| Resource List Alphabet Knowledge: Letter Recognition, Naming, and Sequencing Teacher References Balmuth, M. (1982). The roots of phonics. New York: Teachers College Press. Dowdell, D. (1965). Secrets of the ABC's. Fayetteville, GA: Oddo Publishing. Logan, R.K. (1986). The alphabetic effect. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. Museum of the Alphabet. (1990). The alphabet makers. Huntington Beach, CA: Summer Institute of Linguistics. Ogg, O. (1971). The 26 letters. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. (Out of print but still available in libraries.) Patton, S.J. (1989). Alphabetic: A history of our alphabet. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press. Curricula, Guides, and Activities Cox, A.R. (1992). Foundations for literacy: Structures and techniques for multisensory teaching of basic written English language skills. Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service. Fisher, L.E. (1978). Alphabet art: Thirteen ABC's from around the world. New York: Macmillan. Gillingham, A., & Stillman, B.W. (1997). The Gillingham manual: Remedial training for children with specific disability in reading, spelling, and penmanship (8th ed.). Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service. Hogan, E.A., & Smith, M.T. (1987). Alphabet and dictionary skills guide. Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service. Instructional Materials Abecedarian 8025 Cobblestone Austin, TX 78735-7901 Phone/fax: 800-342-1165 E-mail: info@alphabetletter.com Set of 26 plastic uppercase block letters (1 1/4", nonmagnetic, blue) Set of 28 plastic lowercase letters (1 1/4", nonmagnetic, red with two styles of g) Set of 29 plastic uppercase letters for Spanish (1 1/4", nonmagnetic, green) Set of 30 plastic lowercase letters for Spanish (1 1/4", nonmagnetic, orange) Plastic classroom-size uppercase alphabet strip (3" x 48") Desk-size alphabet strip approximately (2" x 17 1/2") Dominie Press 1949 Kellogg Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008 800-232-4570 E-mail: info@dominie.com EUC 3896Set of 38 plastic uppercase magnetic letters (1 1/4", English) ELC 9098Set of plastic lowercase magnetic letters (1 1/4", 90- or 45-piece set) SUC 4296Spanish edition of uppercase letters (42-piece set) SLC 6396Spanish edition of lowercase letters (62-piece set) Educators Publishing Service Post Office Box 9031 Cambridge, MA 02139-9031 800-435-7728 E-mail: epsbooks@epsbooks.com The following items are not on the web site and must be ordered by telephone. 5047Set of plastic uppercase block letters (magnetic) 5107Laminated individual alphabet strip (2 1 D2" x 22 1 D2") 409Advanced Reading Deck (graphemes on cards) 413Initial Reading Deck (pictures and graphemes on cards) 408Missing Letter Deck (uppercase block letters on cards) 202Phonics Drill Cards (no pictures on cards) 6202Phonics Drill Cards (with pictures on cards) 1459Skeleton Dictionary (guide-word practice dictionary) 1662Teacher's Hand Pack for Classroom Use (letters of the alphabet, phonograms, digraphs, and letter combinations) Software Bailey's Book House (Edmark; available from Riverdeep; 800-825-4420) Letter Machine (Edmark; available as a free download from Riverdeep; 800-825-4420) Lexia Phonics Based Reading (Lexia Learning Systems, 2 Lewis Street, Post Office Box 466, Lincoln, MA, 01773; 800-435-3942) |