Review of Little Angels Readers
I have the entire set of Little Angels. The Little Angels is a system of learning to read by phonics. My children loves the Little Angels Readers. I choose to use the Little Angels in place of the MCP phonics that Seton sends with their First Grade Curriculum. If you need something for Kindergarten, with beginning sounds and letter recognition, I highly recommend Seton's Kindergarten Phonics for Young Catholics.
Here is the info on the Little Angels: It is written by Linda Bromeier who holds a MEd in Reading from the University of Missouri-St Louis and is certified in Learning Disabilities. She has six years classroom experience and nine years experience in home education.
The Little Angels Series are four soft cover readers that teach all phonics sounds using word drill pages and phonetic stories. It teaches letter-sound relationships systematically, beginning with the easiest letter sounds. The word drill pages provide practice in decoding words containing the letter sounds. The stories with phonetically-controlled vocabulary follow each word drill page. They provide practice in decoding words in context and build comprehension skills. The stories are about Catholic family life or Bible or Saints stories as well as fables and folk tales. The illustrations are well done and many are in color. Review pages are provided at regular intervals. The workbooks are consumable and accompany the readers. They reinforce the lessons from the readers with exercises in phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension and handwriting. The Teacher's manual provides detailed lesson plans and suggestions for related activities. The manual provides daily lesson plans for teaching the entire series. The lessons cover reading readiness, phonics, listening skills, vocabulary, handwriting, comprehension and spelling. There are also multi-sensory activities included to accommodate children who have different learning styles. The pace is very flexible so you progress at *your* child's speed. The manual also contains progress test after each review to assess how well your child is doing.
As of 12/1/97, this was the
price list for the Little Angel Readers series by Linda
Bromeier:
Reader A 9.95 (consonants, short vowels)
Reader B 9.95 (final blends, -ed, -ing, long vowels, 2-syllable
words)
Reader C 9.95 (beginning consonant blends, y as a vowel,
consonant digraphs, r-controlled vowels) Reader D 11.45 (vowel
digraphs & diphthongs, soft c & g, irregular
sounds & spellings)
Workbooks A-D 6.75 each
Teacher's Manual 25.95 Complete Kit 89.75 (no price break
if I figured correctly)
Shipping 9% with a $3 minimum Everything is
returnable within 10 days of receipt if in perfect
saleable condition. Buyer pays postage/shipping costs.
Stone Tablet Press
12 Wallach Drive
Fenton, MO 63026-4964
314-343-4244
Sequence of Phonics
Reader A - Consonants, short vowels
Reader B - final blends, -ed, -ing, long vowels, two-syllable
words
Reader C - Beginning consonant blends, Y as a vowel,
Consonant digraphs, R- controlled vowels
Reader D - vowel digraphs and diphthongs, soft c and g,
Irregular sounds and spellings
I have had great success with the series with my daughter who is now finishing Reader D. She is 8 years old. My son who is 7, could not wait to start the readers and is also on Reader B. The Little Angels Phonic Series is really a wonderful tool for teaching your children to read.
Available from:
Stone Tablet Press
12 Wallach Drive
Fenton, MO 63026-4964
314-343-4244
Reviewed by Nannette Halliwell 7/2000
Since February 19, 2002