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The Pink, Blue, Green Reading Series is a system for organizing English words in order to teach children to spell and read them. It was developed by [https://montessoriworld.org/info/Margaret-Homfray.html Margaret Homfray] and [https://montessoriworld.org/info/Phoebe-Child.html Phoebe Child].<br>The alternative to this series is the [[Muriel Dwyer Reading Scheme]]. With Montessorians who have tried both, the preference seems to be for the Dwyer Scheme.

==Sandpaper Letters==
With this reading series, the single-letter sandpaper letters are all taught first, and the double sandpaper letters are put off until much later.

==Word Groups==
===Pink Words===
These are VC (vowel-consonant) or CVC words. Each phoneme (sound) in the words is spelled with a single letter. Only short vowels are used.<br>

'''Examples:'''<br>
in, on, if, at<br>
cat, dog, mat, pig, sit

===Blue Words===
These are VCC, CVCC, CCVC, or CCVCC words. Each phoneme in the words is spelled with a single letter except for double-letter consonants at the ends of words, and the digraph 'ck'. Only short vowels are used.<br>

'''Examples:'''<br>
belt, hill, grab, stamp, brick

===Green Words===
These are words that include digraphs in only the spellings given by the [[Double Sandpaper Letters]].<br>

'''Examples:'''<br>
sail, brush, teeth, float, book


==Further Reading==
*[[The Morris-Montessori Word List]] by Joyce Morris