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*the [[Gospel of Mark]], starting with the simple [[Mark Chapter 1]] | *the [[Gospel of Mark]], starting with the simple [[Mark Chapter 1]] | ||
*''[[First Reader]]'' | *''[[First Reader]]'' | ||
| − | *''[https://www.techradar.com/news/the-history-of-minecraft The History of Minecraft]'' - if the reader has an interest in that popular program. This interesting article uses years, numbers, capitalization, possessive form, and other elements of style not learned from reading the [[Bible]]. | + | *''[https://www.techradar.com/news/the-history-of-minecraft The History of Minecraft]'' - if the reader has an interest in that popular program. This interesting article uses years, numbers, capitalization, possessive form, and other elements of style not learned from reading the [[Bible]]; this article is also good practice for the "ti" sound. |
*''[[Aesop's Fables]]''<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19994/pg19994-images.html</ref> | *''[[Aesop's Fables]]''<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19994/pg19994-images.html</ref> | ||
*poems by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] | *poems by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] | ||
Revision as of 07:24, May 19, 2023
Phonics reading list includes a list of books that can be read by a child instructed by phonics. They include:
- the Gospel of Mark, starting with the simple Mark Chapter 1
- First Reader
- The History of Minecraft - if the reader has an interest in that popular program. This interesting article uses years, numbers, capitalization, possessive form, and other elements of style not learned from reading the Bible; this article is also good practice for the "ti" sound.
- Aesop's Fables[1]
- poems by Robert Louis Stevenson
- excerpts from Shakespeare plays, such as Friends, Romans, Countrymen from Julius Caesar
- the United States Constitution, starting with its Preamble. The Constitution is filled with phonetic words. State constitutions, too.
- popular nursery rhymes
- Poems Every Child Should Know, by Mary E. Burt[2]
More advanced authors
More advanced authors are:
- G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories (ages 8 to 12)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (Fable) and other poems by him
- Emily Dickinson
- C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia (ages 6-12) and The Chronicles of Narnia (rated at grade levels 5 or 6)
See also
- Illiteracy
- Literacy
- Mistakes Due to Lack of Phonics
- Phonics mistakes
- Book finder that estimates the reading level
- Classical Christian Reading list (unvetted for potential political bias)