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Pre-K/K Basic Phonics is designed for students who show readiness to learn the alphabetical sounds, or have begun to learn, but not mastered, most of the phonetic sounds. This program includes the items listed below, and the guidebook offers creative suggestions that coordinate with “Animals and Their Worlds” and “The American Story 1."
This activity-filled program starts with studying one letter a week for 27 weeks. Each week, each letter is introduced with all its letter sounds, i.e. that "a" says three sounds, "g" says two sounds, etc. Most parents are surprised by how quickly students catch on to this methodology. When a parent introduces decoding of the words, they can say, "This word uses the second sound of ‘a.’ " For the remaining weeks of this program, students go on to add to their knowledge of the alphabet other 2-letter phonogram sounds. Examples include: er, or, ir, ai, oi, sh and so on.
Throughout the year, students have a weekly list of words that they need to decode, starting in Week 10. An additional feature of this program is that letters are introduced in the same week they are used and practiced in the "Animals and Their Worlds" program, fitting hand in glove with this program.
This program offers a lot of flexibility to parents. The phonogram cards and character cards, together with the Hands-On Phonics Activity Pack, offer a variety of activities that reinforce the learning process in an active way. These resources can help you fill gaps in learning, reinforce skills, and even extend the learning if you want to move more slowly through the program. You'll also find that students have plenty of handwriting practice as they learn to form letters, and small, easy to make phonics readers that add to the fun.
Here are some examples of students who will use this program effectively, and how:
- Parents of younger learners, such as a four-year-old who can’t wait to read, could use this program without using the last 9 weeks of more advanced phonograms, but instead, used other learning activities included with the program to continue building reading skills.
- Parents of students who know some of the letter sounds, but not all, usually have great success using the program as it is.
- Parents of students who know almost all of the basic sounds of the alphabet, but have not learned the so-called "long" sounds of the vowels or additional sounds of consonants can also use this program successfully, but may move through it more quickly.
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Basic Phonics Program Guide LA-101 $39
Includes a 36-week schedule, helps on how to maximize the effectiveness of the phonics cards, writing paper originals to copy and use, and creative projects to help your student get ready to express thoughts with words. Additional worksheets reinforce blend phonics, double vowel phonetic sounds and offer handwriting practice.
Phonics Cards with Coordinating Character Cards LA-201 $21
A set of sturdy cards designed to teach your student their letters and phonetic sounds. Additionally, the card format can be used for review, and hands-on games for reinforcement.
EVEN MORE! Hands-On Phonics Activity Pack LA-202 $19
A multi-sensory activity pack that provides supplies for the activities planned in the phonics curriculum for reinforcement and review. Some of the supplies include magnetic marbles, bendable fi gure, a timer, colored dough, monkey playing pieces, magnetic letters and more. Comes packaged in a large plastic case to take it on the go!
Get Ready for the Code* LA-301 $8
Get Set for the Code* LA-302 $8
Go for the Code* LA-303 $8
Three workbooks which reinforce the student’s ability to write, identify, and “hear” sounds in words.
“Make-Your-Own” Phonics Readers LA-304 $12
Phonics “readers” are booklets for students to illustrate themselves; with one word per page and one book per letter of the alphabet.
Jump Right into Reading Workbook* LA-305 $18
An incredible workbook designed to develop early language skills such as capitalization and rhyming.
* Starred resources are consumable.
You'll Want to Consider This Optional Resource:
The GeoSafari Phonics Pad
#PPAD - $159 -- OR --
#PAD - $139 with any Language Arts Program PurchaseA resource so fun, kids won't realize they're learning to read! 128 learning games teach beginning to
advanced phonics that directly correlate to phonics introduced in all our early language arts programs.
Just place a lesson card on the touch-sensitive surface, and Phonics Pad "magically" recognizes the lesson
and immediately downloads its game play, speech, and sounds. In an instant, lights begin flashing along
the sides and a voice explains what to do next. It is easy enough for even young children to use. We have
scheduled the games right in our guides for Pre-K/K Basic Phonics, Advanced Kindergarten, Accelerated
Reading, Fast-Track Phonics and 1st Grade Language Arts. Click here to see this incredible resource.
