COLOR
PHONICS is a patented comprehensive phonics
program. It is also a new pronunciation guide which associates
vowel sounds with fourteen specific
assonant colors rather than with confusing diacritical
marks. Assonance occurs when vowel sounds rhyme, as in
"brown cow" or "green
leaf" or "blond hog". For consonant
sounds, Color Phonics uses italic letters
to indicate a different sound other than the common sound.
Silent letters have a skinnier font.
COLOR
PHONICS concentrates on sound
discrimination and proper pronunciation
of sounds before proceeding to visual discrimination of letters
and words. Color Phonics teaches blending (sounding out), an important
foundation for word formation and reading. The system becomes
progressively more challenging as the student learns to read.
COLOR
PHONICS teaches the pronunciation of the 43
phonics sounds (phonemes) of American English with animations of
the mouth. It teaches auditory and visual discrimination of
consonants, consonant blends, and vowels. It teaches your student
46 spelling patterns, over 850 "Sound-It-Out" blends,
recognition of over 1,300 words and reading those words within 33
stories. It also has games reviewing
upper and lower case letter recognition.
COLOR
PHONICS is for any student ages 5 and up,
learning to read for the first time. It is for remedial English
students or adults who want a better phonics foundation for
reading. Students with English as a second language could also
benefit from Color Phonics.
COLOR
PHONICS contains over 100 race scenes, over 10,000 files, and over 2
billion bytes on 5 CD-ROM's. It features
traditional structured education with automatic reviews and
reinforcements. Color Phonics teaches essential reading skills,
starting at the beginning with sounds. The Teacher
Center allows the teacher full control of the Color Phonics
curriculum. It has timed mode and 'color text off' options that
let advanced students improve their reading skills.
Bonus Bible stories are included for those wanting extra reinforcement with Biblical content. It uses the delightful animated characters from the "Amazing Book" video series.
There is also a Teacher's Manual and two Color
Reference cards to make learning easier for you and your student.
Color Phonics was revised in 2000, and it also
runs on Windows XP!
Lays a Foundation of Speech and Hearing
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English as a Second LanguageColor Phonics® provides animated pronunciation helps in its reference section organized specifically for the following languages: Arabic - Chinese - Farsi -
French - German - Greek |
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Award WinningWon 2nd Place 1998 "Practical Homeschooling" Software Awards (Phonics) |
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Many students struggle with
reading year after year because they have learning gaps
in their foundational understanding of speech and
hearing. There are going to be reading difficulties when
the teacher says: "the letters `TH' makes the /th/
sound as in `that'" and the student responds with
"What does dat mean?" Color Phonics® fills
those learning gaps by testing and training your student
in the 43 foundational phonemes. It shows animated
cross-sections of the head pronouncing the phonemes, so
that your student can fully comprehend tongue placement,
lip placement, and voice control.