Learn to Read Decodable Bible Stories (Old Testament)

 

What Should Your Child Read After 'Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons'?

Every parent who's guided their child through Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons reaches that exciting moment—what comes next? You've laid a fantastic foundation, and now you want to keep the momentum going. If you're asking, "What's next?" you're not alone!

I’m excited to introduce the perfect next step: Learn to Read Decodable Bible Stories (Old Testament). This specially designed book is exactly what your child needs to reinforce phonics skills, build confidence, and discover a lasting joy in reading—all through the timeless and inspiring stories of the Bible.

Why Choose Decodable Bible Stories?

Phonics-Based Learning That Makes Reading Fun

This collection uses carefully controlled vocabulary tailored to the skills your child already has. With recognizable vowel and consonant patterns and familiar rhyming families like cake/bake/snake, your child will easily decode words, reducing frustration and enhancing enjoyment.

Confidence Through Familiar Bible Stories

Children thrive when they focus less on decoding unfamiliar content and more on mastering their reading skills. By exploring well-known Old Testament stories like Creation, Noah’s Ark, and David and Goliath, your child can concentrate on practicing their phonics without confusion or frustration.

Meaningful, Faith-Friendly Content

These simplified yet authentic retellings serve as more than reading practice—they help your child connect spiritually with important biblical lessons. Faith-friendly storytelling means every page turned is a step forward in both reading and spiritual growth.

No Pictures? No Problem!

You might wonder why there are no illustrations. This intentional choice encourages your child to rely solely on their developing decoding skills, paving the way to greater independence and stronger reading abilities.

Peek Inside the Book

• 30 Engaging Stories: From Adam and Eve to Queen Esther, each story aligns with your child’s reading level while remaining true to biblical teachings.
• Scripture References: Quickly find original Bible passages to enhance discussions and deepen understanding.
• Parent Tips: Handy advice to help you guide your child and celebrate each milestone, making reading joyful for both of you.
• Comprehensive Word List: Featuring 438 phonics-based words plus new rhyming families, ensuring vocabulary growth feels effortless.

How to Get the Most Out of This Book

• Encourage Sounding Out: Break words into manageable sounds with your child ("m-o-ses" → "Moses").
• Celebrate Every Effort: Focus on persistence rather than perfection. Every step forward counts!
• Repeated Reading: Build fluency and confidence by revisiting favorite stories again and again.
• Enhance Understanding with Questions: Engage your child with prompts like, "What happened next?" to encourage comprehension and discussion.

Perfect For:

• Children who’ve completed Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
• Families seeking faith-based reading practice
• Parents wanting to blend biblical teachings with phonics skills

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a Bible study tool?
No—it’s primarily a reading tool that complements your faith-based conversations.

Does it use Bible quotes?
Stories are simplified but faithful to key biblical events, making them accessible for new readers.

What if my child struggles?
Struggles are normal! Gently blend sounds together with them and remind them that practice leads to progress.

Celebrate Every Step

Every sentence your child reads is a significant victory. With Learn to Read Decodable Bible Stories, your child gains confidence with each story completed, cultivating a love for reading that will last a lifetime.

Ready to see your child's reading—and confidence—soar?

Order your copy now and continue nurturing your child’s reading journey with joy and purpose!

100 Easy Lessons Word List (flashcards)

 
To use these words as flashcards, start by printing or writing each word on individual index cards, ensuring the Lesson Number is included for easy reference. Begin with the earliest lessons (e.g., Lesson 10) and introduce the corresponding words (e.g., am, mē, sat) one at a time. Show the word to your child, have them sound it out, and then flip the card to check the lesson number for tracking progress. For reinforcement, group words by phonics patterns (e.g., short a words like am, sat, ram) or sight words (e.g., the, was). Use the cards daily for quick, focused practice, gradually introducing new words as your child masters previous ones. To make it engaging, turn it into a game—time how quickly they can read a set of cards or let them "teach" you by flipping the cards and reading aloud. This method builds fluency, reinforces phonics skills, and aligns perfectly with the progression of Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons.

