Phonics: The Bridge to Reading is a series of six books that build a bridge from instructional to independent reading by turning sounds into sense. Consonants uses a variety of interesting formats such as trace and color, matching, and even tic-tac-toe to learn consonant sounds. Blends & Digraphs thoroughly covers 24 common blends and digraphs. Students learn to differentiate sounds by coloring, matching, tracing, and writing. Short Vowels and Long Vowels use coloring, matching, stories, and puzzles to learn and retain the short and long vowel sounds. Each vowel has a key-word picture to follow. Rhyming Words presents word families to students using such formats as coloring, dot-to-dots, poems, and more. Compounds & Contractions uses similar formats to present its material. Each book contains plenty of drill, practice, and tests plus charts and mastery awards