Program Overview – DC Canada Reading Program

Best Reading Phonics - Short Vowels

The first part of the program sets the reading foundation, using a phonics-based approach to introduce all short vowels. Children learn to say the sound, write the letter and recognize, read and say associated sight words for each of the short vowels. This sequential approach establishes a strong reading foundation at the reading entry point. Each lesson consists of a short story with fun activities.
Sample sight word recognition:cat hat sat
Target Ages: 4 - 6
Word Count: 25-30 words per story
Study Time: 15 minutes per day
Reading level required: none

Program 2 covers long vowels. In conjunction with Program 1, a strong reading foundation is laid. Each lesson is a story with fun activities that helps children learn new letters, sounds, and sight words.
Target Ages: 4 - 6
Word Count: 30 - 50 words per story
Study Time: half-hour per day
Reading level required: short vowels

In this program, follow a mighty little hero Super Hammy on his big adventures with his friend Little Mouse. His funny stories are told in small sentences – just right for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and grade one readers.
Target Ages: 4 - 6
Word Count: 30 - 50 words per story
Study Time: half hour per day
Reading level required: short and long vowels

The one story a day series is designed to foster children’s linguistic, intellectual, social, and cultural development through the joy of reading. Stories are inspired by life lessons, fables from around the world, nature, science, and history. Activities follow each story for the comprehensive development of the children's English reading and comprehension skills.
Target Ages: 5 - 7
Word Count: 70 - 100 words per story
Study Time: half hour per day, 365 days per year
Reading level required: basic reading skills

The One Story a Day for Early Readers series builds upon the Beginner series with longer stories, further vocabulary, and more complex grammatical structure. Stories are inspired by life lessons, fables from around the world, nature, science, and history. Activities follow each story for the comprehensive development of the children's English reading and comprehension skills.
Target Ages: 8 - 10
Word Count: 150 - 200 words per story
Study Time: half hour per day, 365 days per year
Reading level required: basic reading skills

One Story a Day for is a series of 365 stories in 12 books that touch on a wide variety of topics intended for slightly older children than the Early Readers set. The stories, written by Canadian authors, are inspired by life lessons, fables from around the world, nature, science, and history. The series is designed to foster children's total development—linguistic, intellectual, social, and cultural—through the joy of reading.
Target Ages: 11+
Word count: 250 - 350 words per story
Study Time: half hour per day, 365 days per year
Reading level required: basic reading skills