Provide a creative, encouraging learning environment that engages every learning style and stimulates brain activity.Ensure individual success through its use of a multisensory, multimodal approach that requires total participation from all learners.Delight students with sing-alongs, games, charts, and appealing story books children can read all by themselves as early as Level K.Draw upon the research and demonstrated success of using music in reading and spelling skill development to produce reading success for children.Align to current research on brain function, language acquisition, and reading, as well as, scientific research clearly stating that systematic and explicit phonics instruction is the most effective way to encourage a child?s growth in reading.Incorporate the research-based principles of reading instruction as required by Reading First including phonemic awareness and phonological awareness, systematic, explicit phonics instruction, vocabulary development, fluency and oral reading skills, and reading comprehension strategies. Research and Validity Improved reading scores nationwide tell the story of Sing, Spell, Read & Write success.« less