Easily teach the alphabet AND foster letter recognition skills with fun alphabet rhymes!
Children will delight in seeing Alphabet Anatomy’s lovable letters come to life based on their unique graphic features in a creative and imaginative way that they can relate to. Learning letters and sounds, and their shapes, is achieved in a memorable way; and the barrier that many early learners and emergent readers face of letters being mere abstract shapes is diminished.
Each rhyme seamlessly promotesthe early reading skill of letter recognition — which experts agree is thebest predictor of a child’s ability to attain reading proficiency. The rhymes uniquely present an auditory and visual picture of each letter’s name, sound, and shape. Playful learning is effectively fostered through rhyme, because rhyme is a form of play!
Meet letter A!
A has a point at the top of her head.
Under her belt, she hides apples so red.
A – Apples
Get the picture? LETTER RECOGNITION (name, sound, and shape) — it’s that easy!
Handwriting struggles? Each rhyme also provides insight into the necessary handwriting strokes for proper letter formation, including left/right direction — which helps decrease backward letter writing and ease frustration.
Rhymeshave always provided a multitude of early language skills for children. Our book has a total of 26 alphabet rhymes that will engage even reluctant readersin a positive way!
** Phonemic Awareness.
** Memory and Cognitive Development
** Language Development
** Social and Emotional Development
** Vocabulary Building
Use the rhymes with preschoolers to introduce early language skills and phonological awareness. Use them to facilitate kindergarten readiness and in the early school years to help with more structured phonics and to aid struggling readers.
A solid early literacy foundation is a lifelong gift that all parents can help facilitate for their children. Our alphabet rhymes help children master essential early reading skills in a simple, entertaining way. Because we believe that reading is a magical, fundamental adventure that all children absolutely deserve to experience.
**Bonus pages include “About the Book” and “Understanding and Promoting Early Literacy,” which present lots of other fun yet simple ways to stretch the literacy benefits with engaging conversations and playful activities.
We hope you’ll meet all of our letters soon!
**Alphabet Anatomy’s fun, easy rhymes for lower case letters (another 26 total) are in our 2nd book, Meet the Lower Case Letters.
**A great tool for language learning at the phonological level. A unique way for children to build reading and writing skills. ? Sherry Artimenko, M.A., C.C.C., Speech Language Pathologist
**A necessary addition to all preschool book shelves! Even lower elementary classrooms will benefit from this book. ? Maria Taylor, Preschool Teacher
**I think this should be on every kindergarten classroom shelf. ? Sandra Stiles, Kindergarten Teacher