Links to Audio Instruction for the Lessons
Link to the Textbook: Blumenfeld's Alpha-Phonics Self-Tutor
Step 1: Lessons 1-14 - First Reader 1
Lesson 1: Building Short ă Words: Aa, Mm, Ss, Tt, Xx
Lesson 2: Building Short /ă/ Words with Beginning Consonants and Hh.
Lesson 3: Sentences
Lesson 4: Letters Dd, Ww & Sentences
Lesson 5: Spelling Families ad, am, an, as, at, ax; Words beginning with a, d, h, m, s, t, w
Lesson 6: Sentences
Lesson 7: -nd: and, hand, land, sand
Lesson 8: Beginning Consoants: Ll, Bb, Cc, Gg, Ff, Jj, Nn Pp
Lesson 9: Beginning Consonants: Pp, Rr, Tt, Vv, Ww, Kk, Yy, Zz
Lesson 10: Spelling Families with Short /ă/
Lesson 11: Consonant Digraphs ck and qu
Lesson 12: Indefinate Article a
Lesson 13: Practice Sentences
Lesson 14: No Recording
Step 2: Lessons 15-28 - First Reader 2
Lesson 15: Introducting Short Vowels /ă/, /ĕ/, /ĭ/, /ŏ/, /ŭ/
Lesson 16: Spelling Families with short /ĕ/
Lesson 17: Practice Sentences
Lesson 18: No Recording
Lesson 19: Spelling Families with Short /ĭ/ and /kw/ as qu and /f/ as ph
Lesson 20: Practice Sentences
Lesson 21: Digaph th: th voiced and th voiceless
Lesson 22: Practice Sentences
Lesson 23: Spelling Families with Short /ŏ/
Lesson 24: Practice Sentences
Lesson 25: Plurals -s, -es, and Possesive -'s
Lesson 26: Practice Sentences
Lesson 27: Spelling Families with Short /ŭ/
Lesson 28: Practice Sentences
Step 3: Lessons 29-37 - First Reader 3
Lesson 29: Consonant Digaph sh as in ship
Lesson 30: Consonant Digraph ch as in chap and rich
Lesson 31: Consonant Digraph wh as in when
Lesson 32: Consonant Digraph Practice (Review)
Lesson 33: Practice Sentences
Lesson 34: Conjugation of Common Verbs
Lesson 35: Practice Sentences
Lesson 36: Contractions
Lesson 37: Practice Sentences
Step 4: Lessons 38-39 - First Reader 4
Lesson 38: Compound Short Vowel Words
Lesson 39: Practice Sentences
Step 5: Lessons 40-57 - First Reader 5
Lesson 40: The Letter a as /ă/ in cat and a as /ä/ in all, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 41: -ng Endings. Practice Sentences, and adding -ing to verbs, Doubling Consonant
Lesson 42: Practice Sentences
Lesson 43: Endings -and, -end, -ant, -ent, -int, -unt
Lesson 44: Practice Sentences
Lesson 45: Ending -er as in her, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 46: Endings -nk, -nc, -nch
Lesson 47: Practice Sentences
Lesson 48: Endings -ct, -ft, -pt, -xt, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 49: Ending Consonant Blends -sk, -sp, -st, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 50: Ending Consonant Blends -lb, -ld, -lf, -lk
Lesson 51: Ending Consonant Blends -lm, -lp, lt
Lesson 52: Ending Consonant Blends with -mp
Lesson 53: Ending Consonant Blends with -tch, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 54:: Ending -dge, -nge, and Practice Sentence
Lesson 55: Endings -ance, -ence, -ince, -unce, -ense, -inse, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 56: Ending Consonant Blends & Digraph Review
Lesson 57: Compound Words
Step 6: Lessons 58-71 - First Reader 6
Lesson 58: Beginnng Consonant Blends: bl-, br--
Lesson 59: Beginning Consonant Blends: cl-, cr-
Lesson 60: Beginning Consonant Blends: dr-, dw-
Lesson 61: Beginning Consonant Blend: fl-
Lesson 62: Beginning Consonant Blends: gl-, gr-, gw-
Lesson 63: Beginning Consonant Blends: pl-, pr-
Lesson 64: Beginning Consonant Blend: sl-
Lesson 65: Beginning Consonant Blends: shr-, sm-, sn-
Lesson 66: Beginning Consonant Blends: sp-, spl-, spr
Lesson 67: Beginning Consonant Blends: st-, str-
Lesson 68: Beginning Consonant Blends: sw-, sc-, sk-, scr-
Lesson 69: Beginning Consonant Blends: tr-, thr-, tw-
Lesson 70: Review of Beginning and Ending Consonant Blends and Digraphs
Lesson 71: Practice Sentences
Step 7: Lessons 72-86 - First Reader 7
Lesson 72: Long /ā/: Silent final ɇ - Introduction [at - atɇ, etc.]
