Helping Every Child Become a Confident Reader
A Fun, Phonics-Focused Decodable Reading Bundle
Give young readers the opportunity to practice their phonics skills through engaging stories, meaningful nonfiction, vocabulary development, comprehension questions, and writing activities—all in one convenient reading collection.
Build Reading Confidence Through Meaningful Practice
Learning to read is a journey, and children become stronger readers when they have the chance to repeatedly apply the phonics patterns they have learned in real words, sentences, and connected text. This carefully structured decodable reading bundle is designed to help children move beyond isolated phonics practice and experience the confidence that comes from successfully reading complete selections.
With two engaging 20-page decodable readers, children can explore both fiction and nonfiction while practising the phonics concept ai and ay.
Inside the Fiction Reader: Time to Paint
The fiction reader, Time to Paint, takes young readers into a fun classroom art experience where children paint, sketch, and create with clay. Through the story, readers follow Jim as he struggles to decide what to create and learns an important lesson about creativity, confidence, and seeing possibilities in unexpected places.
Inside the Nonfiction Reader: Crayons, Paint, or Clay?
The nonfiction reader, Crayons, Paint, or Clay?, introduces children to different ways to enjoy art, including drawing, painting, sculpting, and creating with paper. Children discover how artists can use different materials and techniques while building their reading skills at the same time.
Together, these books provide a balanced reading experience that combines imagination and real-world knowledge.
More Than Just Reading Practice
Each selection is designed to support developing readers as they practise applying their learned phonics skills in the context of words and sentences. The included warm-up activities provide additional practice with words found in the readings, helping children prepare before they begin reading the main text.
The collection also goes beyond simply reading the text.
Children are given opportunities to think about what they have read, answer comprehension questions, build vocabulary, and express their own ideas through writing. The nonfiction reader also includes additional background knowledge content that expands the learning experience with information about drawing, painting, sculpting, and art materials.
Why Parents & Teachers Will Love This Reading Bundle
Finding reading material that is both accessible and engaging can make a huge difference in a child's reading journey. Children need opportunities to practise—not just memorise—and decodable texts give them a chance to apply their phonics knowledge while reading meaningful content.
This collection helps create those opportunities.
Instead of giving children disconnected word lists alone, the books encourage them to practise reading through complete stories and informational text. This can help make reading practice feel more purposeful, enjoyable, and rewarding.
The combination of fiction + nonfiction also gives children variety. They can enjoy a story about creativity and friendship in one book, then explore facts and ideas about art in another.
It's a simple way to make reading practice feel more like real reading.
Whether you're a parent supporting your child's reading at home, a teacher looking for additional decodable reading practice, or an educator building a collection of phonics-aligned resources, this bundle offers a practical way to bring phonics skills into meaningful reading experiences.
A Great Resource for Building Reading Confidence
Every successful page can become a small step toward greater confidence.
As children practise reading familiar phonics patterns in connected text, they have the opportunity to strengthen their reading fluency and automaticity while developing comprehension and language skills along the way.
With engaging topics, accessible reading practice, vocabulary support, comprehension questions, and writing activities, this collection is designed to make learning feel structured, purposeful, and engaging.
Help your young reader take the next step toward becoming a more confident, capable, and enthusiastic reader—one page at a time.
What You'll Get
- 2 complete decodable readers
- 20 pages per book
- 40 pages total across 2 books
- 1 fiction decodable reader
- 1 nonfiction decodable reader
- Phonics Concept 54: ai and ay
- Practice with decodable words and sentences
- Pre-reading warm-up activities
- Vocabulary support
- Fiction story: Time to Paint
- Nonfiction topic: Crayons, Paint, or Clay?
- Reading practice through connected text
- Comprehension questions
- Writing activities
- Fiction-based reading practice
- Nonfiction-based reading practice
- Art-themed reading topics
- Vocabulary development opportunities
- Background knowledge content
- Drawing and painting concepts
- Sculpting and clay concepts
- Creative and engaging themes
- Designed for developing readers
- Suitable for phonics-focused reading practice
- Digital PDF format
- Easy-to-use digital resource
- Instant digital access after purchase
- Great for home reading practice
- Useful for classroom instruction
- Helpful for literacy centres
- Suitable for supplemental reading practice
- Supports reading fluency practice
- Encourages reading comprehension
- Helps children apply phonics in context
- Combines fiction and nonfiction learning
- A convenient reading resource for parents and educators
Important: The books themselves are 20 pages each, but some pages are instructional/support pages rather than continuous story text. This bundle includes 40 total pages across 2 books.
