Baratta-Lorton Reading Program

The Baratta-Lorton Reading Program (also known as Dekodiphukan) presents a sequence of activities through which children learn to use the 44 sounds or phonemes of the English language to read and to write any and all of the words that are a part of their spoken vocabulary--without being limited to predetermined word-lists or the controlled vocabulary of books at grade level. The activities seamlessly merge phonics instruction with the techniques of whole-language instruction. In the Reading Program, if a child can speak a word, the child can read it and the child can write it.

The Dekodiphukan (decode-if-you-can) book, written by Bob Baratta-Lorton and illustrated by Bob Larsen, introduces children to the 44 sounds of English.

The Teacher's Manual was written by Bob Baratta-Lorton, with Mary Baratta-Lorton as consultant. The manual guides teachers in implementing the program's activity-centered approach in their classrooms. The manual is written to accompany the set of activities that comprise the Reading Program's kit of materials.

The Reading Program is not yet available commercially. All program materials are available free of charge through the links below, on the condition that their use is confined either to parents engaged in home-schooling or to teachers wishing to make use of the program in their individual classrooms. Downloaded books and/or materials may not be reproduced for sale.

Component links are being added as they become available.

   

Teacher's Manual	Picture Packets	Two-Sound Worksheets		Stamps -- font	Alphabet Wall Cards
Dekodiphukan	Two Sound and Alphabet Cards
Wall Sound Cards		Three-Sound Worksheets
Sound Review Charts	Three Sound Cards
Two and Three Sound Flip Books		Phrase Worksheets
Assessment Sheets	Phrase Cards				Decoding Chart and Practice Worksheets
Sound Review Flip Books
Whole Class Experience Stories (Stamped)	Transition Cards				Sight Word Worksheets and Test Strips
Whole Class Experience Stories (Stamped and Written)
Teacher-made Vowels-only Books and Tiny Stamps	Vowels-Only Cards

Reading Program Video Presentation

Teacher Reviews and Comments Link Click on book cover

You may e-mail your reading program questions to: info@center.edu