Part 1: Sounds to Reading

Kick off reading with fun and confidence

Part 1 covers 3 skill groups: Isolating Sounds, Learning Letter Sounds, and First Spelling and Reading.

The Reading Skill Set is approved for state and ESA funding in certain states and cities, with more to come. See FAQs for more details.

What you’ll get

Learn through 10 skill-based games and activities

Practice with 7 confidence-boosting books

Get help with a Play Guide and online portal—no parent expertise required

Dimensions

18.9″ L x 12.0″ D x 10.1″ H

18.5 lbs

Materials & care

FSC-certified paper, soy-based ink and child safe plastic

For non-paper products wipe clean with a damp dry cloth

Paper products should not be exposed to water or cleaning agents

Games and books that keep your child motivated

The ABCs with Mr. Z

Avoid early letter sound confusion with this unique book that introduces the most common sound of each letter.

Play Guide

Learn why each skill matters, how to support your child’s reading journey, ideas for practicing skills, and tips to keep play fun.

Rhyming Leaves Game

First identify, then make rhymes in this game where two players work together to add or remove leaves from the tree.

Syllable Race Game

Break words into syllables as you race your dog around the track, making a wood-on-wood tapping sound to hear each syllable of a word.

Animal Letter Sound Cards

Learn all 26 letter forms and their sounds with this set of fun letter and animal flash cards.

Follow the Sound Maze

Move through the maze by finding images with the same first or last letter sound. Includes a fun reveal at the end to check their work.

Compound Word Pairs

Discover that some words are made up of smaller words by matching two cards together to reveal a new word.

Wooden Letter Sound Blocks

Match 4 images that share the same letter sound to reveal the lowercase letter in the middle of the blocks. Includes 20 blocks.

Skill Tokens

Revisit your new skills in this extension activity for the Wooden Letter Sound Blocks.

Letter Case Beehive

Learn to match lowercase letters to their uppercase form as you race to beat the bear to the honeycomb in this collaborative game.

Movable Alphabet

Build words with this 52-letter set of blue vowels and red consonants. Inspired by Montessori and designed to work with games in Part 1.

Spell & Check Slider

Learn to spell 3–5 letter words, then blend the sounds to read the word. Slide the image tile for a fun reveal of the correct spelling.

Wordless Book

Build language and awareness of story structure with this book that encourages your child to tell a story before they can read one.

Turn-Taking Book Series

Take turns reading this book series together, with sections for your child to read and practice their letter sound skills.

Inside Part 1: Sounds to Reading