysyllabic words).

32 high quality shiny pages in the popular 2-page spread format. Beautifully illustrated, in vibrant colours, throughout.

From the back cover:-

'Frog went in the mud at the pond. But can Mum get Frog in the bath?'

Example of text:-

'Frog was at the pond.
The pond had a lot of mud in it.
"I like mud!" said Frog.
Splash! Frog went in the pond.
"I like to hop in mud!" said Frog........'

and so the story of Frog's likes continues until a rather smelly frog gets called in...for a bath?
Er...no!
It takes a lot of thought from Mum but she does succeed in the end, with a cunning plan!

'READING CORNER PHONICS has been structured to provide maximum support for children learning to read through synthetic phonics.
The stories are designed for independent reading but may also be used by adults for sharing with young children.

The teaching of early reading through synthetic phonics focuses on the 44 sounds in the English language, and how these sounds correspond to their written form in the 26 letters of the alphabet.
Carefully controlled vocabulary makes these books accessible for children at different stages of phonics teaching, progressing from simple CVC (consonant-vowel consonant) words such as `top' (t-o-p) to trisyllabic words such as `messenger' (mess-en-ger)
READING CORNER PHONICS allows children to read words in context, and also provides visual clues and repetition to further support their reading. These books will help develop the all important confidence in the new reader, and encourage a love of reading that will last a lifetime!'