Download the list here (no opt-in required) -- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JMazxbeInCB0JWpRNhZfi8PP5MNcpGfJ/view?usp=sharing

100 Easy Lesson Words Sorted into Decodable Groups

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons word list sorted into decodable reading groups based on phonics progression:

Download the sorted list here -- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WyhPZ-B8OmNm_RiTnvlwdpVv3R9UWHNr/view?usp=sharing

1. CVC Words (Short Vowel, Consonant-Vowel-Consonant)

2. CCVC & CVCC Words (Beginning and Ending Blends)

3. Silent E (CVCe Words)

4. Long Vowel Teams (Vowel Digraphs)

5. R-Controlled Vowels

6. Diphthongs (ou, ow, oi, oy, au, aw)

7. Inflected Endings (-ing, -ed, -s, -es)

8. High-Frequency & Sight Words

9. Compound Words

10. Multisyllabic Words (Advanced Decoding)

1. CVC Words (Short Vowel, Consonant-Vowel-Consonant)

(Basic phonics for early readers) am, an, ant, at, bad, bag, bed, big, bit, bug, but, can, car, cat, cop, did, dig, dog, fat, fin, fit, fog,

fun, gas, get, got, gun, had, ham, hat, hid, hit, hop, hot, hug, if, in, it, kit, log, mad, man, mop, mud,

not, nut, on, pet, pig, pot, rag, ram, ran, rat, red, rid, rod, rub, rug, run, sad, sat, sick, sit, sun, top, tub,

up, win, yes, zip

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2. CCVC & CVCC Words (Beginning and Ending Blends)

(Words with consonant blends at the start or end) blam, blap, black, bring, brush, chick, chop, clam, clasp, cluck, crash, dish, duck, dust, frog,

grab, grass, grin, plop, pluck, shack, ship, shot, slap, slip, smell, snack, snap, sniff, spoon, spot,

stack, stamp, start, stick, stomp, stop, swim, swing, track, trip, truck, twill

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3. Silent E (CVCe Words)

(Words with a long vowel and final 'e') ate, bake, came, cake, fine, game, gate, gave, hide, hope, late, like, made, make, mile, name,

note, pine, ride, smile, take, tame, time, wave, white

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4. Long Vowel Teams (Vowel Digraphs)

(Words with vowel pairs that make long sounds) be, boat, coat, eat, feel, feet, goat, green, hear, meat, moon, neat, near, rain, read, road, seat,

see, seed, seem, sleep, teach, tree, white

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5. R-Controlled Vowels

(Words where vowels are controlled by 'r') arm, barn, born, charm, corn, farm, hard, her, here, horse, learn, near, part, short, shore, smart, start, storm, torn, world

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6. Diphthongs (ou, ow, oi, oy, au, aw)

(Gliding vowel sounds) around, boy, brown, cow, down, how, house, loud, mouse, out, outside, proud, sound, shout,

toy, town, wow, yellow, zoom

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7. Inflected Endings (-ing, -ed, -s, -es)

(Words with added endings) ate, baking, biggest, biting, brushing, cooked, eating, feeling, fishing, folded, getting, hugged,

hunting, kicked, liked, looking, playing, quacking, reading, running, smiled, smiling, talking,

teaching, waited, walking, wanted, waving, yelling, zooming

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8. High-Frequency & Sight Words

(Common words often memorized rather than decoded) a, and, are, as, away, back, come, do, does, each, ever, every, for, from, go, has, have, he, here,

how, I, is, it, me, more, my, no, of, old, on, or, other, our, over, said, she, some, that, the, their,

them, then, there, these, they, this, those, to, too, two, up, was, we, well, went, were, when,

where, who, will, with, yes, you

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9. Compound Words

(Two words combined to form a new word) barnyard, beehive, birdhouse, classroom, farmyard, inside, moonlight, pancake, railroad,

raincoat, sailboat, snowman, sunshine, treehouse

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10. Multisyllabic Words (Advanced Decoding)

(Words with multiple syllables requiring blending skills) another, beagle, biggest, brother, children, dinosaur, eagle, elephant, fantastic, feeling, forever,

fantastic, happiness, mitten, pancake, pineapple, powerful, shopping, toothbrush, waterfall

