Classroom reading teachers and specialists will find hundreds of stimulating hands-on activities for developing children's knowledge of the alphabet and letter-sound relationships, plus scores of reproducible book and word lists that can be used to tailor almost any of the activities in the book to a specific phonics skill. Hands-On Phonics activities for Elementary Children is organized into four sections:
Hands-On Phonics Activities for Pre-Readers (Grades K-1)
Hands-On Phonics Activities for Emerging Readers (Grades 1-2)
Hands-On Phonics Activities for Developing Readers (Grades 2-5)
Lists for Developing Hands-On Phonics Activities

Karen Meyers Stangl received her B.A. in Education from the State University of New York at Oneonta. As a classroom teacher for the last 22 years, she has taught grades 1 through 6. She has been active on many committees, involved in writing and editing a variety of curriculum materials, and has taught staff-development seminars. She has participated in activities for the gifted and has been lead teacher for a program designed for at-risk students. She is currently working as a first-grade teacher at the Anne E. Moncure Elementary School in Stafford, Virginia.