by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Program Questions
Hi, We are currently out of stock and waiting for our shipment to arrive. You can either like us on Facebook and I will announce on Facebook when the shipment arrives or I can keep your email in my records and email you when the books and materials are back in stock....
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Child Motivation & Development, Program Questions
FirstStepReading.com is perfect for a 4 year old Kindergartener. It will teach your child Letter Recognition, Letter Sounds, Blending Sounds, Short Vowel Reading, Long Vowel Reading, and More! FirstStepReading.com is a complete Phonics Program that covers Phonics...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Program Questions
The books, DVD, and sets are on back order but when they are ready we will contact you to find out your exact needs. We then can customize a package that suits your classroom best. Thank You Heather Ross
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Child Motivation & Development, Reading Fundamentals, Teaching Tips
Hi, Right now I recommned that you begin by watching the videos on our website with your daughter. https://www.firststepreading.com Unfortunately, we are currently out of stock of our products but you can watch all of the videos on our website. Your first step to...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Program Questions
There are not separate stories for Sight Words because the Sight Words are used in the stories. Sight Words are words that are commonly used in written text and should be memorized. Phonics and Sound Exception words should be read. The stories are made up of a...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Program Questions
Yes. You will see the smae characters again in the stories. For example in the book you will see: Pat and Mat in the Short Vowel A stories, Rex in the Short Vowel E stories, Jim in the Short Vowel I stories, Bob in the Short Vowel O stories, Mug in the Short Vowel U...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Child Motivation & Development, Reading Fundamentals
Your child is a pre-reader. So, you should not expect him/her to be reading at a fast rate. As long as your child is able to sound out almost all the words in the story himself/herself with little or no help he/she can move to the next story.
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Program Questions, Reading Fundamentals
This curriculum is great for various types of Special Needs children. The curriculum offers, 3 types of learning. It is composed of videos that the children can watch and practice along with, it has short stories for the children to practice reading until they can...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Program Questions
The learning to read curriculum is designed to be used in 3 steps. Step 1 are the Video. The videos are the instruction on how to read. Step 2 are the stories in the books. The stories are reading practice. The children are able to apply the knowledge they learned in...
by Heather Ross | Apr 6, 2016 | Reading Fundamentals, Teaching Tips
The Basic Steps to teaching your child to read are: 1. Alphabet and Letter Identification 2. Letter Sounds 3. Blending with Phonics 4. Sight Words (taught throughout the lessons) 5. Vowels and Long Vowels 6. Blends 7. Common Grammatical Exceptions and Controlled R...
