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Stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable.

Ten Coloradans of differing backgrounds and interests share eleven picture books from the state's authors, illustrators, publishers, or about our state, for young children. They also give tips to parents about sharing books and helping youngsters love reading.

Longtime elementary school teacher Kim Jocelyn Dickson believes every child begins kindergarten with a lunchbox in one hand and an "invisible toolbox" in the other. In The Invisible Toolbox, Kim shares with parents the single most important thing they can do to foster their child's future learning potential and nurture the parent-child bond that is the foundation for a child's motivation to learn. She is convinced that the simple act of reading aloud...

Leap, Lily and Tad go on a wild adventure to the letter factory. Led by wacky Professor Quigley, Tad joins Js jumping on the trampolines and Ks practing karate kicks. Meanwhile, new letters learn how to make their sounds. Fun songs will have kids singing letter sounds in no time.

"Leading phonics expert Wiley Blevins has updated his best-selling classic to include the latest in phonics instruction and the science of reading, as well as current research on handwriting and on phonemic awareness. This revised edition also offers ideas for maximizing your scope and sequence, practical tips for creating sound walls, a decodable text routine for building comprehension, strategies for differentiating during whole-group lessons while...

A set of ten readers which teach children rhyming words.

"Twelve easy-to-read and humorous books. Perfect for emerging readers, this set including kid-approved stories that progress gently through graded reading levels A, B, and C. With one-syllable words and short vowels, Bob Books First stories is a fun confidence builder, especially for kids in Kindergarten"-- Publishers description.

"Laying firm foundations for early literacy skills is about the learning that goes on before actual reading and writing. Children need to build these foundations from the right kind of experiences and support from their very first year. This film starts at three months and follows various children at home and at nursery up till 5 years. It shows what young children need to be able to do, before they are ready to be taught how to read and write"--Publisher....