This unique resource helps educators spark young children’s interest in learning the alphabet and develop beginning reading skills right from the beginning to the close of school. Included are over 500 ready-to-use individual and classroom activities designed to be used sequentially, from one month to the next, to build skills, relate reading to other curriculum areas, and foster children’s enthusiasm for books and learning to read. All activities are organized into nine monthly sections, September through May/June, and include over 100 activity sheets. Each month includes a list of 10 picture books for daily reading, phonics and other basic skills instructions, ABC Marching Band Letters for learning letter-sound connections, reading links to holidays and special events, reading links to writing, math, social studies, science & health, author-of-the-month studies and activities, plus 10-13 illustrated reproducible activities.About the Book.PLearning to Read with Ann.PPrint is Everywhere.PSetting Up an Inviting Cozy Reading Area.PBasic Skills Program, Whole Language Approach, and the Phonics Debate.PA Visual-Verbal Relationship.PA Reading Portfolio.PThat’s poster with a p (letter).PSEPTEMBER.PChildren’s picture books for the month of September.PSeptember’s focus on reading.PAwareness of alphabet letters.PAlphabet on parade (visual awareness).PAlphabet song activities (auditory awareness).PLetters are touchy (kinesthetic awareness).PSewing shop (kinesthetic awareness).PLetter— sound relationships.PCalling all first names! (phonics).PListen for beginning letter— sound patterns (phonics).PMore beginning sounds (phonics).PCan you name the letter? (phonics).PConstructing big letters.PWe’ve got some name envelopes.PLet’s get acquainted— name envelope activities.PThose puzzling ABC’s.PClay is cool— making dog tags.PSnacking with carrot-stick letters.PThe ABC marching band letters of the @0ÔzáG® ¾Û€