This ongoing class will prepare the 4 year old to step into the K5 classroom.  The short vowel, long vowel, consonants, and letter blend sounds will be taught by original funny characters and original lyrics and song tunes.  I will also use constant repetition and praise. As the student succeeds and does well, they will be rewarded with a silly reward dance, stickers,  and a gold star on their personal reward chart. When their chart is filled, I will send it to the student, along with a handwritten note to the student from me and a special surprise. 

The first class of each week will be centered around a vowel sound and an original song. The second class of each week will be centered around a consonant sound and an original song.  The third class of each week will combine both letters and blend for reading, the student will also sing both vowel and consonant songs.
1.  Week 1 (04/04/2022) 
a.  Class 1--the student will be taught the short "a" sound with Annie the Ant.
b.  Class 2--the student will be taught the "b" sound with Bob the Bat
c.  Class 3--the student will blend the two sounds and sing both songs.

2.  Week 2 (04/11/2022)
a.  Class 1--the student will be taught the short "e" sound with Ellie the Elephant
b.  Class 2--the student will be taught the soft "c" and hard "c" sounds with Connie the Cat and Cindy the Centipede
c.  Class 3--the student will blend the "a" and "e" sounds and the "b" and "c" sounds.
No classes the week of 04/12/2022
3.  Week 3 (04/25/2022)
a.  Class 1--the student will be taught the short "i" sound with Iggy the Iguana
b.  Class 2--the student will be taught the "d" sound with Duke the Dog and Dandy the Donkey
c.  Class 3--the student will blend the "a", "e", and "i" sounds with "b", "c", and "d" sounds

4.  Week 4 (05/02/2022)
a.  Class 1--the student will be taught the short "o" sound with Ollie the Ostrich
b.  Class 2--the student will be taught the "f" sound with Felix the Frog
c.  Class 3--the student will blend the "a", "e", "i", and "o" sounds with "b", "c", "d", and "f" sounds.

5.  Week 5 (05/09/2022)
a.  Class 1--the student will be taught the short "u" sound with Umbi the Umbrella Bird.
b.  Class 2--the student will be taught the soft "g" and hard "g" sounds with Ginger the Giraffe and Gordie the Goat
c.  Class 3--the student will blend the short "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u" sounds with "b", "c", "d", "f", and "g".

6.  Week 6 (05/16/2022)
a.  Class 1--the student will be review all of the short vowel sounds and songs.
b.  Class 2--the student will be taught the "h" sound with Henry the Horse and Hortense the Hippo.
c.  Class 3--the student will blend the short "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u" sounds with "b", "c", "d", "f", "g", and "h".

7.  Week 7 (5/23/2022)
a.  Class 1--the student will be taught the long "a" vowel sound with Amos the Ape.
b.  Class 2--the student will be taught the "j" sound with Johnny the Jaguar.
c.  Class 3--the student will blend the short "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u" sounds and the long "a" sound with "b", "c", "d", "f", "g", "h", and "j".

8.  Week 8 (05/30/2022)
a.  Class 1--the student will be taught the long "e" vowel sound with Bea the Queen Bee.
b.  Class 2--the student will be taught the "k" sound with Katie the Kangaroo.
c.  Class 3--the student will blend the short "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u" and the long "a" and "e" sounds with "b", "c", "d", "f", "g", "h", "j", and "k".

9.  Week 9 (06/06/2020)
a.  Class 1--the student will be taught the long "i" vowel sound with Ivan the Lion
b.  Class 2--the student will be taught the "l" sound with Lily the Lizard.
c.  Class 3--the student will blend the short "a", "e", "i","o", and "u" and the long "a", "e", and "i" sounds with "b", "c", "d", "f", "g", "h", "j", "k", and "l".

10. Week 10 (06/13/2022)
a.   Class 1--the student will be taught the long "o" vowel sound with Joey the Goat and Tony the Toad.
b.   Class 2--the student will be taught the "m" sound with Mickey the Monkey.
c.   Class 3--the student will blend the short "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u" and the long "a", "e", "i", and "o" sounds with "b", "c", "d", "f", "g", "h", "j", "k", "l", and "m".

As we continue to progress, we will add additional consonant sounds. We will also begin to add additional phonics blend sounds "oy", "oi", "ay", "aw", "ar", "or", "ea", "st", "gr", "fr", "ight", "all", and "alk".