We do not recommend any reading program for children younger that 4 years old. Ages above that threshold may vary depending upon whether the books are being used as an introduction to reading or as a remedial approach. The program is a beginning reading program appropriate for children who know most of the consonant sounds and can identify most letters.

The books teach single syllable short vowel
words from 20 word families(rimes) and 46 high-frequency words.

The books are organized by rime patterns (e. g., at), rather than phonemes (e.g., a, t), because rimes are easier for children to hear and discriminate. The books cover the same material targeted in beginning phonics readers (CVC words) but they are organized differently.

Rime to read is a cumulative program. Each book introduces a new rime, or word family, and new sight words while reviewing those taught in previous books.

Each rime is color coded to aid memory and discrimination of rime patterns. The color is an added visual cue. The rimes are color-coded on two levels, the individual rime and the vowel (e.g, all short a rime patterns are a separate shade of blue; e, red; i, green; o, purple; u, yellow).

Rimes are word families (e.g., rat, cat). They are consistent both visually and auditorily, as opposed to rhymes (son, fun), which are just consistent auditorily. We believe that consistency is important for beginning or struggling readers.

A child should repeat a book as many times as required to read with accuracy (90-95% of the rime words correct). However, if your child is indicating frustration and not feeling a sense of momentum, the series should be dropped for a while. You could also try extra support as described below.

Rime words: You can prepare flash cards with the words color-coded (print out extra copy of book, cut and paste). Have the child sort the cards into families and read as sorted. Then shuffle the cards and have the child read.
High frequency (sight) words; Prepare flash cards. Practice with child.
Or; Prepare deck of cards with 2 cards per word. Play “Go fish”, “Concentration

There are review pages at the back of every book, one for rime family words and one for high frequency (sight) words. More intense review can be provided with support activities listed above.

It really depends on your child’s interest level. In general,wait at least a day before introducing a new book, and no longer than a week.

Never read more than one book a session, to minimize confusion of
rime patterns.

They are high frequency words that are not required for the story but are not from a rime pattern previously introduced.