I received a phone call yesterday and this cute little voice on the other end said, "I finished reading my book, the red one!" That book is "Imletteration!" the last in the series. The most amazing thing about it is she is only 4 years old, and the youngest one to ever finish my books! I was VERY excited for her. She wanted to come and show me her new skills. So, she came and read shockingly well out of a regular child's story book. Way to go EMILY!!!
It is so fun to watch and listen to her. She is so little, not even starting Kindergarten for another year! Her mother is Amy Hilton that I spoke of in a prior post for starting up a new pre-school in my neighborhood.
It didn't occur to me until I sat down to write this post that she is by far the youngest to complete the entire learn to read portion of the program, and therefore, it is a RECORD BREAKER!!! Also, that makes me feel really excited to say we have someone out there breaking a record for us!
Doreese
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Milestone for See abc's® Alphabet Video!
I'm SOOOO happy! Thanks to your help, little Drew's alphabet video has now reached over 1,000 views! 1,020 to be exact! This is a big deal to me, as I set out just hoping to get 300 in the beginning. I appreciate your help in spreading the word, and in the nice comments you have made.
Here is the clip one more time in case you missed it. Tomorrow is my birthday, and I couldn't ask for a nicer gift than this!
Doreese
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Pictures of 'G' Geode, One of the See abc's® Clues
Okay, so everyone wants to see my cool geode when they get to the "copycat" letters in the blending book, "ABC's See How to Chop and Blend." Geode is the picture clue for when 'G' copies the sound of 'J' as in the words: gym, gem, gerbil, George, and Geode, to name a few. Geode is the hardest picture clue to learn in the program. Geodes are really cool rocks that have crystals in them. A long time ago, but shortly after writing my blending book, I went to a little shop in Park City, Utah. It's a fun town with an old west feel to a section of town. Anyway, I found this really awesome geode that looked just like a letter 'G.' (Geode is the clue for the upper case 'G')
So, of course, I had to have it!
So, of course, I had to have it!
I am posting a couple of pictures of it here so that you can show your children what an actual geode looks like and have them see if they can find the hidden upper case 'G' in the rock. It is easier to see the 'G' in the picture on the grass. But, the picture on the sidewalk is really neat because it looks like it is just part of the sidewalk! Like there is just a little hole in the cement with crystals in it! It just blends right in.
Doreese
Monday, August 8, 2011
Preschools Using See abc's®
Hi everyone,
Exciting news for those who live in or near Cache Valley, Utah. I wanted to let you know that there is a new pre-school starting that will be using the See abc's reading program. It will be taught by Amy Hilton. She is very qualified to teach it and has used it with several children, including her own. Her 4-year old is all ready half-way through the "Stories See What They Say" book! And her son knew all of the letters' picture clues and sounds at age two! She will have your children reading before you know it! Her number is 435-535-1213.
Also, Wendy Lamb, has been using See abc's in her preschool for many years with great success. Her number is 435-563-0147.
Another pre-school that I know of in the neighborhood will be using it too. It is a mom's school. A group of five moms are going to take turns teaching. So, this is another great way to do preschool.
If you are a preschool that uses our program in another part of the country, please let us know.
Well, enjoy what you have left of your summer! It is going fast and school will be starting this month! Wow!!!
Doreese
Exciting news for those who live in or near Cache Valley, Utah. I wanted to let you know that there is a new pre-school starting that will be using the See abc's reading program. It will be taught by Amy Hilton. She is very qualified to teach it and has used it with several children, including her own. Her 4-year old is all ready half-way through the "Stories See What They Say" book! And her son knew all of the letters' picture clues and sounds at age two! She will have your children reading before you know it! Her number is 435-535-1213.
Also, Wendy Lamb, has been using See abc's in her preschool for many years with great success. Her number is 435-563-0147.
Another pre-school that I know of in the neighborhood will be using it too. It is a mom's school. A group of five moms are going to take turns teaching. So, this is another great way to do preschool.
If you are a preschool that uses our program in another part of the country, please let us know.
Well, enjoy what you have left of your summer! It is going fast and school will be starting this month! Wow!!!
Doreese
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thanks for Help in Sharing! Help Us Reach Our Goal
Hey, just wanted to give a BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have helped to pass along our youtube video of 2-year old Drew learning his alphabet the See abc's reading way!
