An educational toolkit for teaching phonics, consisting of a book, posters and musical CD, all of which provides for multiple options and inputs for learning, including: visual-icons, auditory and kinesthetic motor skill manipulations, as well as a variety of dramatic and emotive cuing-systems designed to target the affective learning domain. This "backdoor-approach" to phonemic skill acquisition is based on current neural research on Learning & the Brain--specifically how our brains actually learn best!The Secret Stories® primary purpose is to equip beginning (or struggling, upper grade) readers and writers, as well as their instructors, with the tools necessary to easily and effectively crack the secret reading and writing codes that lie beyond the alphabet, and effectively out of reach for so many learners! It is not a phonics program! Rather, it simply provides the missing pieces learners need to solve the complex reading puzzle--one that some might never solve otherwise! The Secrets(tm) are sure to become one of the most valuable, well-used, and constantly relied-upon teaching tools in your instructional repertoire!

Little i can't wait to meet his friends at school, but there's just one problem: he can't find his dot anywhere? Each letter offers a replacement—an acorn from Little a, a balloon from Little b, a clock from Little c—but nothing seems quite right. Adorable illustrations teach alphabet letters and sounds with a surprising and satisfying ending to Little i's search.

Pictures, words, and sentences that focus on the letters of the alphabet. Pre-reading skills.

A rollicking ride through the ABCs A chef-capped crab cooking chicken and cracking coriander in celebration of the consonant C, along with 25 more of his alliterative animal friends introduce the letters of the alphabet! Bright and clever illustrations by artist Andrew Neyer combine action words, animals, and lots of objects to find, perfect for young readers who are just learning the alphabet.

Presents plenty of practice for children to recognize the sounds of letters that begin words.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet and invites young readers to trace each letter and other patterns with their fingers and with the accompanying glow pen. On board pages.

Have fun helping your child learn the letters and sounds of the alphabet, with My Alphabet Animals. This fun and adorable children's book will teach all 26 letters of the English alphabet, including the sounds that each letter makes. With carefully chosen animals to represent the primary consonant and vowel sounds, you'll be giving your child a head start for preschool or kindergarten or helping older students finally master the alphabet or help with phonics as they move forward with learning how to read. The 26 animals represented in the book are the Alligator, Bear, Cat, Dog, Elephant, Fox, Gorilla, Hippo, Iguana, Jellyfish, Kangaroo, Lion, Moose, Nightingale, Ostrich, Pig, Quail, Rabbit, Skunk, Turtle, Umbrellabird, Vulture, Walrus, X-ray fish, Yak, and Zebra. Each of these animals use the primary sound of the letter your child is learning. The text is clear and easy for your child to read and we have included a bit of fun by hiding a small portion of the next animal on the page, which will keep them engaged and guessing for the next letter. By placing the upper and lowercase letters on each animal, you will be assisting and aiding your child's memory as they work through the book. Modern research has shown that when images are used as memory aids, they greatly assist the student in retaining and remembering what they have learned. By simply reading this small book to your child before school or at bedtime, you'll be helping them to master both their ABC's and their vowel and consonant sounds. Your small children will love this short book and especially all the colorful and simple animal illustrations. They will enjoy guessing which animal comes next, which will teach them the order of the alphabet as well.