Make your phonics skills pinkaperfect with this phonics box set from #1 New York Times bestselling author and artist Victoria Kann!
Reviewed by a phonics expert, these twelve short full-color books feature repeated examples of short and long vowel sounds and common sight words. Each of the simple stories in this box set is designed to teach kids how to master reading while having fun with Pinkalicious.
Phonics teaches children the relationship between letters and the sounds they make. A child who has mastered these relationships has an excellent foundation for learning to read and spell. According to the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, a child who has learned phonics has a method to recognize familiar words and "decode" unfamiliar ones. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts
Pinkalicious is a little girl with a penchant for all things pink. The colorful illustrations are engaging and each page has about 4 lines to read. In the Parakeet book, Pinkalicious visits the house of birds at the local zoo with her class. They had spent a week learning lots of bird facts. When the pink parakeet escapes, Pinkalicious saves the day. In the Tutu story, Pinkalicious is going to join her friend Allison's ballet class but accidently walks into an advanced ballet class instead. The cute stories make your child want to read them again and again, building their fluency. 32pp, pb. ~ Sara
