Language
From spoken language to sandpaper letters to the moveable alphabet to reading -- a carefully sequenced progression that honors the child's natural development of communication and literacy.
Spoken Language
Singing, storytelling, conversation, the question game, classified pictures, and vocabulary enrichment -- building the oral foundation for literacy.
Written Language
Sound games, sandpaper letters, the moveable alphabet, and aides to handwriting including metal insets -- the child writes before they read.
Reading Exercises
Phonetic object box, puzzle words, phonogram exercises, classified reading cards, and definitions -- mechanics of reading and comprehension.
Function of Words
Article, adjective, conjunction, preposition, verb, adverb -- parts of speech through the grammar symbols and games.
Reading Analysis
Sentence analysis in stages -- understanding sentence structure from simple sentences through extensions, attributes, and appositions.