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Put Reading First In Your Kindergarten Class Supplement Your Program With These Fun & Easy Manipulatives Explicit , Systematic, Communication Arts Activities "Kindergarten Kids" Reading & Writing Program "This program is amazing...truly proven to work in the kindergarten classroom and with one-on-one tutoring. I began creating these manipulatives over eight years ago for my children, as I was desperate to come up with something that worked. Hundreds of children have learned to read in Missouri schools with this fun yet systematic and explicit approach to teach children to be successful readers at a very early age!"          -Teri Stanley Teach your child to READ fluently in 30 lessons. Request FREE SAMPLES by sending your mailing address to: teristanley@handsonreading.com STEP 1: SOUND IT Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Word Decoding Click on PICTURE to enlarge.   Download VIDEO using a media player such as: REAL PLAYER or WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER. ABC Flip Cards Use as a quick daily activity to teach and reinforce the 26 basic PHONEMES including the short vowel sounds. Chant: "A for apple, /a/ /a/ apple." Etc. 20 seconds Velcro Word Builder A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH is used to teach DECODING and SOUNDING-OUT  from LEFT-TO-RIGHT. Students learn the BLENDING technique for combining the individual PHONEMES into WORDS. 40 seconds STEP 2: READ IT Guided Oral Reading ~ Fluency "Sound & Say" Word List Teaches PHONICS & GUIDED ORAL READING. Set of 30 COLOR-CODED word lists (one for each of the 30 units in the complete program) help your little reader learn to combine and BLEND SOUNDS to form words. SIGHT WORDS are combined with SOUND-OUT WORDS as pre-reading practice for GUIDED READING. 19 seconds Little Fold-Up Books Teaches GUIDED ORAL READING. The 30 stories revolve around SIX ADORABLE KINDERGARTEN KIDS along with their many animal friends. No surprises...SOUND-OUT and SIGHT WORDS that have been previously learned  through the hands-on manipulatives are introduced into the books SYSTEMATICALLY. Child will "REALLY BE READING" in a very short time. Because of the PRE-READING SKILLS  already learned, these books set the stage for IMMEDIATE READING SUCCESS.   32 seconds "Read With Me" Guided Readers Highly Recommended!  A set of 30 GUIDED READERS for review and reinforcement of the many sight words and sound-out words learned throughout previous K. Kids Units. These "REAL BOOKS" make it a cinch for your child to excel as a SUCCESSFUL READER. Just the right size for small hands. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" with heavy card stock covers.   STEP 3: WRITE IT Reading & Writing Connection Little Sentence Strips Teaches STRUCTURED WRITING. The set of 30 Sentence Strips teaches basic sentence structure and writing skills including: Letter formation, spacing, capitalization, punctuation, and complete thoughts. 54 seconds Magnetic Letters Teaches STRUCTURED WRITING & SOUND SPELLING. Lower case alphabet with Lines & Directional Arrows for writing practice. Learn to sound-spell words then practice writing. (Board not included).   STEP 4: KNOW IT Vocabulary & Comprehension Story Books STORY BOOKS are for you to READ ALOUD to the children. They are more in-depth adventures that are "spin-offs" of the 30 fold-up books and guided readers. Children find it interesting and exciting to learn more about the six Kindergarten Kids and their friends.  Each story includes a set of verbal response questions to help teach students LISTENING COMPREHENSION, which is an essential pre-skill for READING COMPREHENSION.   "My Poems" Coloring Book More than just a coloring book. Each page has a RHYMING POEM to teach and reinforce WORD FAMILIES. Students love to learn to say these poems as an activity in comprehension.