Vowel teams can make both long and complex vowel sounds. The special complex vowel teams can be spelled many different ways. They can be used to build common words we use everyday. Let's… Read More →

The alphabet has 26 letters—21 of them are consonants. They can be combined with vowels to build words. Let's discover what some of the most common consonants can do. Read More →

Consonants can team up to do many things. Some blend their sounds together. Some make new sounds. These consonant blends and digraphs can be used to build simple words we use everyday. Let's… Read More →

Hands-on craft projects can make remembering the shape of each letter lots of fun and also help children associate a sound with each letter. In this book designed to supplement the teaching… Read More →

The alphabet has 26 letters. Five of them are vowels: a-e-i-o-u. They can make long and short sounds. The short vowels can be used to build many simple words. Learn what these short vowels can do. Read More →

The alphabet has 26 letters—21 of them are consonants. They can be combined with vowels to build words. Let's discover what some of the less frequent consonants can do. Read More →

The very funny Brian P. Cleary takes on the alphabet in this whimsical tour of everyone's 26 favorite letters. Rhyming, giggle-inspiring verses are illustrated with colorful digital collage… Read More →

Children need several different means of identifying letters. As well as learning to read and write all letter forms, it's essential they discover letter names and sounds. The Red Rocket™… Read More →

Once children have individual letter and sound association knowledge secure, the next essential literacy skill is the blending of consonants to make onset blends. The Red Rocket™ Blend… Read More →

Some letters commonly make more than one sound. Exploring hard, soft, long, and short letter-sounds and having that knowledge secure is an important skill for emergent students to master. The Read More →