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Before they can read independently, children must learn the relationship of letters to their sounds and be able to distinguish individual sounds, or phonemes, within words. Phonics skills help children sounds out new words (If I can read "pot", then I can read "hot" and "spot").
To read and write, children must understand how individual letter sounds blend together to make words. Experimenting with building words, such as changing mat to cat to rat, helps with reading and spelling.
As children learn to read, they must be able to "decode" the words they don't know- to translate strings of letters into words. Eventually they can recognize common words that can't be sounded out (the, said, she).
Knowing the letters of the alphabet is one of the first steps toward learning to read and write. Introducing letters to young children helps them learn to recognize the different shapes and names - an early indicator for reading achievement.
There are more consonants sounds than there are consonants in the alphabet. A consonant digraph is a pair of consonants that stand for a single sound (ch, sh, th, wh).
Children pick up plurals and contractions before they correctly learn the different tenses of words.
Sight words are words that can't be sounded out and so must be learned by sight (the, he, she , was, and so on). Homophones are words that sound the same but are pronounced differently, such as to, too, and two.
Spelling begins with regular short vowel sounds (cap) and long vowel sounds (with silent e, cap becomes cape). Finally, children learn the rules and patterns of vowel pairs (ee), digraphs (ai in train), dipthongs (oi in boil) and r-controlled vowels (farm, bird).
Become a speedway spelling pro as you race with Lightning McQueen, Mater, Ramone and Flo. Answer spelling questions to win car upgrades and put your skills to the test as you compete in the Radiator Springs Invitational Race.
By meeting learning challenges, drivers earn tokens to spend at Luigi’s Casa Della Tires, Ramone’s House of Body Art for paint jobs and Doc’s shop for car body upgrades. These upgrades help drivers perform better on each track. As you advance, the learning becomes more challenging—with lots of opportunities to reinforce and expand spelling skills.
All Leapster games work with all Leapster Learning Game Systems (Leapster, Leapster L-Max™ and Leapster TV™).
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Appropriate for Ages 4 Years to 7 Years
Savor words as well as food facts on this culinary adventure. Things get cookin’ when Remy the Rat lands in Paris to pursue his dreams of becoming a great French chef, just like his hero Gusteau.
Appropriate for Ages 4 Years to 6 Years
Learn essential reading and mathematical skills while racing these four action packed races! Choose to race as your favorite character, including McQueen, Mater, Flo and Ramone. Collect tokens along the way, and use them to help light up the neon lights in Radiator Springs.
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