Fill in Any Literacy Gap: Teach the Skills Your Students Need

Whether you are an experienced teacher or a new homeschool parent, Essentials provides you with tools for explicit, systematic instruction that incorporates the five strands of reading plus handwriting, spelling and grammar.

With a multisensory approach and an emphasis in instruction for exploring sounds and building words, each Essentials unit includes optional activities designed for differentiated practice to meet the needs of individual students.

With interactive videos, games and activities for the first two levels of Essentials, these eLearning components allow you to determine a balance of in-person and online instruction, review, and practice that works best for you and your student!

Part one focuses on phonemic awareness, systematic phonics and spelling rules. Students learn the essential concepts that will help them understand the relationship between letters and sounds.

In part two, students learn to apply the knowledge they acquired in part one and analyze how words are spelled.

Part three focuses on grammar rules and teaches parts of speech. All words, phrases and sentences used are controlled by the phonograms that have been introduced.

In part four, students expand their vocabulary by learning to add affixes and looking at morphemes within words.

Part five checks understanding so you know what skills your students are mastering and which skills need more review and practice.