By Sara Cotner of Monarch Readers
About Monarch Readers
We believe that beginning readers deserve phonetically-controlled, beautiful books. While children learn to read, we also want them to learn that reading is fun. Children deserve “mirrors” that help them see the beauty in themselves, as well as “windows” that help them see the beauty in the world around them. Monarch Readers were written by two teachers from Magnolia Montessori For All, which is a free-public Montessori school in Austin, Texas.
Level 1
Level 1 focuses on letter sounds and blends and includes 3 individual books: Animals, The Farm, and Gran.
Level 2
Level 2 focuses on blends and glued sounds with short vowels (an, am, -all, -ng + double consonants ff, ll, ss + ck), as well as 2-syllable phonetic words. This level includes 6 individual books: Can the Man?, Sam the Ram, The Ducks, In the Pig Pen, The Red Ball, and Tennis.
Level 3
Level 3 focuses on Consonant Digraphs and Beginning Vowel Digraphs (ch, sh, th, ee, oo as in book and oo as in moon). This level includes 6 individual books: Lunchtime, The Shell Shop, The Moth, The Seed, The Pirate, and To the Zoo!
Level 4
Level 4 focuses on Vowel Digraphs (silent E, ay, oa, ie, oy). This level includes 6 individual books: The Cone, The Cake, A Brave Day, The Big Game, The Softball, and The Sandbox.
Level 5
Level 5 focuses on r-controlled vowels, open syllables, and inflectional endings (-ed and -ing). This level includes 6 individual books: The Bake Shop, My Birthday, The Hike, The Telescope, The Ocean, and Under the Sea.
Monarch Readers are published by Montessori for All, a nonprofit based in Austin, Texas. Montessori For All seeks to build a more just and peaceful world. We cultivate diverse leaders of the future who find purpose and joy in their own lives and advocate for others to be able to do the same. We do this by dramatically increasing the number of children who have access to transformational public schools that include academic equity through personalized learning, embedded social and emotional learning, and diverse and culturally sustaining communities.
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Montessori from Birth: Month 9
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