Parent & Teacher Resources

Parent and Teacher Handbook

The Stepping Stones Parent and Teacher Handbook contains useful information and resources for parents and teachers wishing to use the Stepping Stones program to teach children to read. On this page, you can download the entire Handbook as one PDF document, or download the resources contained within the Handbook separately, as needed.

Stepping Stones Parent and Teacher Handbook

Chart showing the first page of a phonics progression called 'Stepping Stones'. It features two levels, Step 1 and Step 2. Each level includes GPCs (grapheme-phoneme-correspondences), example VC and CVC words, and HFWs (High Frequency Words).

Stepping Stones Phonics Progression

Educational chart titled "Stepping Stones Lesson Suggestion" with instructions for literacy lesson prep, including steps for holding up cards and asking students to identify sounds and spell letters.

Stepping Stones Lesson Suggestion - Prep

Stepping Stones Lesson Suggestion - Yr 1, 2, 3

Glossary of Terms (Quick Version)

Glossary of Terms (Extended)

A colorful educational chart titled 'High Frequency Words (HFWs)' listing difficult-to-sound-out words that occur frequently in English speech and texts. The words are sorted into 24 levels, or 'steps'.

Stepping Stones High Frequency Words Chart

Colorful educational poster titled "Stepping Stones Example Words" with sections listing Example Words and GPCs (Grapheme-Phoneme-Correspondences).

Stepping Stones Example Words

A number of Step 1 resources are available for free download, so you can try out the program before committing to purchasing multiple Steps.

Step 1 Resources

GPC Flashcards Step 1

Decodable Word Cards Step 1

Decodable Sentence Cards Step 1

Decodable Texts Step 1