The Reading Wizards: Learning to Read with Phonics

Seymour the Cat and his friends learn to read short A words ending with AD, including DAD, LAD, MAD, SAD, and PAD.

Paralee Panda loves her new No Sag Bag in a lesson about short A words ending with AG.

Eliot Owl and other friends teach Seymour how to read more short A words ending with AB.

Sam and Pam make a ham and jam sandwich to salute short A words ending with AM.

Bubba the Pig's fan helps him cool down during a lesson about short A words ending with AN.

The Reading Wizard shows Seymour how to rearrange letters to form new words, such as NAP and PAN.

Seymour learns more short A words ending with AX and AT, including MAX, SAX, WAX, SAT, CAT, MAT, BAT, and HAT.

Having learned many short A words, Seymour moves on to short E. Included: BED, FED, RED, BEG, LEG, TEN, PEN, and HEN.

Duke the Bull rides in a jet in a lesson on short E words ending with ET. Also: Paralee Panda goes for a swim to teach the words BET, GET, and WET.

Bubba wins a tin pin for dancing a jig in a lesson about short I words.

Seymour learns more short I words as he celebrates his birthday. Included: SIP, LIP, DIP, RIP, FIX, MIX, BIT, SIT, and LIT.

Bubba the Pig learns a valuable lesson featuring short o words. Included: BOB, JOB, SOB, NOD, MOD, ROD, SOD, DOG, FOG, HOG, and LOG.

Bubba the Pig learns not to hop with a bottle of pop in a lesson featuring short O words, including HOP, TOP, MOP, POP, DOT, GOT, HOT, BOX, and FOX.

Paralee Panda introduces her little nephew cub Eddie to Spelling Bee in a lesson about short U words. Included: CUB, TUB, RUB, MUD, BUD, DUG, JUG, HUM, and GUM.

The Reading Wizard awards Seymour the Badge of Excellent Short Vowel Reading. Short vowel words from the previous fourteen lessons are reviewed. Also: Bubba the Pig tricks Duke the Bull into lugging a heavy log to the barn.