"Begin to Read with Word Families" is a resource by Habakkuk Educational Materials to help students learn 660 words by introducing them to 66 word families. For example, they will be taught that the letters "eep" in the word sheep make the \ēp\ sound and will be able to apply that understanding when sounding out the words sheep, beep, deep, jeep, keep, seep, sleep, steep, sweep, and weep. If you have the eBook version, you can click on the arrows at the top of each page to hear the sound made by a word family. Once the sound is identified, students insert the initial consonant sound before it in order to identify the word. You might call on a child to read the word at the top of a column (the word that names the picture) and then let students read the other words in the column in unison. Note that to successfully sound out the words, students will need to be familiar with the consonant sounds in the English alphabet, the consonant blends, and the consonant digraphs (these are listed below). Charts to help students learn these sounds are included at the end of this book. Page 24 provides a chart with all the alphabet letters, as well as a word that begins with each letter and an appropriate illustration. To review each sound, name the letter, identify the sound, and then read the illustrated word. (If you have the eBook version, you can simply click on the arrow to hear this information in the form of a tune. The pauses in the recording are to give students the opportunity to repeat what is heard.) Following the page with the alphabet chart, there is also a chart with consonant blends and a chart with consonant digraphs and trigraphs that can be reviewed in a similar manner. With regular practice, most students are able to learn the sounds within a couple of months or less. -Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q(u), r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z-Consonant blends: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, tw, sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, scr, spl, spr, str, squ-Consonant digraphs: ph, ch, sh, th (these), th (thing) -Consonant trigraph: thrPlease note also that any silent consonants at the beginning of words have been crossed out to assist students with the pronunciation and to help them recognize those consonant digraphs in which only one of the consonants is sounded (e.g., "gn" as in "gnat," "kn" as in "knit," "wh" as in "wheat," and "wr" as in "wrap").For more information or to contact Habakkuk Educational Materials, please visit our website at https: //habakkuk20.wixsite.com/mysite.