Description: Teach the skills critical to reading success: phonological awareness and manipulation of phonemes. This best-selling software focuses on rhyming, syllables, phonemes, and letters. The software's systematic, hierarchical design is based on solid research. Ear/brain training is emphasized. No reading is required. The student sees full-color pictures and listens as the narrator orally presents directions and stimuli. There are 15 activities to address the skills of rhyming, syllables, phonemes, and letters. Each activity has five lessons and each lesson contains 10 items for a total of 750 stimulus items. The activities and their lessons are: Rhyming - choose a word that rhymes with a target word - identify multiple rhyming words - identify a word that does not rhyme Beginning Sounds - determine if words begin with the same sound - choose words that begin with the same sound - choose words that do not begin with the same sound Ending Sounds - determine if words end with the same sound - choose words that end with the same sound - choose words that do not end with the same sound Segmentation - identify a new word when a syllable is deleted - identify a new word when a phoneme is deleted - identify the number of syllable in a word - identify the number of sounds in a word Blending - blend sounds to identify words - blend letters and sounds to create words Other program features: -three answer formats: yes/no, multiple choice, and click-and-drag -verbal and musical reinforcements -maybe turned off and on -present items in a predetermined or random order -use narration or live voice -track the percent correct for every activity and set of activities, every session, and for the entire program -save and print results

Author: CATTS, Hugh / WILLIAMSON, Tina

Publisher: Linguisystems

Grade: Age4-9

Format: CDR