Help your child master spelling basics. Knowing what letter comes first and next, understanding how letters work together, and sounding out and reproducing patterns are essential to reading and writing. This 64-page workbook helps young learners tackle these challenges. Fun puzzles reinforce word recognition, pronunciation, and correct spelling. This workbook covers basic skills so important for first-graders to understand and apply, but it also focuses on more difficult concepts, such as letter combinations and spelling patterns, that second graders need to practice most. Small hands get writing practice, too, with directions such as "Write another word that begins with the same letter as each picture," Your child can review and reinforce basic skills, then move on to the next level. Whimsical, colorful illustrations at every turn make it more playful.