The game: Girls and boys have a good time playing baseball. -- Joe's toe:Poor Joe has a pretty bad accident. -- Bud's nap: Bud has a wonderful nap under a tree. -- The picnic: Jill and Tim have a picnic on the beach. -- The train: A cow stops a train. -- The visit: Toad goes to visit his friend mouse. -- Chickens: Chicken Big and Chicken Little play musical chairs. -- The king: A king and an unhappy girl become friends.

From the publisher. Kids will clamor for these easy and irresistible games and activities that teach and reinforce alphabet recognition, consonants, blends, short and long vowels, and more! Activities can be used for independent work, in learning centers, or with the entire class. Packed with ready-to-use patterns.

This book presents fourteen sentences using rhyming words that have short vowel sounds with a consonant digraph, a letter that comes together to create a new sound such as ch, sh, th, kn, ng, and ck.

This book presents fourteen sentences using rhyming root words that have the same inflectional ending such as -s, -es, -ed, and -ing.

This book presents fourteen sentences using rhyming words that have a short vowel sound with a consonant blend such as cl, tr, br, and st.