Word	Lesson
am	10
me	10
sat	10
see	10
at	11
eat	11
ram	11
rat	11
Sam	12
seat	12
seed	12
mad	13
meat	13
read	13
sad	13
ear	15
it	15
meet	15
sit	15
is	16
seem	16
that	17
this	17
the	18
mitt	19
rid	19
cat	20
sack	20
rack	21
sick	21
a	22
mom	22
rock	22
rod	22
sock	22
an	24
can	24
in	24
not	24
on	24
ant	25
man	25
near	25
and	26
fan	26
fat	26
feet	26
if	26
fin	27
fun	27
run	27
feed	28
fit	28
mud	28
sun	28
nut	29
fill	30
land	30
lick	30
lid	30
little	30
lot	30
sand	30
lock	31
luck	31
duck	32
feel	32
we	32
will	32
win	32
with	32
gun	34
I	34
rag	34
rug	34
log	35
said	36
shack	36
she	36
shot	36
ate	38
fish	38
late	38
made	38
tail	38
wish	38
cow	39
did	39
dish	39
game	39
gate	39
hate	39
now	39
wow	39
gates	40
was	40
has	42
he	42
hill	42
him	42
his	42
hits	42
hot	42
hug	42
kick	42
kiss	42
nod	42
cake	43
go	43
had	43
lake	43
no	43
nose	43
teeth	43
ham	44
kitten	44
old	44
so	44
take	44
tame	44
lots	45
rocks	45
same	45
have	46
make	46
of	46
sacks	46
save	46
coat	47
cold	47
for	47
gave	47
goat	47
need	47
or	47
socks	47
coats	48
hat	48
hats	48
to	48
car	49
cop	49
ears	49
far	49
hop	49
mop	49
tar	49
top	49
dog	50
here	50
hope	50
pot	50
ran	50
us	50
cops	51
fog	51
sheep	51
are	52
came	52
cars	52
chop	52
park	52
shop	52
cakes	53
each	53
farm	53
girl	53
home	53
ship	53
arm	54
charm	54
pots	54
rain	54
tops	54
wet	54
do	55
down	55
let	55
road	55
those	55
went	55
dogs	56
hate	56
pet	56
red	56
them	56
then	56
big	57
bit	57
bug	57
chicks	57
pig	57
there	57
well	57
be	58
bugs	58
getting	58
hit	58
how	58
leaf	58
bed	59
bite	59
but	59
let's	59
like	59
more	59
sleep	59
ten	59
tub	59
end	60
five	60
likes	60
rub	60
sitting	60
stop	60
talk	60
walk	60
dark	61
dime	61
dive	61
live	61
rich	61
sleeping	61
you	61
boy	62
deer	62
farms	62
hunting	62
into	62
led	62
stopping	62
waves	62
year	62
yes	62
card	63
find	63
her	63
hunt	63
love	63
mother	63
other	63
seen	63
they	63
bring	64
brother	64
up	64
eagle	65
going	65
over	65
shore	65
toy	65
must	66
side	66
come	67
ever	67
jump	67
leave	67
lived	67
moon	67
never	67
people	67
some	67
spoon	67
swim	67
broke	68
day	68
every	68
jumped	68
jumps	68
men	68
start	68
swimming	68
tell	68
walked	68
back	69
gold	69
hand	69
nine	69
teach	69
away	70
bag	70
bill	70
filled	70
inside	70
tree	70
under	70
when	70
white	70
yelled	70
brush	71
Eagle's	71
look	71
looked	71
saved	71
smile	71
tiger	71
brushing	72
fell	72
liked	72
room	72
shine	72
smiled	72
tooth	72
walking	72
barn	73
fly	73
horse	73
my	73
teaching	73
where	73
born	74
corn	74
eagles	74
got	74
or	74
sold	74
told	74
eating	75
fishing	75
fold	75
have	75
nine	75
talking	75
torn	75
brother	76
brushed	76
hear	76
makes	76
mile	76
trees	76
fine	77
gas	77
started	77
stopped	77
town	77
way	77
black	78
book	78
having	78
meets	78
sing	78
singing	78
talked	78
talks	78
things	78
time	78
took	78
fast	79
ho	79
mean	79
note	79
part	79
sore	79
swam	79
very	79
left	80
as	81
deal	81
good	81
zoom	81
did	82
fun	82
grass	82
just	82
bad	83
ears	83
hold	83
she	83
soon	83
were	84
yell	84
yelling	84
digging	85
dug	85
get	85
hole	85
stay	85
yard	85
holes	86
quick	86
quit	86
quitting	86
beagle	87
Biff	87
Boo	87
held	87
smell	87
store	87
story	87
thing	87
tore	87
Zzzz	87
from	88
picked	88
rail	88
comes	89
gets	89
loud	89
our	89
out	89
pick	89
sound	89
chick	90
logs	90
outside	90
shouted	90
play	91
say	91
want	91
hid	92
hide	92
line	92
notes	92
something	92
hard	93
leg	93
don't	94
green	94
pail	94
pain	94
paint	94
blap	95
deep	95
ding	95
frog	95
ruck	95
sounds	95
spots	95
these	95
another	96
around	96
biggest	96
dust	96
found	96
house	96
mouse	96
proud	96
spring	96
bed	97
too	97
biting	98
dish	98
blam	99
tigers	99
last	100
licked	100
noses	100
thank	100