In Excel English Early Skills: Vowel Sounds your child will explore the relationship between vowels and their sounds. They wi ll learn to: listen for the sound of vowels at the beginnin g of words recognise vowel sounds in the middle of words recognise words that rhyme Understanding vowel sounds i s essential for children to develop their abilities in reading and compr ehension. The activities in this book are divided into double pages. Eac h double page allows your child to practise one particular skill many ti mes so that the skill is reinforced. Every page has an extra extension a ctivity to further enrich your child's learning.

Delightful illustrations and short, simple exercises help young learners develop essential language skills with confidence. Each standards-based activity focuses on a specific skill. Clear instructions and examples help children complete the lessons successfully. Since each page includes a suggestion for extending the learning and reinforcing the skill, the books are ideal for any setting-a classroom, small-group tutoring, or at-home learning. Book jacket.

Provides an explanation of phonics, a method of reading instruction that focuses on the relationship between sounds and their spellings, and features over one hundred activities for the classroom, as well as sample lessons, word lists, and teaching strategies.

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!

Young readers can learn about long vowel sounds through rhymes, repetition, illustrations, and phonics.

Children will enjoy matching, sorting, and playing with these colorful flashcards to learn short and long vowel sounds. Perfect for car rides, vacations, free time, and learning on the go.

"The alphabet has 26 letters. Five of them are vowels: a-e-i-o-u. They can make long and short sounds. The short vowels can be used to build many simple words. Readers learn what these short vowels can do."--