A Mat for Nat

Reading skill: Short a (CVC -at/-an/-ap).

Listen along: a recorded storyteller voice reads each sentence and the sentence being read is highlighted. It starts by itself when a page opens and stops at the end of the page; the child turns the page. Pause stops it and keeps it off on the next pages until Listen is pressed again. Escape also pauses it. Tapping a sentence (or pressing Enter on it) reads from that sentence; Again restarts from the sentence just heard; there is a slower speed. If a browser refuses sound until a tap, the Listen button starts it. Pages without a recording are text-only.

Character value in the story: Kindness. It is shown through what the characters do, never named to the child.

Stage reading band: ≈ BR40L–200L. This is a guide for the stage, not a measurement of this book.

Phonics-linked reader. Sounds practised: s a t p i n m d g o c k.

High-frequency words it may use: a, the, is, I, to, no, said, my, we, on, has.

Every word uses only the practised letters or the high-frequency list.

All 29 different words in this book:

• a
• am
• and
• can
• cat
• cot
• did
• got
• has
• i
• is
• it
• mat
• nap
• nat
• no
• not
• on
• pam
• pat
• pig
• pot
• sad
• said
• sat
• spot
• tap
• the
• to

After reading, a short check asks 3 questions that can be answered from the story itself. The questions are written to be read aloud with the child.

Reading progress and check results are not saved yet. Saving per child is coming with accounts.