Anandaya Foundation Books
Building a strong foundation to make the English language reading joyful and natural
Anandaya Foundation is striving to bring a reading revolution by creating decodable readers that are systematic with a rich phonics base to help child read with ease. When team Anandaya started writing Anandaya books. It was carefully ensured that the vocabulary list was limited to high-frequency words used in the daily language of government school children. ‘Anandaya books set’ is a four-step staggering reading resource that helps children get started on their reading journey and makes reading fun and natural for children. It pushes the rigour of reading systematically throughout the academic year. The words used at every step are meticulously planned by our team of experts. Team Anandaya hopes to see all MCD children read English fluently using our specially curated books.
Step 1: Sound recognition books
(set of eleven books)
The first step in the reading journey of a student is recognising the sounds of the English alphabet and becoming familiar with the common words of each letter.
Sound recognition books
Step 2: CVC and sight words
(set of six sight word’s books and five CVC word books)
At this step, the child blends the learned sounds and forms CVC (Consonant Vowel Consonant) and simple sight words.
Sight words are words that cannot be read phonetically and visual memory is used to read the sight words also known as tricky words.
CVC words
Sight words
Step 3: CVC sentences
(set of fourteen books)
Having learned the sight and CVC words, it's now a cakewalk for our emerging reader to read the word family books at this step, a well-illustrated single sentence per page is the USP of this set.
CVC sentences
Step 4: Full story experience
(a set of six books)
Over the past months, the reader has practiced reading using the "technique of reading." He or she is now prepared to fully engage in a short story experience and enjoy reading.
140 phonetically read words and 50 sight words are the ingredients of the level 1 book set.
Full story experience
Full story experience
Blends
All content of the books in revovles around 130 phonetically read words and 50 sight words from the ‘Sounds and CVC’ book set and 54 new words that use blends and 60 new sight words.
Blend board books
(a set of ten books)
The reader gets introduced to the sounds of commonly used blends. After level 1, the reader already knows sounds of indivisual alphabets, now the reader learns how blend two alphabets and read them together.
Blend board books
Blend words books
(a set of ten books)
At this stage, the reader blends the freshly learned blend sounds with other alphabets and learn how to read 4 letter words phonetically.
Blend word books
Sight words
(a set of six books)
Sight words are words that cannot be read phonetically and visual memory is developed to read the sight words also known as tricky words.
Sight words
Blends sentence books
(a set of ten books)
Having learned the sight and CVC words, it's now a cakewalk for our emerging reader to read the word family books at this step, a well-illustrated single sentence per page is the USP of this set.
Blends sentence books
Blends stories
(a set of three books)
The reader has now practiced reading using the "science of reading" and is prepared to fully engage in a short story experience and enjoy reading with comprehension.
Blends stories
Blends long story books
(a set of six books)
This 6-book set offers young readers engaging longer stories that build on the "science of reading" approach. The diverse narratives across genres promote deeper comprehension and a love of reading.
Blends long story books
Long sounds books
(a set of four books)
This 4-book set reinforces long vowel sounds through engaging stories across genres, promoting reading comprehension and phonics skills.
Long sounds books
Picture books
(a set of four books)
Alongside, the CVC and we have created 4 picture books that ticle a reader’s mind empower them to create a story of their own. This simple tools sparks creativity in the younge reader.