Reviews upper and lowercase letters, teaches the most common sound for each letter, sounding out and reading words, some consonant combinations along with some common sight words, ending with reading some simple sentences.
Energetic music and fun activities build excitement about learning to read. Letter Sounds covers the most common sound that each letter makes. The "on-screen mouth" shows how to form each sound and helps kids model proper pronunciation. Lovable characters involve and encourage kids. By the end of this program, young learners are combining letters to read words and even simple sentences.
If well-done animated graphics and music help your child learn, then you're both in for a treat with these DVDs. Letter and word presentations are straight forward and clear. The music is catchy and entertaining. The engaging collection of characters includes a spaceman in a flying saucer. Delayed answers allow for interaction with the on-screen learning process. Practicing sounds and words is encouraged. And, just for good measure, they're correlated to the Common Core standards. DVDs run for 50 minutes (widescreen). ~ Janice
Had this in the past and was great especially for my really low students. The music seemed to be key for many of them. All of the students loved these and made great progress.