Phonics for Young Catholics K, 4, and 5

Seton Press

Phonics for Young Catholics books are similar in concept to the Plaid Phonics series, although there is more content per page, work is at a higher level than in Plaid Phonics, and content is definitely Catholic. The kindergarten program is presented in two volumes. It begins with readiness activities then introduces letters and sounds.

In Phonics for Young Catholics 4, some work is very easy for fourth grade level (e.g., matching words with pictures), especially at the beginning, but the level of difficulty increases dramatically as students progress. Exercises review basic phonic rules and require students to analyze word structures. They also cover suffixes, inflections, plurals, possessives, prefixes, roots, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and syllabication. The book is a consumable worktext, and it comes with an answer key.

Phonics for Young Catholics 5 is in an older edition which I did not review since I expect it to be revised in keeping with the format of the fourth grade book.