Kindergarten Preschool Phonics Homeschool Curriculum, Phonological Sound Awareness, Blending, Christian Pre-Reading Readiness Early Literacy

Help your little learner build a strong foundation for reading with a beautifully printed, open-and-go early literacy curriculum. Foundations Book 1 is the first volume in Oak & Sapling’s 26-week Foundations series and introduces children to the essential listening and phonological awareness skills that support future reading success.

This printed curriculum workbook is designed for the early kindergarten years and can also be used with preschoolers who are ready for more intentional literacy instruction. Lessons are faith-based, wholesome, and include picture book recommendations throughout. Through stories, poetry, conversation, nature-based lessons, and purposeful sound play, children begin developing the listening and language skills that prepare them for later phonics and reading instruction.

Unlike programs that rush into worksheets or formal decoding, Foundations begins where literacy truly begins: with listening. Children learn to notice sounds, hear rhyme, identify beginning and ending sounds, clap syllables, and delight in language through short, meaningful lessons rooted in a wholesome, faith-filled homeschool philosophy.

🦋Foundations Book 1: Little Ears, Ready to Hear

This first book in the Foundations series gently lays the groundwork for the literacy skills children will need in the months and years ahead. It is the beginning of Oak & Sapling’s kindergarten reading path and was created to help families build literacy from the ground up.

🐞What's Included:
-A professionally printed copy of Foundations Book 1
-5 weeks of structured lessons for early literacy and reading readiness
-Daily activities focused on listening and phonological awareness
-Picture book connections, poetry, and nature-based learning prompts
-Parent guidance and teaching notes
-Weekly review pages
-Progress tracker
-Completion certificate

🪲Skills Covered in Book 1
• Environmental sound awareness
• Rhyming and sound play
• Beginning sound identification
• Syllable awareness
• Ending sound practice
• Listening comprehension
• Oral language development
• Phonological awareness for future reading success

✏️Perfect For:
Kindergarten readiness
Early kindergarten literacy
Homeschool families
Children preparing for formal phonics instruction
Families wanting a rich, wholesome beginning to literacy
Parents looking for a Science of Reading–aligned foundation

🍎**A Note About the Foundations Series**
Foundations is a 26-week early literacy curriculum made up of five progressive books. Book 1 begins with sound awareness and listening skills, then the series gradually moves into letter-sound knowledge, word play, and reading readiness.
If you are looking for a complete kindergarten literacy path, you may also be interested in the full Foundations Bundle, which includes all five curriculum books.

Bless Your Babies!
-O&S 🌳🌱

📚Please Note
This listing is for a physical PRINTED copy of Foundations Book 1. No printing is required on your end—your book will arrive ready to use in your homeschool.