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Pictures, words, and short sentences focus on the letters of the alphabet to help young children with pre-reading skills.

Scholastic's award-winning reading program is now available to pre-readers with the creation of My First Bob BooksTM. Expanding upon the Bob Books method and philosophy, these brand new sets offer children and their parents simple and satisfying tools that lay an important foundation for reading readiness. My First Bob Books:Alphabet helps children match sounds to letters, letters to words, and words to a story through the introduction of uppercase...

"Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as 'sight words', 'instant words', 'high frequency words' or 'star words.' ... [This DVD featured sight words are] all, at, be, by, from, her, him, look, one, or, some, there, this, up & word."--Container.

A new reader finds sight words very frustrating until they are memorized. A good reader will be able to instantly recognize sight words without having to 'figure them out.' Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as "sight words."

A set of eight readers which teach children more complex words with new blends, more sight words, and longer compound words to advance readers' skills, while sound repetition keeps reading easy.

Use of three-letter words and consistent vowel sounds in slightly longer stories build confidence.

A wild word-building adventure. When Mr. Websley is accidentally silenced by the Silent E Machine, Leap, Lily, and Tad must journey through the word complex to build the code words needed to return his voice. Guided only by the 'Absent Professor Device, ' the kids learn how to build the complex words needed to solve the code and save the day. Humorous songs add to the fun and help teach the rules for advanced word-building.

"Sight words are common words that appear again and again in your children's reading material. Bob Books Sight Words Kindergarten uses repetition and fun stories to introduce important sight words. Consistent short vowels and simple stories ensure that each book is a gentle step into early reading. Inside you'll find: 10 easy-to-read, hilarious books ; 30 two-sided flash cards. 30 new sight words--3 introduced in each story. Context clues and illustrations...

A set of eight readers which teach children the long vowels.

This collection celebrates Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary. Each disc begins with a TV montage introduced by Count von Count and featuring one clip from each of the 40 seasons, full episode excerpts are grouped into five-year periods. Each groups begins with a look through a scrapbook, and then Bert and Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Elmo, Kermit and all the other inhabitants of the street join in the fun. There are special guest stars like R2D2...