Silent e Words to Read

Silent e Words to Read is part of the Kindie Phonics™ Learn to Read Series

Whether it's called Silent e, Magic e, or Bossy e, this phonics rule is consistent most of the time.
Words such as bike, cave, and home have a silent bossy e (or magic e) at the end of the word which makes the middle vowel say its name--a long vowel sound. This is a mostly consistent phonics rule, but it does have some exceptions--words such as come, have, some, give, etc.

Even very young children can learn to read.
The Kindie Phonics™ Learn to Read series has been designed with the singular goal of helping preschoolers, kindergarteners and first graders quickly become independent strategic readers.

Kindie Phonics™ Books target one phonics skill at a time.
Every book includes 38 word examples for plenty of reading practice.

Kindie Phonics™ books highlight consistent phonics patterns.
For instance, three letter words which follow a Consonant Vowel Consonant (CVC) pattern (e.g. dog, cat, pig, sun, den, etc.) the middle vowel has a short vowel sound. These three letter words are good first words for beginning readers to read, because they follow a very consistent phonics pattern.

You don't need to be a reading teacher to successfully teach a child how to read.
Our highly visual books are very user-friendly, so homeschooling parents, grandparents, and others can feel confident teaching children to read.

That being said . . . literacy professionals will likely enjoy one of our most helpful book features.
Our books make it easy to highlight phonics word patterns for beginner readers. The targeted vowels in our books are printed in red while the targeted consonants are printed in blue. For those who like to use red & blue magnetic alphabet letters for phonics word work, our books help connect phonics skill practice to reading real text.

Our books SHOW children that it's important to look at the beginning, middle, and end of a word.
The words in our books are intentionally grouped and organized to show early readers commonalities between words. It's important for novice readers to notice that words are not all separate unrelated things. Changing one letter at the beginning, middle, or end of a word leads to a brand new word. We design our books to help children identify changes in words so they can develop reading flexibility.

Photographs help build strong reading comprehension.
High interest STEM/STEAM friendly photographs provide picture clues for every word of text to help early readers decode tricky words and develop strong comprehension. Photos greatly help children problem solve the words that stretch reading vocabulary and provide extra challenge.

Kindie Phonics™ books focus on highly generalized (most consistent) phonics.
Instead of confusing beginner readers with complicated phonics rules, we provide real words for kids to read which generally follow phonics rules. There will be plenty of opportunity for teaching the many rule-breaking words later on.

Successful reading creates successful readers.
When children experience early success with real reading, they want to read more. As beginner readers read more, they become even more skilled readers. Kindie Phonics™ books are designed to help beginning readers build a strong foundation on early reading success.

Please note that Kindie Phonics™ books have been designed for an American audience. The spelling of words, pronunciations, and photographs are geared toward preschool, kindergarten, and first grade children learning to read in the U.S.

Be sure to check out the Look Inside feature above to view sample pages from this book.

Ages 3-6
40 pages
8.5" x 8.5" trim size