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When old Goat lejt home Jor a trip in his boat,

he didn’t pick up his warm yellow coat.
 “I just know,” he said, “that I’m going to roast.
I’ll be jloating in sunshine alone around the coast.”
He drove up the road with his own. boat in tow.
He was hoping to go jor a really good row.
In the glow oj the warm sun, Goat started to doze,
and only woke up when a cold wind arose.
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It got hard to row as poor old Goat jroze,

and then he couldn’t jeel his toes or his nose!
When the waves rose up and started to foam.
Goat said, “Maybe I was silly to roam!”
When. Goat got back to shore, he started to moan,
“That must be the coldest row, I have known!”
 As he drove up his road In his soaking wet clothes.
old Goat told himself, “Oh well, I suppose...
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... I should just stay at home in the warm jire glow,

or else take mu uellow coat, next time I row!
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 At the wheel oj his car sat big Woolly Sheep.
He greeted his jrlends with a cheeky “beep, beep!”
“You know it’s the weekend. I’m oj^ on a spree.
Please, each oj you, feei free to join in with me.”
“The beach Is the best place to be in this heat,
will please me to take you and give you a treat.”

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 Sheep was so happg as his jiierids all agreed.
Off down, the steep street he drove at some speed.

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Before verg long, they had all reached the sea,
and Sheep said, “I think that you’ll reallg agree...
... a day at tke beack kere is simply ideal,
at least, tkat’s wkat I kope you’ll all Jeel.”
“You’ll see that a day here Is really. a dream.
What we need right now is a tasty ice-cream.”
 Sheep trotted into the deep sea.
“Swimming is easy, come on, copy. me.”
ow lunch on the beach is just what we all need.
I’m pleased I can oj^er a very. j:ine jeed.
There’s meat, some peaches, arid everything sweet.
Now please help yourself. There is plenty to eat.”
didn’t know that his jriends were so greedy,
suddenly thought, “I need to be speedy.
 If I’m not, well then I can easily see,
tkese sKeep won’t be leaving tKe least scrap for me!”
 What do we mean by phonics?
Phonics is the name we give to the links between particular letter patterns in
words and the sounds they represent. By drawing children’s attention to these
links, we provide them with tools to help them work out (or decode) words
they have not met before. In other words, we are teaching them to read
using phonics.
This is not the only approach to teaching reading, but it has been shown to be
particularly helpful in the early stages of learning to read. While some children
begin to make the link between sounds and letter patterns for themselves, many
need to be taught this clearly. Some research findings suggest that progress in
reading is faster when a phonic approach is used in the early stages.

How can this book help?

First Reading Fun stories have been designed to focus on particular groups of
sounds and their related letter patterns. The rhymes in this book feature two
long vowel sounds:
long o as in coat, home, row
long e as in beach, sheep, me, copy

The focus sound for each rhyme occurs repeatedly in words in that particular
rhyme. The letters used to write the sounds are highlighted in each of those
words. Long vowel sounds can be written with different patterns, depending
on the word. These rhymes use words with the most common spelling patterns.
As you share the rhymes with your child you will be helping them to make the
vital link between particular letters and sounds.

How should / use this book?

Children learn best when the experience is enjoyable. Read the rhymes to your
child, sharing the pictures. Talk together about what happens in each rhyme.
Now encourage your child to listen as you read the first rhyme again and to
try to tell you which sound can be heard in lots of the words. Point out the
highlighted sounds in the rhyme, explaining that these are the letters that we
use to write the sounds. Help your child to read through the rhyme with you
or to try to read it for him or herself.
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Phonics help children to work out (or decode) words they

have not met before, something that is very helpful
in the early stages of learning to read.
First Reading Fun has been designed
to focus on particular groups of sounds and their
related letter patterns.

This phonics book contains two rhyming stories that feature

the long vowel sounds- oa, ow, o—e, oe, ee, ea, and y.
Guidance notes at the back of the book explain how
to use the rhymes to develop reading skills.

Share these books of amusing rhymes with your child and

help him or her to develop the vital phonic skills that will
help to make learning to read fun.

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Written byJillian Harker
Illustrated by Jan Smith
© 2006 Autumn Publishing
This edition published in 2011 by Autumn Publishing
A division of Bonnier Media Ltd,
Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 7EQ, UK.

Printed in Singapore
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