Hooked on Phonics: Learn to Read Deluxe System (Paperback)

by Hooked on Phonics (Author)

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Product Description
Hooked on Phonics – Learn to Read Deluxe System

Ages 4-8

Designed for kids ages 4 to 8, Hooked on Phonics – Learn to Read Deluxe System teaches kids the basic skills needed to become confident readers now and in the future. Along with musical audio CDs and workbooks filled with activities and stories, the program includes a library of 50 original books, flash cards, and reward stickers kids love. Plus, the Level 1 CD-ROM has 28 computer activities designed to reinforce new skills with fun games designed for independent play.

Whether you want to give your child a head start or need tools to help a struggling reader, Hooked on Phonics – Learn to Read Deluxe System has everything you need.

Hooked on Phonics – Learn to Read Deluxe System introduces:

· Letter sounds · Short vowels · Sound combinations · Simple endings · Long vowels · Challenging sound combinations · How to read stories and books that use all the learned sounds and words · Useful "helper words" found in most children’s books

Contents include:

· 10 audio CDs to guide your child through the program · 1 interactive CD-ROM with 28 fun learning games (PC and MAC compatible) · 18 sets of flash cards to teach sound combinations · 5 workbooks that include fun activities and 49 great stories · 50 engaging books to reinforce skills just learned and provide extra reading practice · 6 colorful progress posters with reward stickers

Hooked On Phonics Books:

1. Cat 2. Rag 3. Pig Wig 4. Pig Wig Can Hit 5. Tag 6. Pop Fox 7. The Fog 8. Tub Fun 9. Dog Bug 10. Rag Gets Wet 11. Hip-O Gets a Pet 12. Tick-Tock 13. Where is Zot? 14. Tick-Tock Gets a Pal 15. Dad and Sam 16. Ann's Hat 17. Sam and the Mitt 18. Pom Pom 19. The Big Log 20. Mutt and Pup 21. Pig Fun 22. Ann's Big Muffin 23. Tim the Truck 24. Kim Kangaroo 25. Slam & Dunk and The Big Game 26. Slam & Dunk Go to the Moon 27. Slam & Dunk In the Dark 28. Skip & Spin Swim With Dolphins 29. The Race 30. Mad Dog 31. Whacky Jack! 32. Camper Kim 33. Detective Dog and The Lost Rabbit 34. Detective Dog and The Ghost 35. Picnic at Black Rock 36. Slam & Dunk Go to Hawaii 37. The Magic Set 38. Detective Dog Goes on Vacation 39. The Best Grandma Ever 40. The Very Hungry Bear 41. Cat Tricks 42. Night is Right for Me 43. The Cereal Box 44. Mother Night 45. A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse 46. The Party 47. Mad Dog In The Big City 48. A Mountain Lion Ate the Corn Chips 49. Mustang 50. Goblins

From the Publisher
Our History

Hooked on Phonics® was created in 1987 by a father whose son was struggling to read. To help his son, he developed a systematic in-home phonics program for children. Extensive television and radio advertising featuring the memorable 1-800-ABCDEFG® phone number and the catchy "Hooked on Phonics worked for me!" tagline helped make Hooked on Phonics a household name.

In the 15 years since, more than 2 million families and thousands of schools have turned to Hooked on Phonics for its growing library of educational programs, including reading, math, and study skills.

How Our Products Work

What makes Hooked on Phonics unique is that we use our proven learn-practice-play approach. We provide children with bite-sized pieces of new information in every lesson so they are able to master the new concept and achieve success every time.

The easy-to-follow learn-practice-play approach:

Learn: Kids learn a new skill or concept.

Practice: Kids practice the concept until they master it.

Play: Kids read great books and play games so they can enjoy applying their new knowledge.

About Educate, Inc.

Educate, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEEE) is a leading pre-K-12 education services company delivering education services and products to students and their families. It has a portfolio of highly acclaimed brands including Sylvan Learning Centers, North America's largest and most trusted network of tutoring centers, providing supplemental, remedial and enrichment instruction; Hooked on Phonics, delivering highly regarded early reading, math and study skills programs; and Catapult Learning, a leading provider of educational services to public and non-public schools.

For more information about Educate, please visit our Web site.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Hooked on Phonics; Deluxe edition (June 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931020256
• ISBN-13: 978-1931020251
• Product Dimensions: 13.6 x 10.6 x 9.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #895,786 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hooked on Phonics works for our son!, July 29, 2005

By	Rhonda Lewis - See all my reviews

I've been looking for reading activities to do with my son, Drake, so his reading skills won't get "rusty" over the summer. I recently purchased the Hooked on Phonics kit for second graders and Drake loves it! He actually asks me to get it out and do the activities with him. I think the little successes he experiences every night make him want to continue with the program. Hooked on Phonics makes it so easy for the child to gain mastery of various concepts because the lessons are short and sweet and only focus on one skill at a time. This system is perfect for my son's limited attention span and I am seeing some really significant results.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give your child a secret weapon for reading, July 25, 2006

By	Jeep Girl - See all my reviews

I used this program with my child who was having trouble keeping up with reading in his class at school so I purchased this program. I worked with him 15 minutes before school each morning and within 2 weeks there was a noticeable improvement in his reading abilities. The progress charts gave him a visual goal for him to see that he was learning and succeeding! It was a huge ego boost for him to put a sticker on the chart to show that he'd passed a section. I can't say enough good about this program. Even if your child is having trouble reading, or is a good reader but could use some work in efficiency, this is the program for you. We completed this program in 2 months, it's up to the user to determine how motivated they are to push through the levels. The easy color coded levels guide you step by step through workbooks and tapes, defining and mastering sounds and rhythems of reading. Being able to work at home and find what his problems areas were took the fear of embarrassment infront of kids in the class out of the picture. The books for reading were interesting and had very cute animals and modern pictures that kids this age would relate to. I'm so happy with this program, I'm moving on with Hooked On Phonics Master Reader. I only wish I'd done this program with all my children.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this product. Well worth the money, January 8, 2007

By	Melissa J. Newman "msolomon25" (Elizabeth, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have the version with audio tapes. I loved this product. We never used the tapes, because they were boring, but we did use the workbooks and the reading books. I do not know what instructions the other reviewer was talking about. The workbooks are lists of words broken up by family with review pages and stories interspaced. Oh wait, there are instructions in the "parent's package and the video tape". Level 1 is CVC words. Level 2 is beginning sound blends. Level 3 is ending sound blends, and Level 4 and 5 are vowel blends. My son loved the ABC cards, and learned his ABC's by age 3. Level 1 was a lot more difficult, because it just took time for him to emotionally grasp the concept of "reading". For that level we actually used the Kumon workbooks and the HOP readers, but we went back to HOP workbooks for Levels 2 - 5. We even used the HOP speller workbook. The format of HOP is simple. A word family is introduced. Then there is a review page. Finally there is a story. After a few word families, the child reads an actual book. My son is working on Level 5 right now and will finish by the end of the week. We are looking into buying Hooked On Phonics Master Reader. As for the "bells and whistles", the reward of being able to go to the library with its shelves and shelves of books and pick out a book and read it. That is more valuable than the bells of whistles of a computer game. This is not a program that you can just hand to your child (as one would do with a computer game). It is a program that is designed to be used with a parent / teacher / tutor that is giving human feedback on if the child is reading correctly. My child's rewards were "high-fives", "your the best", and "Do you want to read the story to grandma?". The program does what it is designed to do, and it was worth every penny for our family.