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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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
13
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
14
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
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
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was
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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
127