The Pioneer Reading-Writing-Spelling Program is a Montessori based phonetic curriculum designed for the classroom or home instruction.
Rag doll, animal puppet, and rhymes introduce the alphabet sounds immediately capturing the child's interest.
Children meet the Finn family, a fictional pioneer family, and anticipate each new story. (74 books in all)
The complete language curriculum set is needed for your student's greatest success. Each step of the program builds on the previous lessons to provide your student all the skills needed to achieve a strong foundation for reading, writing, and spelling.
Entire Curriculum Includes:
Teacher’s Manual – Comprehensive manual, includes all information needed for teaching the Pioneer Learning Language Curriculum. (No phonics background needed)
Step-by-Step instructions to teach:
- Reading – Instructions on using all the materials, plus many more reading activities
- Writing – Forming letters to writing narrations
- Spelling – 117 lessons, writing 3- letters words to writing poems
- Rag Doll & Animal Puppets
- Full-color on heavy carstock, ready to cut and glue to sticks
- Used to introduce the sounds of the alphabet rhymes
- 5 Sets of Pink-coded Finn Family
- Sentence strips and corresponding full-color Finn Family pictures
- (Each set has six sentences and six pictures)
10 Pink-coded Finn Family Books
- Sight Word Concentration
- 30 pairs of beginning sight words
- 14 Consonant Blend Booklets
- One word each page
- 5 Sets of Blue-coded Finn Family
- Sentence strips and corresponding full-color Finn Family pictures
- (Each set has six sentences and six pictures)
22 Blue-coded Finn Family Books
- Sight Word Bingo
- 52 bingo flashcards
- 16 bingo game boards
- 17 Sets of Green-coded Finn Family
- Sentence strips and corresponding full-color Finn Family pictures
- (Each set has six sentences and six pictures)
- 32 Green-coded Peg's Diary Books
- Each book introduces and isolates one phonogram
- Peg is the youngest daughter in the Finn family
- 10 Book Series, Spring Hill Glen
- A fictional town close to the Finn family farm. Each book features a different trade, such as Schoolteacher, Blacksmith, Innkeeper, etc.
- Books combine all reading skills previously introduced.
Children successfully completing the Pioneer Learning Language Curriculum are now able to enjoy choosing books to open up a new world of fun, adventure, and knowledge. The language curriculum typically takes about three years to complete depending on the age and readiness of the child.
