The Lost Ball : Phonics Phase 1/Lilac

A playful dog has lost his ball - or has the cat, sitting quietly on the sofa, had something to do with it?

Find out in this beautiful wordless book. Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - The Lost Ball is a Phase 1 book (or a Lilac Band reader, following book bands for guided reading). With inside cover notes containing guidance for adults in sharing the book with children, it is designed to support the first stage of teaching children to read, helping to:tune them into sounds (helping develop their auditory discrimination skills)develop their speaking and listening skills, especially vocabulary and language comprehensiondevelop an early understanding of narrative structuresteach how books work (front cover, reading left to right, front to back, etc.) As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Complete Phase 1/Lilac Pack - one of every Phase 1/Lilac titleComplete Phase 1/Lilac 6-Pack - six of every Phase 1/Lilac titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here. For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.