Letter ‘s’ is so easy to learn because all you have to say is, “It looks like a snake and it sounds like snake. In ABC’s See What They Say, all the letters look like what they say. So when you see the letter, you instantly know what it says! Letter shapes and sounds are taught through imagination, and 3 different senses to teach all types of learning: Sight, Hearing and Touch. Making it Multiple Sensory. With letter ‘a’, the object is to turn the plain letter ‘a’ into an apple with a worm with their imagination. And then to learn the sound of the letter by “Chopping” off that very first sound: “Apple says /a/.” (A letter between slashes means to say the sound of the letter.)
Note to the Teacher: At this stage, do NOT worry too much about your child remembering the name of the letter. That’s the hardest thing to learn. The Picture Page teaches the name of the letter. But the names of the letters are unnecessary in order to be able to read. It’s all in the sounds!
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Sarah Dosser –
My son has had speech problems and we went to the University (USU) where they focused on one sound for the whole semester. It was a very expensive program. He has studied “ABC’s See What They Say” where he has concentrated on each individual sound. We saw great progress through using this book. Now we are helping him read the blending book, “ABC’s See How to Chop and Blend” where he is focusing on the sounds and putting them together. We have seen tremendous improvement! Friends have noticed how well he is doing and have commented on it.
Holly Hall –
I have been impressed with the way the See abc’s reading program has helped my daughter with learning to read. It has given her a lot of confidence as she starts kindergarten. More importantly to me is the way it has helped her improve her speech. In February of this year, Kaitlyn was still struggling with her ‘f’, ‘k’, and ‘g’ sound. We started this program in March. It helped her to practice each sound individually and then to start to bring the sounds together into words. One of her problems was that she liked to omit sounds at the beginning and end of words. This program forced her to keep those sounds coming. I am happy to report that when Kaitlyn started Kindergarten, they screened her for speech and she no longer qualifies. Her speech teacher has been amazed at her progress.
Linda Bergsjo –
I have used “ABC’s See What They Say” with my students in first and third grade who were reluctant readers. This is an exceptionally powerful program for children. It makes learning fun and incorporates multiple modalities so that everyone experiences success. Particularly impressive is the benefit I’ve seen in my students with dyslexia. In nearly every case, the child no longer reversed the letters ‘b’, ‘d’, ‘p’ and ‘q’ (and that happened just after introducing it to them one time!) The concept of imagination that is woven into this program, as well as the pictures and song, truly enhances the children’s ability to retain what is taught.
Michelle Rose –
I would like to thank Doreese Severe for her very inspired “See What They Say” book. I cannot even imagine where my two boys would be without such helpful materials. It’s been five years since I first tried the “See What They Say” alphabet book. My little boy was in kindergarten and struggling tremendously. I was very upset one day going to help in his class to find him sitting at his table alone, while all the other kids were at the rug doing something else. I walked over to him and asked what was going on. With tears in his eyes he told me he couldn’t leave the table until he finished writing “Bird nest”. He did not even know what a “B b” was. It was all I could do not to grab him up and take him with me. His schooling became his enemy, as well as mine, as we struggled to help him memorize, memorize, memorize.
My mother had seen the books and bought them and suggested we try them. So we did. We even were lucky enough to have Doreese tutor us on how to use her books. My son and I set a goal to have the upper case learned in six weeks. We spent half an hour each day studying. By the end of three weeks he had all the upper and lower case committed to memory. WOW! The books were truly a blessing to us. The teacher even commented on how well my son was doing. He is now in the fourth grade, he reads very well. You would never even know he had once struggled so much. I am now using the same method with my second son. He enjoys how fun it is to learn. I recommend these books for any student beginning or learning sounds and reading. You’ll be surprised at how quickly little ones catch on to the fun pictures and learning techniques.
Alison Bodily –
I have been impressed with the program “ABC’s See What They Say”. My kindergarten students learned the entire alphabet names and sounds in less than a week. The pictures are easy to identify, so recall comes quickly. I’ve never had a group catch on so completely in so little time. “ABC’s See What They Say” is a teaching program that works!
Dawn Jones –
This book helped my son, overcome a mental block. I had been teaching him with flash cards. He had been remembering the letters for one day, but forgetting them the next. Then I took home a copy of “ABC’s See What They Say”. He went through the whole book the first time and told me what every letter was. He had never done that before. I was really thrilled! Within a week my son was able to read some of his kindergarten readers and “ABC’s See What They Say” became a constant companion. I have used this book with my other children and recommended it to many people.
Lori Bolan –
I went into the Elementary Education program at USU thinking I would learn how to teach a child to read. After four years of classes and student teaching experience, I graduated knowing how to use a text book with a teacher’s edition. I felt disappointed because I still didn’t know a process to actually teach reading. I attended a pre-kindergarten course taught by Doreese Severe using her “See abc’s” books with my 4 ½ year old boy Cody. He finished the class knowing ten times more about letters and sounds than he had learned during an entire year of pre-school. And I learned an actual process to use in teaching a child to read.