This audio version of the Carden Consonant, Blends, and Vowel Charts enables students to write each chart neatly as they join the voice of a Carden master teacher in saying the chart as part of a multi-sensory learning strategy.
The Consonant Chart
The sounds of the consonants are given in the Carden way. Pay special attention to the pronunciation of the letters l, m, n, and r. We pronounce them this way to make it easy for young readers to sound out words. Remember that the Consonant Chart is written with lowercase letters.
This recording is divided into seven tracks of 3 letters each, representing each row of the chart. For variety, you can shuffle the tracks. A printed version of the Consonant Chart can be found in Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, page 2.
The Consonant Blend Chart
The consonant blends found on the Consonant Blend Chart are divided into four tracks:
- Track 1 includes the blends with h: ch, sh, th, and wh.
- Track 2 includes the blends with s: sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, and sw.
- Track 3 includes the blends with r: br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, scr, shr, spr, str, and thr.
- Track 4 includes the blends with l and squ.
- You can find a copy of the Consonant Blend Chart in Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, page 4.
Vowel Charts 1 through 13
Each of the thirteen vowel charts includes five tracks. Track 1 gives the sounds of a. Track 2 gives the sounds of e. Track 3 gives the sounds of i. Track 4 gives the sounds of o. Track 5 gives the sounds of u.
Use the list below to find printed versions of the charts in Carden readers and Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, published by The Carden Educational Foundation, Inc.
- Chart 1: Green Book, page 40, and Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method page 6.
- Chart 2: Green Book, page 58, and Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 12.
- Chart 3: Green Book, page 82, and Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 14.
- Chart 4: Green Book, page 89, and Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 16.
- Chart 5: Green Book, page 104, and Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 18.
- Chart 6: Junior Book, page 3, and Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 22.
- Chart 7: Junior Book, page 56, and Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 28.
- Chart 8: Junior Book, page 64, and Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 34.
- Chart 9: Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 38.
- Chart 10: Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 42.
- Chart 11: Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 48.
- Chart 12: Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 52.
- Chart 13: Fundamental Sounds of the Carden Reading Method, on page 58.
