In English, we sort words into eight types, called part of speech. The eight parts of speech are: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Kids learn nouns, verbs and adjectives first and then other parts of speech later in school as they progress.

As children develop letter knowledge, (also called alphabetic principle), they learn to recognize and name upper- and lowercase letters. They also discover that there are sounds associated with each letter. Children learn letter names by singing songs such as the "Alphabet Song" , and by reciting rhymes. They learn letter shapes as they play with blocks, plastic letters, and alphabetic books. Children who have many opportunities to see, play with,...

This kit has the phonemic awareness skills blending and segmenting. Blending helps children put sounds together to read, while segmenting helps children separate sounds to spell new words.