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!

A fun spelling mystery for second grade sleuths Kids love learning through amusing games and activities--and what's more fun than learning to spell by solving a mystery? As they weave their way through Word Detective, they'll learn to spell 200 words through 130 engaging puzzles. When they complete the spelling (grade 2) book, they'll be able to solve "The Case of the Hidden Gold." Each chapter in this spelling (grade 2) book will take them through different themes like friends, family, and animals. Creative puzzles will help them practice the words, and they'll use some of them in their own sentences. This spelling (grade 2) book includes: This is going to be F-U-N!--They'll encounter plenty of spelling (grade 2) exercises including Letter Slide, Merry-Go-Round, and Crack the Code. Whodunit--The answers to the puzzles reveal secret letters that, when put together, solve the case. Words they'll use--They'll learn words for colors, emotions, and other topics from 10 chapters that will help them describe the world around them. Word Detective is everything a spelling (grade 2) book should be and more! Learning new words has never been this much fun.

Filled with word search puzzles, this is a book that will enrich your child's vocabulary and will give you the opportunity to spend some quality time together. Teach your child the power of words by helping him complete all stages of the puzzles. Searching for words and ticking them off the list elicits positive emotions. This is a book that will challenge your child every time.