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, written by Bob Baratta-Lorton with Mary Baratta-Lorton as consultant, guides teachers in implementing the Reading Program's activity-centered approach in their classrooms.

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 own classrooms. Downloaded books and/or materials may not be reproduced for sale.

To copy Reading Program components to your desktop: Click on one of the links below. On the resulting page, click on the component you wish to select. Drag the component image that appears to your desktop. Use the Next Page/Previous page choices to view and drag additional components. You may also use the "right-click" option for downloading if it is available on your computer. Components downloaded to your desktop may be viewed and/or printed using any software that can read JPEG (photo) documents.

A detailed video presentation of the Reading Program and several teacher-reviews are available below.

Components in green font are either teacher-student made or recycled from an earlier level. Components in black or red font are items to be added for downloading within the next few months. The full kit should be available before the end of 2008.

 

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Teacher's Manual
Blackline Masters
Dekodiphukan
Parent Letters
Wall Sound Cards
Sound Coloring Book
Sound Review Charts
 

Student Stamping

Two-Sound Takehomes 
Two and Three Sound Flip Books
Three-Sound Takehomes
Assessment Sheets

Transition Two-Sound Worksheets

Tiny Writing Cards as Take-Home Books

Sound Review Flip Books

Student-Made Stamping Books

Student Transition Writing

Whole Class Experience Stories - Stamped

Transition Three-Sound Worksheets

Student-Made Transiton Books

Tiny Writing Cards at Transition Level

Whole Class Experience Stories - Stamped and Written

Transition Phrase Worksheets

Student-Made Books

Student-Authored Books to Take Home

Teacher-Made Vowels-Only Books

 

Student Creative Writing

 

Student Creative Writing

Assembly Instructions

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