Once your child has learned all the letters of the alphabet and match ed them to their sounds, they can start putting these sounds together in to words.

In Excel English Early Skills: Reading with So unds (1), your child will learn to:

• blend single-letter sou nds into meaningful words
• recognise word patterns and rhymes
• match up and write word endings

The activities in t his book are divided into double pages. Each double page allows your chi ld to practice one particular skills many times so that the skill is rei nforced. Every page has an extra extension activity to further enrich yo ur child's learning.