This CD was written to teach children how read by teaching them how to blend sounds together into words. In order to read a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) word, children must say the letter sounds in a word, stretch them out, and then blend them together to read the word. This is very often the biggest road block for many children in learning to read; they simply cannot get past the hurdle of learning to blend sounds together, and it’s no fun to practice! This CD solves that problem by setting all of the steps of sounding out a word to music, and makes it FUN! And singing the letter sounds creates a natural bridge in that process of learning to blend the sounds together, because when you stretch out the sounds of a word, you are almost singing them already, just not on a certain “pitch.” When we learn to read by singing, the entire class sings the sounds of a word together, then blends them together, and then practices reading the words together! Music titles include: 1: Just Two Sounds, 2: Little Two Letter Words, 3: How Do You Sound It Out?, 4: At Family Song, 5: An Family Song, 6: It Family Song, 7: In Family Song, 8: Ig Family Song, 9: Ip Family Song, 10: Op Family Song, 11: Ot Family Song, 12: Ox Family Song, 13: Et Family Song, 14: En Family Song, 15: Eg Family Song, 16: Ug Family Song, 17: Ut Family Song, 18: Un Family Song, 19: Nonsense Words PLEASE NOTE: These songs are intentionally short to fit the attention span of the average 3-6 year old child! (Many songs are less than one minute long.) They are written to get straight to point, state it in a way that is simple enough for young children to remember, and then move on to the next lesson. That way, if your child's attention span is only five minutes, he or she should be able to learn the concepts presented in 6-8 songs in just one sitting. With repeated play, children should be able to learn ALL of the concepts in the songs quite quickly!
K**R
Very catchy and each song is a different tune and a little different format so it is not boring.
This worked so well for my daughter. She was having trouble hearing the sounds blending and couldn't make the connect between the sounds of the individual letters and the sound of the word. I did use a visual aid as well. (I noticed one person complaining about that. I would think it would be common sense to write out the words for them.) No matter how many times I sounded out words for her, she could not hear it. Since it is in a song, perhaps that is what helps, because small children pay a lot more attention to songs than they do instructions. Very catchy and each song is a different tune and a little different format so it is not boring.
B**C
HeidiSongs are the best!
I use many HeidiSongs products with my preschool and kindergarten students. They are the best tools in my classroom. The children LOVE the songs and actions and beg to sing "one more" when we are ending our lesson. I highly recommend all of Heidi's dvds and workbooks for any preschool or kindergarten teacher as well as parents who would like a fun way to teach their children at home.
A**R
Would be better with visuals.
This is difficult with out visuals to help students with CVC blending whild reading. I am going to try the DVD. Hope it is better.
A**J
Five Stars
My son loves these CDs and they have helped him tremendously with his speech therapy
L**K
Five Stars
The students love it!
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