Order sets of plastic alphabet letters from the Abecedarian web site at a very reasonable cost. Click below to go to the site.
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Here is a link to a Tennessee first grade teachers web site. You must get permission to join.
The link below shows where I ordered my heavy duty long-neck stapler. It can be used to staple the center of booklets, or the edges. It is extremely sturdy and easy to use. The backstop locks so that you can place the staples exactly where you want them every time. It is expensive but far better than anything else I've found.
This is the link to the heavy duty paper cutter that I use. It can cut a whole stack of paper or card stock. I made picture/word cards for all the units in first grade for the eleven first grade teachers at my school. This paper cutter made short work of all the cutting. The amount of time saved is mind boggling. While it is very expensive for individual teachers, it would be a worthwhile investment by a school or PTA.
To view information about Dekodiphukan, see the web site for the Center for Innovation in Education, Inc. The original program is no longer available. Amazingly however, they have the original materials available on-line as free downloads for teachers and parents.
The Recipe for Reading program by Nina Traub with Frances Bloom has excellent materials for phonics instructions for beginning readers. Materials can be purchased at the link below.
See below for the link to Total Reading, a K-6 Language Arts Program with explicit phonics instruction, literature based reading comprehension, and instruction in writing skills.
See below for the link to books by Paul E. Dennison, Ph.D. and Gail E. Dennison about using Brain Gym.
The Wilson Method is another powerful program for teaching beginning readers.
Sound City Reading
