Get a refresher on the basics and a structured guide to starting to read.

Every path walks the same road

Written for someone starting from nothing — no grammar words used before they are explained, everything laid out for reading rather than for drilling.

1. 1

   Start here

   What the path does and the three grammar words it uses.

2. 2

   The script

   The letters and the sounds they really make — decode real words before the answer is revealed.

3. 3

   How sentences work

   Where the pieces of a sentence sit: the verb, the “not”, the question.

4. 4

   Words

   The first few hundred words, the ones a story is built from.

5. 5

   Verbs and stories

   Have, want, can, must; motion; the past tense; once upon a time.

6. 6

   Reading

   Two guided readings, one cold, and then the first page of a real book.