Little Sprouts encompasses the first four sets of the larger Reading Sprouts series, a collection of graduated decodable readers. In all of the stories, the humor is geared to children so they will both enjoy what they are reading and incrementally build their reading skills and confidence. The Reading Sprouts books are the perfect start for both first-time readers and children with additional reading needs.
Little Sprouts uses primarily short-vowel, one-syllable words, and initial and final blends, presented in short simple sentences. As readers work their way through the sets, they encounter a gradually increasing number of letters per word, words per sentence, sentences per page, and pages per book. Irregular high-frequency words (sight words) are slowly introduced beginning in Set 2. These words are drawn from the Dolch 220 words by grade, in order of frequency.