Get Ready for the Code is the first of 3 pre-literacy phonics primers from Explode the Code. These are simple to use workbooks perfect for your prek-1st grades. Each book focuses in-depth on 6-8 lower-case consonants. They cover letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, relating beginning sounds to pictures, left-right orientation, and using small motor skills. A Review from The Curriculum Choice
Language Arts
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