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Readiness Skills
Developed by teachers, Readiness Skills provides students in grades PK through one with the basic readiness skills required for them to excel as early learners. The program teaches skills in a sequential way that guarantees success for students. Shapes, colors, letters, numbers and pictures are all used to teach visual association, visual patterning and visual memory. Additionally, a series of audio cues teach and reinforce a variety of auditory memory and discrimination skills. Extensive audio-visual content and a detailed help system ensure that Readiness Skills will capture young minds, making the program a useful tool for teaching these important concepts.
Targeted Skills
- Color Recognition
- Letters Of The Alphabet
- Counting From 1 – 10
- Visual Memory And Discrimination
- Visual Association
- Auditory Memory And Discrimination
- Phonemic Awareness
- Basic Concepts
Highlighted Features
- Auditory memory is taught and reinforced using a variety of interesting activities
- Shapes, colors, letters and numbers are used to teach visual association, visual discrimination, visual patterning and visual memory
- Teaches auditory discrimination for rhyming and non-rhyming words
- Teaches the letters of the alphabet along with common letter and word reversals
- Teaches long and short vowel sounds including sounds of “y”
- Audio-visual presentation of phonemic awareness rules include click-and-hear examples
- Engaging activities motivate all types of learners
Resources
Scope and Sequence
The Best Value in K–6 Learning
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PC and Mac (System Requirements)
The desktop version of Essential Skills is available exclusively as a school-wide license, giving your entire school unlimited access to our complete library of programs for one affordable, one-time price. There are no subscription fees, so you can use it year after year at no additional cost. This fast, reliable solution is perfect for schools with limited internet access and provides comprehensive coverage for every student. Easily installed on your network, it securely stores student data on a central server and works with any Windows PC.
Single (CD)
For use on a single workstation
$119 Perpetual License
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No subscription charges or renewal fees
Lab Pack (CD)
For use on any five (5) workstations simultaneously
$394.00 Perpetual License
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No subscription charges or renewal fees
Site License (CD)
For unlimited use on all workstations at an individual school
$826.00 Perpetual License
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No subscription charges or renewal fees