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We now know exactly how children learn to read.
Starting today, you will too.
Introducing
How Wee Read
From Rhyming
to Letters to Reading
in 70 Simple Lessons
Let's take the mystery out of learning to read.
Teaching a child to read can be broken down into four steps:
Phonological Awareness
Letters, Sounds, and Blending
Special Rules & Exceptions
Decodable Readers
Did you know?
Phonological Awareness is one of the strongest predictors of early reading success!
Phonological Awareness
In Lessons 1-7, simply open your coursebook, read the activity, and play as your child develops these auditory skills:
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Rhyming
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Word Awareness
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Sound Identification
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Syllable Awareness
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Sound Segmenting
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Sound Blending
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Deleting Sounds
The detailed descriptions of each skill and simple instructions will empower you!
You can continue to Step 2 when your child has:
✔ Played with all Step 1 Lessons
Your child doesn't need to master the skills in Step 1 before continuing onto Step 2. These skills will develop over time and will be revisited as needed.
Letters, Sounds, and Blending
In Lessons 8-19, we teach the letters in a very special order. We begin with the letters s, a, t, i, p, and n in Lesson 8. Through a simple game, your child learns:
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Lowercase letter names
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Uppercase letter names
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Letter sounds
Next, in Lesson 9, blending begins! Your child will read words like sat, nap, and tin.
We continue one lesson and one letter grouping at a time until your child knows all of the letters and sounds.
You can continue to Step 3 when your child can:
✔ Say all letter names
✔ Say all letter sounds
✔ Read all of the Step 2 Word Lists
Teaching reading is rocket science.
—Louisa Moats
Special Rules and Exceptions
In Lessons 20-23, we cover some common rules that our young readers need to know:
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Digraphs
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Blends
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Vowels
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The Magic Letter E
All other rules and letter combinations are covered in Step 4: Decodable Readers.
You can continue to Step 4 when your child can:
✔ Read all of the Step 3 Word Lists
The Science of Reading is based on decades of interdisciplinary research, drawing from fields like cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics.
How Wee Read aligns with the latest research on how young minds learn to read effectively.
Decodable Readers
Your child is about to learn they can read stories—already!
Now that the foundation is set, Lessons 24-70 switch to using Decodable Readers. Each decodable story:
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Explicitly introduces a single rule
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Sequentially adds a new rule or letter combination
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Builds on vocabulary
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Slowly increases in complexity
One story at a time.
You can continue to the next Decodable Reader when your child can:
✔ Read all of words on the story's Word List
✔ Spell all of words on the story's Word List
✔ Read the story fluently
Every teacher deserves to know The Science of Reading, and every child deserves a teacher who knows it.
—Pamela Kastner
Take a peek at some of the decodable stories!
The Secret Sauce of Success: Each story only includes rules and letter combinations previously taught, giving your child the confidence to succeed!
Here's what other parents and caregivers have to say:
This is such a great curriculum. My son was very resistant to letters/alphabet and reading. He absolutely loves the activities and is growing in his confidence and I am seeing real progress 🎉 Definitely recommend to anyone and everyone teaching a child to read ❤️
Theresa B.
We did your program and she learned her letters in the order you gave. It was absolutely mind blowing how well she picked it all up. I just wanted you to know that the program gave her such a good head start and I’m so proud of her. And this program!!! I have told everyone about it. ♥️
Anonymous
We have LOVED your resources - my 7yo is excelling at his reading, and my 5yo is finally mastering phonological awareness (she wasn't as 'ready' as my 7yo so we took it a little slower for her) thanks to your tools! Thank you - you've had such an impact on our lives!
Tanya K.
I just wanted to say that I have had 6 children and had my oldest reading before she entered Kindergarten. Yet, I was so excited to see the order in which you suggest to teach ABC's. I bought your program for my last daughter and wished I had it for my son. She was 4 at the time of purchase, and she really enjoyed going over the letters. Thank you teaching an old Mom a new trick!!! I truly recommend this program to everyone!!!
Shirley S.
Just to say that your fantastic ideas and resources on reading have been so helpful. I began teaching my daughter at 3.5, using a rather boring method, but heavily supplemented by your activities to make it fun. She is now not yet five and has just been made the youngest 'free reader' in her school, normally for children aged 6/7, as the teachers have no more phonics books worth giving her and she can pick what she likes from the school library. They are all wowed by her, as am I!
Zoe F.
Your kind and loving teaching style shone through every single idea that came from you.
Susie K.
What's Included
with How Wee Read?
Everything you need to teach your child to read!
