ABOUT THE BOOK
I developed the methods in this book over the years to find the most effective ways of teaching. My classes have consisted of economically disadvantaged, special educationstudents with dyslexia, learning disabilities, and severe learning problems, etc. Stories were composed from the unique pictures to help students visualize the letters while remembering the phonetic sounds. With the ability to see the letter inside the picture, the student knows two words beginning with that letter's sound. All the methods in this book help students know the direction of the letters, thereby decreasing reversals or flipping of letters. Visual and auditory memory improves. A difficult concept is simplified and made both fun and interesting. The letters and the sounds go along with the pictures and finally make sense. Memory is enhanced by associating the letters with the pictures and stories. Students are able to do much better because letters and their sounds are less confusing. Even the similar sounding names of these letters: B, C, D, G, P, T, V, and Z are not confused.
Welcome to an exciting and successful way to teach the alphabet and its phonetic sounds, which are the basic foundations of learning to read. By combining multi-sensory methods (such as auditory, visual, and kinesthetic) with association memory techniques, leaming is accelerated and enhanced. The senses of sight, hearing, and touch are merged with memory training to help students be more successful in reading. Reading—a complex concept— becomes easier to learn by using these techniques. Reading requires knowledge of the letters and their phonetic sounds on an automatic level and must be over-learned to be in a person’s long-term memory. When a student struggles to recall the sounds for the letters, reading and spelling are hindered, and reading is less smooth. There are large numbers of adults and children who do not make all the letters’ sounds correctly. This book will help them correct these common mistakes through picture association and stories.