Six months ago when posted, I was hoping for it to reach 300 views which it did within about 3 months and now it is up to nearly 850! I'm soooo happy about that! Now I have my sites set on 1,000! So, if you can think of more people to share this great video with, please do so. You would really make me feel good about what we are doing.
http://youtu.be/Rb_KsspXEMA
Hope your summer reading programs are going well, be it whatever program you are using. Summer is a time to make great progress and get ahead of the game when it comes to helping your kids with their reading, or it is a time to get caught up in fun time off and lose much ground in the reading arena. Unfortunately, too much of the latter happens. Please do your best to keep your children at the top. There are many fun things that you can do to make reading fun in the summer time. If you have any good tips, please share them with us.
Doreese
Six months ago when posted, I was hoping for it to reach 300 views which it did within about 3 months and now it is up to nearly 850! I'm soooo happy about that! Now I have my sites set on 1,000! So, if you can think of more people to share this great video with, please do so. You would really make me feel good about what we are doing.
http://youtu.be/Rb_KsspXEMA
Hope your summer reading programs are going well, be it whatever program you are using. Summer is a time to make great progress and get ahead of the game when it comes to helping your kids with their reading, or it is a time to get caught up in fun time off and lose much ground in the reading arena. Unfortunately, too much of the latter happens. Please do your best to keep your children at the top. There are many fun things that you can do to make reading fun in the summer time. If you have any good tips, please share them with us.
Doreese
Friday, July 1, 2011
Happy Birthday America from See abc's®!!!
Since I'm not going to be near a computer on July 4, I decided to write today. I wanted to tell our great country, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY to AMERICA," home of the free and the brave.
America has a great educational system, due in part to the freedom that has been won for us by so many past and present men and women. And not just on the warfront either. Fighting for better education and better benefits for teachers is a battlefield in each and every state. I greatly admire all of our good teachers and the things they do for the youth of our country. Keep up the great work!
Teaching our youth is what America's future depends on!
Enjoy your watermelon and fireworks everyone!
Doreese
America has a great educational system, due in part to the freedom that has been won for us by so many past and present men and women. And not just on the warfront either. Fighting for better education and better benefits for teachers is a battlefield in each and every state. I greatly admire all of our good teachers and the things they do for the youth of our country. Keep up the great work!
Teaching our youth is what America's future depends on!
Enjoy your watermelon and fireworks everyone!
Doreese
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Let Imletteration® Work Miracles in Summer Reading!
Wow! I can't believe how time has flown by since I last wrote! Well, school is out and now is the time to take advantage of extra time with your children and really beef up on those reading skills and make sure you don't backtrack during the summer. This video shows the new technique of "Imletteration" in use. Once your child finishes the final book in the "See abc's" reading program called "Imletteration!", he/she will be able to read ANYTHING they want to through the help of imletteration! It is the tool that will MIRACULOUSLY change the difficult sight words into easy to read phonetic words. This little youtube video will show you how to use it.
http://youtu.be/Z5hKEi8oWoQ
It may seem that it is too time consuming to stop and imletterate the difficult words for your child. But, believe me when I tell you that your child will learn much faster if you will take a minute to imletterate for her and allow her to visualize the true sounds that the letters are making. She will put that in her memory bank and remember it much easier than if you keep on just telling it to her over and over again. You will probably need to review flash cards you make several times, but it will still "stick" better, much better!
To learn more about the book "Imletteration" itself, go to this video. The video is 9 minutes long, but the explanation for how imletteration works is just within the first 3 minutes. I think you will find the rest of the segment interesting as well since it shows the fun "reward" books that come with the program and ends with two mothers telling of their experience using it with their children (two children for each parent).
http://youtu.be/o3TjasMO3Kg
Happy summer!!!
Doreese
http://youtu.be/Z5hKEi8oWoQ
It may seem that it is too time consuming to stop and imletterate the difficult words for your child. But, believe me when I tell you that your child will learn much faster if you will take a minute to imletterate for her and allow her to visualize the true sounds that the letters are making. She will put that in her memory bank and remember it much easier than if you keep on just telling it to her over and over again. You will probably need to review flash cards you make several times, but it will still "stick" better, much better!
To learn more about the book "Imletteration" itself, go to this video. The video is 9 minutes long, but the explanation for how imletteration works is just within the first 3 minutes. I think you will find the rest of the segment interesting as well since it shows the fun "reward" books that come with the program and ends with two mothers telling of their experience using it with their children (two children for each parent).
http://youtu.be/o3TjasMO3Kg
Happy summer!!!
Doreese
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