Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Little Companion Readers: Set of 10 readers to accompany phonics reading instruction in either Alpha-Phonics or How To Tutor by Samuel L. Blumenfeld. Each of the 10 Readers has a short story which is ideal for little beginners. The Readers are coordinated to where the student is as he/she progresses through either Alpha-Phonics or How To Tutor. First Reader covers short A lessons, Second Reader covers short E lessons and so on throughout the first 77 lessons. Very popular with teachers and students. Many children say even with the First Reader: Mommy, I am reading my own book! Economical, durable & reuseable. The set of 10 books are in large type so as to be easy for little beginners and are short in length: 6 to 10 pages. They challenge the student without overdoing it. The Readers contain only the words the student has already learned up to that point. Eight have a complete short story that the beginners in particular really enjoy. The other two have lists of practice sentences. After the first 77 lessons student, while still learning from the remaining lessons in either Alpha-Phonics or How To Tutor, is capable of working with a wide vatiety of outside practice reading books.The first five Readers (books) deal with one short vowel each: a, e, i, o, and u. Book one for example deals with the first 12 lessons.Reader # 6: Short vowels with digraphs like ch, sh and wh,through lesson 35. Reader # 7 More Short vowels, through lesson 42. and so on.Reader #8 Short vowels mixed, through lesson 49. Reader # 9 Short vowels through lesson 57. Reader # 10. Short vowels through lesson 71. A BONUS is that the books aid in developing comprehension as you go. You just ask the student questions about what they have read in the story. What was the story about? What happened first? Last? You go from one Reader to the next as you progress through either Alpha-Phonics or How Tutor"s reading section. Publisher has full mony-back guarantee & 24/7 Helpline for anyone who has questions while using their materials. Amazon also has available the phonics workbook which accompanies Alpha-Phonics or How To Tutor. Its title: Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Phonics Companion Workbook. (ISBN: 9780941995139- $ 19.95). The Alpha-Phonics & How To Tutor Little Companion Readers were specifically designed to accompany Sam Blumenfeld"s terrific Alpha-Phonics A Primer for Beginning Readers which is a complete phonics reading instruction program used by 100"s of thousands for over 30 years. The Alpha-Phonics reading instruction program is available on Amazon.com (ISBN: 9780941995306- $ 34.95) This complete phonics instruction program works at all ages, especially little beginners. FLASH NEWS: Alpha-Phonics phonics reading instruction book now INCLUDES the CD ROM version of Alpha-Phonics FREE when you buy the book for $ 34.95 - a savings of $ 39.95 from the regular price. Just order from Amazon using ISBN search: 9780941995306. The Readers and Phonics Workbook, while optional, are considered by many parents indispensable to helping them do a great job teaching their children. A final product Amazon offers which really helps many Moms teach their children good, solid phonics is the Alpha-Phonics 128 Lesson Video DVD (ISBN 9780941995238 - only $ 8.00) This is a DVD of a 2-hour Workshop Sam conducted during which he went through EVERY one of the 128 Lessons in Alpha-Phonics. Mom can sit in her living rom and have Sam take her through the Alpha-Phonics book in her lap just as if she were attending the workshop herself. Using some or all of these accompanying materials help make it easy and very sure to be a complete success teaching children to be excellent readers. The Alpha-Phonics reading instruction program is highly recommended by leading reviewers Cathy Duffy and Mary Pride. Also recommended by the Robinson Curriculum people.