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 3896—Set of 38 plastic uppercase magnetic letters (1 1/4", English)
ELC 9098—Set of plastic lowercase magnetic letters (1 1/4", 90- or 45-piece set)
SUC 4296—Spanish edition of uppercase letters (42-piece set)
SLC 6396—Spanish 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.

5047—Set of plastic uppercase block letters (magnetic)
5107—Laminated individual alphabet strip (2 1 D2" x 22 1 D2")
409—Advanced Reading Deck (graphemes on cards)
413—Initial Reading Deck (pictures and graphemes on cards)
408—Missing Letter Deck (uppercase block letters on cards)
202—Phonics Drill Cards (no pictures on cards)
6202—Phonics Drill Cards (with pictures on cards)
1459—Skeleton Dictionary (guide-word practice dictionary)
1662—Teacher'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)



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