Phonological Awareness
Includes activities to playfully practice each phonological awareness skill:
Lesson 1: Rhyming
Lesson 2: Word Awareness
Lesson 3: Sound Identification
Lesson 4: Syllable Awareness
Lesson 5: Sound Segmenting
Lesson 6: Sound Blending
Lesson 7: Deleting Sounds
Letters, Sounds, and Blending
Includes activities to teach letters, sounds, and blending for each letter group:
Lessons 8-9: Letter Group One
Lessons 10-11: Letter Group Two
Lessons 12-13: Letter Group Three
Lessons 14-15: Letter Group Four
Lessons 16-17: Letter Group Five
Lessons 18-19: Letter Group Six
Special Rules & Exceptions
Includes activities to teach some common rules and exceptions in the English language:
Lesson 20: Digraphs
Lesson 21: Blends
Lesson 22: Vowels
Lesson 23: Magic Letter E
Decodable Readers
Includes 47 short stories that explicitly introduce rules and letter combinations:
Lessons 24-34: CVC and CVCe Words, FLOSS Rule, R-Controlled Vowels, Common Endings, and Double Consonant Rule
Lessons 35-49: Long Vowel Letter Combinations and More Common Endings
Lessons 50-64: Diphthongs, Sneaky Letters, Trigraphs, Silent Letters, and Other Common Endings
Lessons 65-70: Rare Vowel Letter Combinations, and Rare Digraphs
Everything you need is included—rhyming pictures, word puzzles, alphabet cards, word family wheels, and more—all featuring beautiful watercolor art.
As a teacher and reading specialist, I know how to teach little ones to read—and now you will too.
Let's teach your child to read!
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How Wee Read is your complete learn-to-read resource. In 70 simple, sequential, and playful lessons, I will walk you and your child through everything you need to learn to read:
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Step 1: Phonological Awareness (7 Lessons)
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Step 2: Letters, Sounds, and Blending (12 Lessons)
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Step 3: Special Rules and Exceptions (4 Lessons)
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Step 4: Decodable Readers (47 Lessons)
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FAQ
I am a certified teacher and reading specialist, and taught Kindergarten in the classroom for 10+ years. Currently, I am a homeschool teacher to my 4 children. I also support parents, caregivers, and fellow teachers in their journeys with little ones through my blog and my homeschool curricula. Through decades of teaching young children (including my own!), I have refined the best activities to build strong foundations in literacy and mathematics.
You will learn all about phonological skills in How Wee Read! Phonological skills actually have nothing to do with the letters in the alphabet, but they are essential for building a strong foundation for reading. Phonological awareness focuses on auditory skills, hearing the relationship between words—the rhymes, the sounds, the syllables, etc. Did you know that a child’s ability to rhyme in Kindergarten is a direct predictor of his or her reading success in Grade One? It’s true! Rhyming is the first of seven phonological skills that your little one will master with How Wee Read.
The Science of Reading is based on decades of research (rather than a single study). This body of research spans from the 1960s to the present and includes studies from various fields such as cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and education. The insights are drawn from extensive longitudinal studies, experiments, and reviews of how reading skills develop and how best to support them.
There are no prerequisites, as we start right at the beginning! Progress nice and slow through the lessons, pausing as needed to allow your child time to continue to play with skills as needed. Most educators recommend starting phonological awareness at the age of four, however every child develops differently, so some may be ready earlier and others not until later.
How Wee Read is divided into 70 lessons, with each lesson taking approximately 20 minutes to complete. The program could be completed in as little as a few months. However, as you go through each lesson, additional practice time may be needed for certain skills. Extra activities are included for each skill should your child require additional practice in that area.
Instantly! After purchase, you will be sent an email with a link to download the How Wee Read Coursebook and Printables. You will be able to view your materials on your computer, tablet, or phone. You can also print a hard copy at home or at your local print shop.
Printed & Shipped orders are delivered via Priority Post and generally take 3-6 days to arrive. All Printed & Shipped orders will also receive a digital copy delivered to your email as described above.
The Printed & Shipped version of How Wee Read comes with the coursebook printed and bound and the printables printed on sturdy cardstock. Nothing is pre-cut. It is recommended to only cut the cards for the lessons as you go!
Yes! All printed orders also receive a digital copy emailed to you immediately upon purchase. You can use this digital copy to start browsing and using your new resources right away!
I’m so glad you asked! To combine writing with this program, you can bundle How Wee Read with How Wee Write and you are all set! How Wee Write complements How Wee Read perfectly. We use the same sequence and the same stories to turn your reader into a writer! Learn more and purchase the bundle here.
This new edition of How Wee Read places a more explicit and sequential focus on the decodable readers. We have included many additional letter combinations and rules, and progress through each story in a more intentional way. We are forever seeking to provide you with the best resources for your children!
Absolutely! How Wee Read includes instructions on how to meld the programs together seamlessly.
Absolutely! You can view a sample of How Wee Read, including sample lessons from each of the four parts, right here: Sample of How Wee Read (PDF)
Have another question? I'm here to help!
Let's chat about How Wee Read to see if it is the right fit for you and your family. You can reach me at sarah@howweelearn.com, or click the chat icon on your screen and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I can't wait to hear from you!
xo Sarah
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