Kindergarten Preschool Phonics Homeschool Curriculum, Learning Letters, Phonemic Awareness, Pre-Readers Pre Reading | Science of Reading PDF

Before children learn letters, they must first learn to listen. Foundations Book 1 helps preschool and kindergarten students build the critical listening and phonological awareness skills that form the foundation of future reading success.

Foundations Book 1: Little Ears, Ready to Hear

The first book in the Oak & Sapling Foundations series introduces children to the wonderful world of sounds. Through playful listening activities, rhymes, sound discrimination games, nature study, poetry, and wholesome picture books, children learn to notice, compare, and talk about the sounds they hear every day.

Rather than rushing into letter names or reading instruction, Foundations begins where literacy truly begins—with listening. Children develop the auditory skills needed for future phonics instruction while building confidence, curiosity, and a love of language.

In This Book:
✓ Environmental sound awareness
✓ Rhyming and sound play
✓ Beginning sound identification
✓ Syllable awareness
✓ Ending sound practice
✓ Listening games and activities
✓ Nature-based learning experiences
✓ Weekly poetry selections
✓ Picture book and read-aloud connections
✓ Oral language development
✓ Weekly review pages
✓ Parent guidance and teaching notes
✓ Progress tracker and completion certificate

Skills Learned:
• Listen carefully to sounds
• Recognize and create rhymes
• Identify beginning sounds
• Hear syllables in spoken words
• Notice ending sounds
• Build phonological awareness

Perfect For:
Preschool
Pre-K
Early Kindergarten
Homeschool families
Early literacy instruction
Science of Reading aligned learning

Part of the Oak & Sapling Foundations Series
**🌿 Book 1: Little Ears, Ready to Hear**
🌿 Book 2: Sounds Take Shape
🌿 Book 3: Letters Take Root
🌿 Book 4: Building Little Words
🌿 Book 5: Ready to Read

Literacy From the Ground Up
Through poetry, nature study, picture books, conversation, and faith-filled phonological awareness activities, Oak & Sapling Foundations helps children build the listening, language, and literacy skills needed for future reading success.

🪲A CONNECTED READING JOURNEY
Foundations Book One is part of the Oak & Sapling early literacy pathway:
Sprout Packs → Foundations → Little Oak Primers → Growing Readers.

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Bless Your Babies!
-O&S