Rules & Tricks

Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.

What Luna says

• A silent E at the end makes the vowel say its name: cap becomes cape, kit becomes kite, not becomes note.

In the open config

id: magic-e
label: Magic E
beats:
  - say: la-rules-vowel-1
    caption: "A silent E at the end makes the vowel say its name: cap becomes cape, kit becomes kite, not becomes note."
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: magic-e
      emoji: 💡
      word: cape

Preview

Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the picture view — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.

What Luna says

• When R follows a vowel it is bossy — it changes the sound: ar in car, er in her, ir in bird, or in fork, ur in burn.

In the open config

id: bossy-r
label: Bossy R
beats:
  - say: la-rules-vowel-2
    caption: "When R follows a vowel it is bossy — it changes the sound: ar in car, er in her, ir in bird, or in fork, ur in burn."
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: bossy-r
      emoji: 💡
      word: car

Preview

Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the picture view — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.

What Luna says

• When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking: rain, boat, team. The first vowel says its name and the second stays quiet.

In the open config

id: vowel-teams
label: Vowel Teams
beats:
  - say: la-rules-vowel-3
    caption: "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking: rain, boat, team. The first vowel says its name and the second stays quiet."
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: vowel-teams
      emoji: 💡
      word: rain

Preview

Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it) just showed.

What Luna says

• Your turn! Pick the word that follows the rule.

In the open config

id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
  - say: la-rules-vowel-4
    caption: Your turn! Pick the word that follows the rule.
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: rules-vowel-go
      emoji: 🪄
      word: rules

Preview

Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.

What Luna says

• I before E, except after C — or when it sounds like A, as in neighbor and weigh. So believe and chief, but receive.

In the open config

id: i-before-e
label: I before E
beats:
  - say: la-rules-spell-1
    caption: I before E, except after C — or when it sounds like A, as in neighbor and weigh. So believe and chief, but receive.
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: i-before-e
      emoji: 💡
      word: believe

Preview

Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the picture view — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.

What Luna says

• One syllable, one vowel, one final consonant — double it before adding -ing or -ed: run becomes running, hop becomes hopping.

In the open config

id: doubling
label: Doubling
beats:
  - say: la-rules-spell-2
    caption: "One syllable, one vowel, one final consonant — double it before adding -ing or -ed: run becomes running, hop becomes hopping."
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: doubling
      emoji: 💡
      word: hopping

Preview

Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the picture view — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.

What Luna says

• Add -es after ch, sh, s, or x: boxes, dishes. Change y to i then add -es: baby becomes babies.

In the open config

id: plurals
label: Plurals
beats:
  - say: la-rules-spell-3
    caption: "Add -es after ch, sh, s, or x: boxes, dishes. Change y to i then add -es: baby becomes babies."
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: plurals
      emoji: 💡
      word: babies

Preview

Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it) just showed.

What Luna says

• Your turn! Pick the word that follows the rule.

In the open config

id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
  - say: la-rules-spell-4
    caption: Your turn! Pick the word that follows the rule.
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: rules-spell-go
      emoji: ✏️
      word: rules

Preview

Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.

What Luna says

• C and G go soft before e, i, or y: city and gem. Before other letters they stay hard: cat and go.

In the open config

id: soft-cg
label: Soft C and G
beats:
  - say: la-rules-word-1
    caption: "C and G go soft before e, i, or y: city and gem. Before other letters they stay hard: cat and go."
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: soft-cg
      emoji: 💡
      word: city

Preview

Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the picture view — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.

What Luna says

• Use an before a vowel sound: an apple, an egg. Use a before a consonant sound: a cat, a dog.

In the open config

id: a-an
label: A or An
beats:
  - say: la-rules-word-2
    caption: "Use an before a vowel sound: an apple, an egg. Use a before a consonant sound: a cat, a dog."
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: a-an
      emoji: 💡
      word: an apple

Preview

Worked example. Luna walks one case step by step with the picture view — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), turning the idea into a procedure a child can repeat.

What Luna says

• Q is almost always followed by U: queen, quick, quiet. You will hardly ever see Q without a U beside it.

In the open config

id: q-needs-u
label: Q needs U
beats:
  - say: la-rules-word-3
    caption: "Q is almost always followed by U: queen, quick, quiet. You will hardly ever see Q without a U beside it."
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: q-needs-u
      emoji: 💡
      word: queen

Preview

Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it) just showed.

What Luna says

• Your turn! Pick the word that follows the rule.

In the open config

id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
  - say: la-rules-word-4
    caption: Your turn! Pick the word that follows the rule.
    view:
      kind: picture
      key: rules-word-go
      emoji: 📐
      word: rules

Preview