From the website:
"Using poetry, the reading portion of the Primary Arts of Language teaches phonics and whole words. Students are introduced to letters through letter stories and discover the vowel and consonant pairs that help us read. Daily games played during “Activity Time” reinforce the phonetic concepts so that a student can know them completely."
Includes the following:
- Instructional Video by Jill Pike
- The Four Language Arts MP3 Audio by Andrew Pudewa
- Nurturing Competent Communicators MP3 Audio by Andrew Pudewa
- Poetry as an Integrator MP3 Audio by Anna Ingham
- Intro to the Blended Sound Sight Program MP3 Audio by Anna Ingham
- Primary Arts of Language: Reading Student Book (e-book)
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| Click here to view an excerpt from Primary Arts of Language: Reading Cost - $69 ( $98 - if purchased seperately) |
"The writing portion of Primary Arts of Language, which is divided into three parts: printing, copy work, and composition, should be used concurrently with the reading portion unless your child is already reading. Then you can use these lessons independently. Spelling is included throughout the course.
The printing section provides an entire handwriting program to teach your student how to correctly form his letters—he will learn his letter sounds as he learns to write them. The copy work exercises will make printing automatic in preparation for the composition lessons, which will gently teach your student to write stories and paragraphs with style."
The printing section provides an entire handwriting program to teach your student how to correctly form his letters—he will learn his letter sounds as he learns to write them. The copy work exercises will make printing automatic in preparation for the composition lessons, which will gently teach your student to write stories and paragraphs with style."
This package includes:
- Includes the following:
- Instructional Video by Jill Pike
- Reading Comprehension MP3 Audio by Adam Andrews
- Dictation, Narration, and Public Speaking MP3 Audio by Andrew Pudewa
- The Four Language Arts MP3 Audio by Andrew Pudewa
- Primary Arts of Language: Writing Student Books (e-book)
(Would you rather have us print out your PAL student e-books for you? Click here)
Bonus e-audio downloads:
- Units 1 & 2 in the K–2 Classroom MP3 Audio by Shirley George
- Unit 3 in the K–2 Classroom MP3 Audio by Shirley George
- Preparing the K-2 Writing Environment MP3 Audio by Richelle Palmer
Where and how to begin with your Primary Arts of Language (PAL) materials
Click here to view an excerpt from Primary Arts of Language: Writing
Okay - now that you have the pertinent information on how to get your own IEW's Primary Arts of Language, on to what the Bentz Test Laboratory thought.
We LOVE this program!!! Actually, after teaching the first 5 testers to read, I was not looking forward to trudging through the final 3 (don't be shocked, it's just true confessions from a mom of many).
I am a HUGE fan of IEW products - they have revolutionized our writing, so I had high expectations for this program. I was not disappointed. My testers are 5 and 6. My six year old has been struggling along learning letter sounds, and is just getting the blending down, but frankly has not been begging to do reading. My 5 year old was starting at step one, she knows her letters - and most of their sounds, but hasn't moved on to reading yet. This program was easily used with both of them.
The Teacher Guides lay out the lesson in a clearly defined step-by-step, lesson-by-lesson approach. I recommend that you read through it, and make the games before starting. The up-front time will have HUGE payoffs.
The Reading component utlizies file folder games, which all pieces (except a file folder) are included - you just cut and paste. I spent awhile cutting out the pieces and assembling the games, but - it was worth it. My testers loved them!!
In addition to the games, there is poetry, short stories, writing practice, and spelling tests. My testers were unbelievably excited to take "spelling tests" just like their older siblings...who would have thought? We didn't get far enough into the program to work with the All About Spelling program included, but from what I can tell, it's going to be excellent!
One of our favorite components of the program was the Phonetic Farm Folder. As each phonetic concept is introduced, we got to add a sticker to our folder. Every lesson includes reviewing time your Phonetics Farm. I was a bit surprized to start with "helpers" like -ow and -er. Previous reading programs haven't introduced these until later. I was a bit sceptical, but went ahead anyway. Guess what, it was a home run! I just figured out why my testers had been struggling - I was moving way too slow, and they were getting bored! IEW PALs moved quicker, and had them reading faster.
This is hands-down, my FAVORITE product to review! It will revolutionize teaching Reading and Writing - your students will be eager to do it, and they've made it easy for you to teach. Thank you IEW for another great tool!
See what the other members of the TOS Review Crew thought here.
Disclaimer:
I was sent a complimentary copy in exhchange for my honest opinion as part of the TOS Review Crew.
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