Welcome to Busy Books Australia, the revolutionary new way to learn!​

/
/
Starting with Sounds and Now We’re Reading Digital Download Busy Book
Loading...

Starting with Sounds and Now We’re Reading Digital Download Busy Book

$54.95

(21 customer reviews)
Frame-501.png
Recommended by:
Speech Pathologists
Speech Pathologists
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Educators
Early Childhood Educators
Group-448.svg
Pediatric Pathologists
Feeling really creative!?   This digital download gives you the freedom to print, cut, laminate and bind the whole book  yourself or use each activity individually over time. Starting with Sounds – 20 fun interactive activities focusing on the explicit teaching of  phonological awareness, together with phonics (the connection between letters and sounds) in a  sequential, play based approach to harness early literacy skills in a fun, engaging and evidenced based way. The content of this Busy Book was created by Mariah Apostolopoulas, a certified,  practising speech pathologist passionate about early child development.  Now we’re Reading – Now we’re Reading Busy Book – The title says it all, this book is designed to  support children learning to read, write and spell! The Now we’re Reading Busy Book has 20 fun  interactive activities which applies a systematic, synthetic phonics and science of reading approach  to early literacy required to support reading and spelling skills. The activity goals and learning  objectives of this book align with the school curriculum and are appropriate to supplement learning  for all students starting their literacy journey, typically within the first year of formal schooling.  Preschoolers who have started to show an interest in written text and early literacy skills will also  benefit from this book. The content of this Busy Book was created by Mariah Apostolopoulas, a  certified, practising speech pathologist passionate about early child development.  NOTE:  This is a DIGITAL PRODUCT which you can print at home or at your local print or  stationary shop where they can print and laminate it for you. Alternatively if you do not wish to  laminate each page you can place them in a plastic sleeve in a folder so you can reuse them and  wipe them clean. Please be aware that additional costs can apply after download, such as print,  laminate, velcro dots and binding.  DIY not for you? Check out our Printed ready to ship and  play Busy Books where all the hard work is done for you.

Starting with Sounds:  

  • Fundamental literacy concepts important for learning to read, spell and write • Syllable counting  
  • Rhyme detection 
  • Initial phoneme identification and alliteration 
  • Final phoneme identification and consonance 
  • Medial phoneme identification and consonance 
  • Phoneme blending 
  • Phoneme segmenting 
  • Onset-rime 
  • Strengthening phoneme-graphing lines 

Now we’re Reading:  

  • Systematic, synthetic phonics and science of reading approach to early literacy • Supports reading and spelling skills 
  • Initial phoneme identification 
  • Final phoneme identification 
  • Medial phoneme identification 
  • Phoneme blending 
  • Phoneme segmenting 
  • Strengthening phoneme-grapheme links 
  • Onset-rimes 
  • Phoneme substitution  
  • Decoding at sentence level with SATPIN 

General Skills:  

  • Builds vocabulary 
  • Assists with development of speech 
  • Excellent for children with speech and intellectual delays 
  • Gain cognitive development skills 
  • Problem solving skills 
  • Fine motor skills 
  • Hand eye coordination 
  • Patience under understanding 

21 reviews for Starting with Sounds and Now We’re Reading Digital Download Busy Book

  1. Emily Mackie Speech Pathologist

    These books have been a delightful learning activity for my 2.6 year old daughter. There is a variety of activities and they are creative and engaging! We love them.

  2. Claire Flynn

    Busy Book Bundle – Starting with Sounds and Now We’re Reading

  3. Kelly Luongo

    We have loved this bundle. We have three boys aged 9, 7 and 3. The thing I love most about them is that there is something that caters for all three of their needs.
    For my 3 year old, itâ??s a great introduction to sounds and letters. It challenges my 7 year old with sounds and it helps cement learning for my 9 year old!
    Canâ??t recommend them more!

