The award-winning ABADABA ALPHABET helps young children learn LETTER SOUNDS, the most essential pre-reading skill. Mastering letter sounds from the very beginning of their passage to the world of reading helps eliminate the frustration and confusion often encountered in making the transition from letter names to letter sounds. Through rhyming verses, nonsense words, hilarious illustrations and a spirited CD, Abadaba Alphabet helps children open the door to literacy. Its unique approach is based on the Montessori approach to reading, and gives young children a solid learning advantage.
Sheila Moore, of Charlotttesville, Virginia, has taught in both Montessori and public school kindergarten classrooms. Her first children's book received a starred review in BOOKLIST. She co-authored THE LITTLE BOY BOOK, now a Ballantine paperback. She writes on education and child development issues, and her poetry and fiction appear in a number of literary magazines. An advocate of sound and effective reading programs, she has worked with disadvantaged children and struggling readers for many years. In May 2007 she became an honored recipient of a 2007 iParenting Media Award for ABADABA ALPHABET.