Hop on Pop Language and Communication Quotes

We see the importance of phonics in the poem right away. “PUP” and “CUP” along with “UP” from the previous stanza teaches kids that those certain letter combinations create a certain sound. Best of all: it does this without any explanation as to what it’s doing. Brilliant, no?

More important language lessons to be had here. Notice how the difference between the final sentence here is just one letter off from the final sentence in the previous stanza? Yet it creates an entirely different image in illustrations. Every letter counts, people.

The little brothers are probably at the same level as most Hop on Pop readers. But, hey, these kiddos are are taking pride in their accomplishments, and so should anyone who can read at any level. If reading were easy, all the other animals would be doing it, and we’ve yet to meet a mollusk who can make it through Where the Wild Things Are.

Here's a little sample of the boons to come to the lifelong reader. Eventually, even “if” and “it” readers will be rocking those shiny, multisyllabic words the same way Neil Peart rocks YYZ.

Can you see the hidden words? As a lifetime reader, we’re sure you can. But if you’re child reader can effectively break the word jumble up by the phonemes, then we’d say they are well on their way to being a lifetime reader themselves.