  4. Katie

    Incredible!! Perfection!! Iâ??m currently a stay at home parent, formerly high school teacher. To say Iâ??m picky when it comes to learning resources for my child is an understatement. These resources are the exact skill building scaffolding kiddos need to be come strong readers. It feels extremely reassuring to be able to offer my child resources that are not only engaging but are also clearly designed to help foster a positive lifelong relationship with reading. Thank you!

  5. Alice

    We absolutely loved opening this busy book yesterday. I spent some much needed time with my 5 year old girl and she loved writing the letters, sounding out the letters and doing the activities with me. I am a mumma to 5 little ones and my 3.5 year old enjoying doing some of the pairing in this book too. We love the learning options with play too. Highly recommend.

  6. Amy

    We are slowly working through these two busy books, well mr 7 likes to whizz through them which has been great practise for him and checking he does understand the basics and has a solid literacy foundation. Miss 4 however we are going through slowly just doing a few pages at a time but is loving being able to do them just like her big bro

  7. Rebecca cooper

    We love them. All of them ..will buy more as we go along.

  8. Madeline

    My son is a reluctant learner and absolutely loves his busy books. They’re helping him learn to read and he absolutely loves the bin truck games in them. Keeps him engaged for a good 45 minutes.

  9. Amie Sewell (verified owner)

    Great quality

  10. Chantelle Eckert

    We love all our busy books! These books are great for kids just starting to learn to read and can be used over and over again so are very economical. It’s great to just be able to grab a book and go and you instantly have a fun, educational activity with no mess or prep time.

  11. Victoria Lewis

    My 2 year old is really enjoying the first book!

  12. tane holcroft

    They are awesome just my kids dosnt want to try it

  13. Grace Power

    We have recently started using our reading bundle (mainly the sounds book) after buying in the release. We are loving working on this book & Lola especially loves the syllables pages!
    Canâ??t wait to get into the reading book more!

  14. kaila hardie

    Kids love it
    Great educational books, great for my preschooler to increase his confidence! Have already purchased another 2 books! Highly recommend.

  15. kaila hardie (verified owner)

    Great educational books, great for my preschooler to increase his confidence! Have already purchased another 2 books! Highly recommend.

  16. Krystal

    Great 1 on 1 fun with kids from 2yrs and up. My 2 and 3 year old love doing the pages from these books. Also gave a good opportunity to talk and explain language or math concepts to my kids that I wouldn’t have thought of otherwise. My 2yr old has a very short attention span, but he enjoys the action of doing the velcro activities enough to sit through one page and reset the page before he runs off to the next toy.

  17. Brooke Gant

    My 8 year old loves his books and is getting so my out of them

  18. Clare Millard

    We purchased 2 busy books before Christmas!
    Our youngest is starting Prep next year and is beginning to navigate the world of structured learning.
    Charlie has Autism so as his Mum I am doing everything possible to give him the best start!

    Charlie has absolutely loved his books as it ticks all the boxes for him
    Fun â??
    Interactive â??
    Colourful â??
    Sensory â??
    Playful â??
    Sturdy â??
    Whilst still learning so much!

    We are keen to add to his collection and canâ??t wait for more to arrive.

  19. Erin

    These books are so thoughtfully put together and really excellent quality. The books have been incredibly motivating for my five year old, she loves ripping off all the little velcro squares. Some activities need a parent to explain the instructions and work together, but many can be completed by herself. Having the numbers on each square so they donâ??t get muddled up is genius.

  20. Amie Sewell

    Sounds
    Great quality

  21. Oskah Ranson

    These books are great. I didnt know what the books were about as our speech pathologist ordered them for my son. Was not what i thought they were going to be, they are just like using his picture cards and ipad he users. So simple for him to understand as hes only 6.

Add a review

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related Products

Frame-390.png

Original price was: $59.95.Current price is: $19.95.

Frame-390.png

Original price was: $29.95.Current price is: $9.95.

Speak to you soon

Not sure which Busy Book fits your needs? Curious about something or eager to share a success story with us? We love hearing from you and are always ready to help guide you to the perfect pick or celebrate your Busy Book results.

Contact us