Teach early reading with clarity and creativity—evidence-informed strategies, expert insights and joyful, practical approaches for building foundational literacy.

About the pack

This expertly curated PETAA pack brings together two complementary resources for teaching early reading in Foundation to Year 2. Combining deep research with classroom-ready strategies, these books offer clear, comprehensive guidance for teaching phonics, the alphabetic principle and oral language—with a unique focus on the role of music.

Together, they provide a powerful blend of theory and practice to support teachers in delivering explicit, engaging and developmentally appropriate instruction in the early years of schooling.

🔡 The Alphabetic Principle and Beyond: Surveying the Landscape, Edited by Robyn Cox, Susan Feez and Lorraine Beveridge
WINNER – Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2019, Primary: Reference Resource
Understand how students learn the alphabetic principle and how to teach it with clarity and purpose. This award-winning book brings together leading experts to explore key components of early reading—systematic phonics, oral language, spelling, writing and orthography. With clear explanations and evidence-based strategies, this is your go-to reference for scaffolding early reading success.

🎶 The Early Reading and Music Partnership by Lorri Beveridge
Enhance early reading instruction with music-based strategies that support the Big Six components of reading. This innovative resource bridges English and The Arts: Music, offering teaching units, classroom activities and links to quality literature to develop phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. Backed by contemporary research in neuromusicology, this book shows how song, rhythm and movement can reinforce core reading skills in joyful and meaningful ways.

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