Lesson 73: Long /ā/ as a-e (16 Spelling Families = 140 words)
Lesson 74: Practice Sentences
Lesson 75: Long /ā/ as ai
Lesson 76: Practice Sentences
Lesson 77:: Long /ā/ as ay and ey
Lesson 78: Practice Sentences
Lesson 79: Long /ā/ as ie and eigh
Lesson 80: Practice Reading Words with Long /ā/ Spellings
Lesson 81: Long /ā/ Homonyms
Lesson 82: Compound Words with Long /ā/ Spellings
Lesson 83: Vowel Digraphs /ou/ as ou and aw
Lesson 84: Practice Sentences
Lesson 85: a as in ma and car: /är/
Lesson 86: Practice Sentences
Step 8: Lessons 87-100 - First Reader 8
Lesson 87: Long Vowel /ē/ as ee and -e
Lesson 88: Practice Sentences
Lesson 89: Long Vowel /ē/ as ea. (Short /ĕ/ as ea and Long /ā/ as ea.)
Lesson 90: Practice Sentences
Lesson 91: Long /ē/ as e-e. Four Irregular words, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 92: Long /ē/ as ie
Lesson 93: Long /ē/ as --y
Lesson 94: Practice Sentences
Lesson 95: Plural Endings: -y changes to -ies
Lesson 96: Review of Words with Long /ē/ Spellings
Lesson 97: Practice Sentences
Lesson 98: Long /ī/ as I, -y, ie, and uy, and Pactice Sentences
Lesson 99: Long /ī/ as i-e and Practice Sentences
Lesson 100: Long /ī/ as igh
Lesson 101: ough and augh and Practice Sentences
Step 9: Lessons 101-117 - First Reader 9
Lesson 102: /f/ as gh and Practice Sentences
Lesson 103: Long /ō/ as o-e
Lesson 104: Practice Sentences
Lesson 105: Long /ō/ as oa and Practice Sentences
Lesson 106: Long /ō/ as ow and Practice Sentences
Lesson 107: Long /ō/ as old, ost, -o, and oe, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 108: Alternate Spellings for Long /o͞o/ and Short /ŭ/.
Lesson 109: Long oo as in food and Short oo as in good.
Lesson 110: Practice Sentences
Lesson 111: Contactions and Practice Sentences
Lesson 112: ow as in cow and ou as ouch
Lesson 113: Practice Sentences
Lesson 114: oy as in boy and oi as in oil, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 115: Long /ū/ as u-e and Practice Sentences
Lesson 116: Long /ū/ as ue and ui and Practice Sentences
Lesson 117: Long /ū/ as ew and eu and Practice Sentences
Step 10: Lessons 118 - 129 - First Reader 10
Lesson 118: /ûr/ spelled as er, ir, ur, ear, and wor, and Practice Sentences
Lesson 119: Words ending in -le and Practice Sentences
Lesson 120: /f/ as ph
Lesson 121: Spellings for /sh/, /zh/, /ch/ and Practice Sentences
Lesson 122: /n/ as kn
Lesson 123: /m/ as mb and /t/ as bt
Lesson 124: Silent h
Lesson 125: /r/ as wr
Lesson 126: /s/ as st and /f/ as fr. Silent t
Lesson 127: /k/ as ch and /s/ as ps
Lesson 128: Short /ĭ/ as -y--
Lesson 129: Past Tense Ending -ed
English Alphabet System - First Reader 11 (Poems)
Lesson 130: English Alphabet System: Vowels
Lesson 131: English Alphabet System: Consonants