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Parent Resources/Homeschooling Materials

Print/Manuscript Handwriting Workbook

This handwriting workbook is designed to aid homeschooling parents to effectively teach the print (or manuscript) handwriting skills to their child(ren). Suitable for grades K-3.

Cursive Handwriting Workbook

This handwriting workbook is designed to aid homeschooling parents to effectively teach cursive handwriting or penmanship skills to their child(ren). Suitable for grades 3-12.

Start Reading: Set A (5 Storybooks and 5 Workbooks)

Start Reading is a comprehensive system to teach beginning readers. Set A includes the stories Ann, Top Dog, Tip, Up and Up, and Get Set, with an emphasis on short vowel sounds.

Start Reading: Set B (5 Storybooks and 5 Workbooks)

Start Reading is a comprehensive system to teach beginning readers. Set B includes the stories Red Plane, Green Jeep, White Bike, Blue Boat, and Brown Mule, with an emphasis on long vowel sounds.

Start Reading: Set C (5 Storybooks and 5 Workbooks)

Start Reading is a comprehensive system to teach beginning readers. Set C includes the stories The Whale, The Shark, The Chimp, The Queen, and The Thing, with an emphasis on digraphs.

Start Reading Full Series (15 Storybooks and 15 Workbooks)

A comprehensive system to teach beginning readers. The full series includes all stories from Sets A, B, and C with an emphasis on short and long vowel sounds, as well as digraphs.

Start Reading Instructor's Manual

The Start Reading Instructor's Manual includes procedures and directives for teaching letter names, sounds, new words, spelling, and handwriting skills.

Keyboarding, Reading, and Spelling (KRS) Software

Keyboarding, Reading, and Spelling (KRS) is an instructional program that enhances reading achievement and keyboard skills. The program uses a phonetic approach to reading, with the computer being an essential component of the instructional process.

Item Details

Start Reading Full Series

Item Description

Order all three sets and get 15 storybooks with emphasis on short and long vowel sounds and digraphs. These stories include: Ann, Top Dog, Tip, Up and Up, Get Set, Red Plane, Green Jeep, White Bike, Blue Boat, Brown Mule, The Whale, The Shark, The Chimp, The Queen, and The Thing. Fifteen workbooks that match the stories are also included. Instruction and workbook completion should occur before reading the stories. Then children know how to read the stories.

An Instructor's Manual is available for parents or teachers with detailed methods and directives for teaching the prerequisite skills before a child reads the storybook.

The Start Reading Program

A comprehensive system to teach students to name and write letters, read sounds, read and write words and stories, develop literal, interpretative, critical, and creative comprehension. Exercises to develop phonemic awareness are built into the early part of the program.

A child's future success in school and later life is dependent upon his/her ability to read, write, and comprehend the written word.

The sequential introduction of phonic skills, new vocabulary, spelling, writing, and comprehension skills insures mastery by every learner. The printed storybooks are also enjoyed by the children. The 15 workbooks purchased with the storybooks thrill parents and teachers by providing materials necessary for effective instruction. After each workbook is successfully completed by the child, and all of the letter names, hand-writing, sounds and words have been taught, the child is tested for mastery. A mastery test is found at the end of each workbook. Flash cards are also in each workbook.

The children are now able to read along in the accompanying storybook. As they read, they follow a beautifully illustrated story. The teacher/parent asks questions that are provided after the story is read to test the children's comprehension or understanding of the story.

Each succeeding workbook and storybook teaches thoroughly the new skills and reviews those previously taught. Each workbook tests for mastery before children move on.