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!

"Bob Books long vowels introduces important new reading skills! Children learn long vowels and the magical silent e. Maturing readers' vocabularies grow quickly as they finish the stories in these eight longer books, 16-24 pages each. Upon finishing Bob Books Long Vowels, kids are proud to be ready for chapter books" -- Back of container.

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The first step to mastering the vowel sounds is to understand the difference between both short and long vowels. Long vowels are the easiest of the two for students to learn because they have the same sound as their name. For example, the long o sounds like the o in the word ocean, and the long a sounds like the a in the word acorn. Short vowels tend to be more challenging for students to understand because they sound very similar to one another. For example, the short i in the word big sounds very similar to the short e in the word beg, and the short o in the word cop sounds similar to the short u in the word cup. Children need to be able to recognize and produce these sounds before they are able to learn the rules for reading and spelling them. Short Vowels: For older kids, short vowels are often written in a pronunciation dictionary as having a curved symbol above them. Here are a few examples of a short vowel: bun, bop, bed, bin, bat. Long Vowels: Long vowels have a straight line above them. Here are a few examples of a long vowel: face, even, lie, toe, use. This set of materials contains two sets of cards with each set containing 8 combinations of short and long vowel words for a total of 16 sets. Using real pictures each item is clearly identified so children can begin seeing the difference between short and long vowel words: can/cane, mat/mate, tub/tube and more. Total of 64 cards. Printed on thick plastic, cut and all corners rounded.

This is a set of 3 Phonics Readers books containing long vowel words only. These books are suitable for children who are just beginning to read words (typically age 3-6). Phonics Readers are short beginning reader books! These books are for your beginning reader to read to you! These short stories have been written in a very unique way. Each level focuses on a concept. Your child can delight in knowing they will be able to read all words in the book when they reading the correct level. Build confidence in your child by using Phonics Readers!

The books in Bob Books Set 2 - Advancing Beginners provide your new reader with more material at the beginning level. These twelve stories in mostly three-letter words build confidence for the very youngest readers. Simple text combined with slightly longer stories builds reading stamina. Elements of humor and surprise keep childrenÕs interest high. Add Bob Books Set 2 to your collection for invaluable beginning reading practice. Reading this foundation set help children master basic phonics before they advance to consonant blends. Inside this eBook youÕll find: - 12 easy-to-read books, 16 pages each - Mostly two and three letter words (C-V-C words) - Can be "sounded out" (phonics based) - Limited sight words - 20 to 30 words per book

Long Vowel Words: What Vowel Is It 2 helps learners learn phonics. Each word has an image so the learner will know what the word is. The learner has to sound out the word and guess what vowel is in it. The main vowel in each word is replaced with a dash. The learner can write the missing letter on the page. There are 60 words for learners to learn. The answers are at the back of the book.

Set 7: Long Vowel Blends and Sight Words With this set, children will begin to 1) recognize varied long vowel sounds and word families, 2) blend long vowel word families with initial consonants and digraphs, and 3) read more complex sentences with many sight words and varied long vowel sounds for meaning. Ages 4-7.

Long vowels are featured and highlighted in these easy readers about children having fun. Letter recognition and letter-sound relationships.

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