Max and the Vanishing Pasta

Today is Max's special clean-up adventure. Let's see what he gets up to and join in on the fun.

Max hears music in the forest and discovers a rockin’ reptile band! Can you guess which instruments each reptile friend plays?

Max explores a dark cave and encounters curious shadows that give him a scare! But along the way, he meets companions who help him discover the meaning of friendship. This story supports early readers in learning beginning letter sounds, with a special focus on the /c/ sound.

In this playful story, Max becomes a cheerful chef, baking banana bread while exploring the syllables in each ingredient. Children can clap along with Max as they learn to break words like ba-na-na, but-ter, and flour into syllables, making early literacy fun and tasty!

Max is the conductor of the Word Train, where each carriage has a special letter on the side. Only words that begin or end with that letter are allowed to hop aboard! Join Max on a letter-sound journey as he helps children learn beginning and ending sounds, and reading CVC words.

In this playful story, Max takes a new adventure each day using different types of transport, starting with one-syllable words like “truck” and building up to four-syllable words like “helicopter.” Young readers learn to clap, count, and break words into syllables while following Max’s journey.

In this playful phonics adventure, Detective Max helps a dragon named Dizzy find his missing diamond. Packed with D words like dragon, diamond, drain, and detective, this story helps early readers hear and learn the letter d sound, as Max investigates the diamond mystery!

In this playful phonics story, Max’s mum gives him a grocery list but the words are all mixed up! Each item has the wrong beginning or ending sound, and Max must use his reading skills to figure out what she really meant. Perfect for teaching early readers about beginning and ending sounds in CVC words.

Max and his family pick out instruments by drawing a number that matches how many syllables are in the instrument’s name. From drums to harmonicas, each bunny discovers how to sound out the parts of their word. This playful story helps early readers learn about syllables while enjoying a fun family music adventure.

Max finds the home of three bears in the woods and decides to go exploring.

In this “g”-packed adventure, Max’s dad builds a green go-kart, and the three giggling rabbits zoom through a magical rabbit hole and onto a grand race track. Young readers will grow their phonics skills by hearing, spotting, and sounding out lots of playful words that begin with the letter g.

Detective Max hops through town to solve a mystery! Signs in the town have their letters all jumbled! With his magnifying glass, he investigates while readers guess the missing letters. This playful story shows children how changing beginning or ending letters can create new CVC words.