A truly unique approach to vowel sounds, with a patient journey through some of the early building blocks of reading. Recognizable letters, buildable words, and a really close look at each vowel — spoken and in print.
Welcome to Open Your Mouth — where learning to read becomes a joyful adventure!
Meet Sequoia, a friendly guide who helps your child explore the sounds inside their own mouth. With a smile, he’ll explain to your child that his name contains all five vowels!
With clear, gentle instruction and hands-on activities, this workbook helps young readers see, hear, and feel how each short vowel sound is made.
It’s simple, playful, and full of discovery — just right for little learners who are ready to build strong reading foundations.
Whether you’re teaching at home, in a classroom, or guiding your child through independent practice, Open Your Mouth fits beautifully into your reading routine.
It’s a fun, confidence-building tool that helps children understand not just what vowels sound like — but how to make them.
Learning to read starts here — with a smile, a sound, and an open mouth!
Exactly the right question! The book is available on Amazon. (Easiest thing in the world, right?)
Maybe you’re wondering if this is the book for you.
Read a little more, and you’ll know! And, you’ll get a sneak peek at more of the images from the book.
What’s not the problem?
Some of the burden of early learning falls to busy parents who aren’t educators.
You want to help. But you’re an ordinary person who doesn’t speak “education” language. So between work, household management, other children, and so much more, you see your child struggling.
That’s the worst.
Many early readers can sound out some of the letters but still struggle to say the word correctly. They guess, mix up vowel sounds, or feel unsure about how their mouth should move. Parents may not know how to fix it — they just know reading time feels harder than it should. And finding help hasn’t been easy.
Without clear understanding of how sounds are made, reading can feel confusing and frustrating. Children lose confidence, avoid reading aloud, and start thinking they’re “bad readers” when the real problem is something simple — they just need to feel how each sound is formed.
Maybe they missed something basic, and now things aren’t working.
That’s where Open Your Mouth comes in. Guided by Sequoia, a friendly phonics coach, this workbook helps children see, hear, and feel each vowel sound. Through short, simple exercises, they discover exactly how their tongue, lips, and teeth work together to make words.
Suddenly, reading clicks — and confidence grows.
Open Your Mouth turns phonics from confusion into clarity — one joyful sound at a time.
Good. It means you’re carefully weighing the decision.
It means you care, and you know something is needed. That’s why this book will help.
Part of learning is learning to learn; Opening the part of your mind that longs for better understanding.
For early learners, the method is as important as the material. With that important truth, this book was created. A colorful workbook, with an encouraging child-person who explains, assures, and praises each step.
Each successful page is a win, celebrated with enthusiasm. Your child will begin by making simple sounds. You’ll smile as our host shows exactly what the letters look like (and feel like and sound like!).
Words will be repeated throughout the book, and by the end your little one will be able to actually read a story! There’s room for story writing as well, and for drawing.
Really important stuff. The most basic building blocks of words are learned in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.
By third grade, they need to be good readers. What does that mean? Reading on grade level according to standardized testing.
When you spend time with your child, opening up the world of literacy, you’re making a huge investment in the security of their future.
Teachers have extensive training and experience in skill building. Most of the rest of us don’t. And this book doesn’t use big “educator words” or concepts. It’s so easy to understand and follow. The friendly child-host will teach your early reader some of the “secret codes” of reading. There will be plenty of practice and plenty of fun.
Being able to successfully read a story after all the practice is the perfect ending, as your child is welcomed into the “reading club.”
Order now on Amazon. It’s 70 pages of fun and learning. Sounding out long and short vowel sounds, spending a little more time on the more difficult “short” ones.
Plenty of words to read and say, plenty of reinforcement, and pauses along the way to praise that progress!
Vowels, words, and stories, with a twist you won’t find anywhere else.
Sequoia doesn’t just teach from the sidelines — he dives right into the learning! Sometimes, he’s inside your mouth, showing exactly where your tongue, teeth, and lips should go. His friendly voice and gentle humor keep students smiling while they master essential phonics patterns.
It’s truly the perfect blend of exactly what kids need: silly unexpected fun, and actual instructions that make sense.
Work at your own pace. It’s a workbook, but it’s also a funbook.
And it’s time for my confession. I love homework. I love schoolteachers, and kids learning, and reading, and all that.
I love advancing and growing and preparing. I love finding ways to reinforce what’s happening at school. I love those “workarounds” we sometimes invent to get the job done.
What I really love is seeing kids, your kids, conquer something difficult. It’s why the book is here at all. So get it for your child, and begin together.
Find out just how sweet learning is, and enjoy something amazing.
Thanks for being here!
More than that, thanks for showing an interest in what may be one of the most important foundational things you can do for your child.
Still not sure? Go ahead and put it on your “wish list” at Amazon while you’re thinking about it. That will cost you nothing, and will remind you that you’re interested in your child’s success in education, and willing to do something about it.
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