Blue's ABC Time Activities takes Blue's Clues, the Emmy-nominated 1 preschool TV series, to a whole new interactive level of playful learning. Blue and her friends help preschoolers strengthen essential pre-reading skills as they explore the world of letters, sounds and words in this activity pack featuring multi-level learning activities. Kids identify letters, build vocabulary, practice phonics and create rhymes as they collect words to help Blue build silly stores in her Word Book.
"Reading is easy when we know all the sounds in the English language" Turn your child's TV time into reading time! Sing-Along Nora, Sara and friends teach your child to read through phonics as they travel on a musical journey. Each song presents short-vowel sounds, three-letter words (bus, dad, pin) in sing-along music to help your child learn to read.
Fred and the Ball (Leveled Reader + Teaching Version + Audio) (Grade 1)
Rosie and her dog Fred are playing with a ball when Rosie throws it too far and it goes over the fence. Rosie and Fred must retrieve the lost ball. The Teaching Version assists teachers in directing children through the process of reading. It covers:
- reading vocabulary words and high-frequency words - comprehension strategy (drawing conclusions) - fluency skill (emphasizing words in boldface) - phonics skill (identifying and reading contractions) - reading-writing connection (making a list)
Fred Helps, Too (Leveled Reader + Teaching Version + Audio) (Grade 1)
Rosie and and her dog Fred are all muddy after playing in the yard and Fred wants to help clean up. The Teaching Version assists teachers in directing children through the process of reading. It covers:
- reading vocabulary words and high-frequency words - comprehension strategy (making and confirming predictions) - fluency skill (emphasizing words in boldface) - phonics skill (developing and applying knowledge of consonant r blends) - reading-writing connection (drawing a picture)
Rosie and Fred (Leveled Reader + Teaching Version + Audio) (Grade 1)
Rosie's dog Fred is hungry and wants his breakfast, but Rosie is in bed sleeping. The Teaching Version assists teachers in directing children through the process of reading. It covers: - reading vocabulary words and high-frequency words - comprehension strategy (connecting ideas from text-to-text) - fluency skill (pausing at commas) - phonics skill (initial and final sounds: letter f) - reading-writing connection (writing and illustrating a sentence)
