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In this first grade language arts program, your child will work through the workbook and the integrated readers.

Dr. Karen worked to deliver the simplest complete program possible. No separate parent manual or additional training required. Short, easy-to-use instructions.

The Cub Growing workbook continues to build on the lessons from Happy Cheetah’s K program.

In this level of the Happy Cheetah Reading System, your student will continue to grow skills. Over these thirty-five stories, your students quickly advance from several simple sentences to longer, more complex reading selections.

Working through the workbook and the readers in tandem, your student will grow in confidence with reading and writing, continue to develop the ability to hear individual sounds in words (phonemic awareness), learn a surprising amount of new vocabulary, and become more fluent.

Your student will continue to practice the methods that all successful readers use. Regular copywork encourages swift reading development. Enjoyable exercises keep your student interested while improving skills.

With the Cub Running workbook, students rapidly expand on what they already know. As students read longer passages, they continue to grow reading confidence and fluency.

A complete language arts program, this book includes reading, handwriting, vocabulary acquisition, spelling, grammar, and creative writing.

Delightful readers! She loves the familiar characters in the early readers and when we read the review stories she gives them each their own speaking voices with much inflection! It’s a riot! —Carol Y.

Overview of Products Included in Happy Cheetah 1st Grade:

• Cub Growing Workbook 2 (Consumable)

• Cub Running Workbook 3 (Consumable)

• My Day: Reader 4

• We Have Fun: Reader 5

• Home and Farm Animals: Reader 6

• Bugs and Small Animals: Reader 7

• Land and Sea Animals: Reader 8

• Zoo Animals: Reader 9

• Magnetic Letters

• Bonus 1: The Success Students’ Cheat Codes

• Bonus 2: Foolproof Stop Reversing B and D Forever Bookmarks

• Bonus 3: The #1 Optometrist-Recommended Guide for Reading

In the Cub Growing Workbook Your Student Will:

• Grow vocabulary.
• Learn to read a wide range of challenging words, such as pizza, elephant, bubbles, sweet, and books.
• Continue to work on identifying vowels and vowel chunks, moving towards proper spelling.
• Continue working with basic grammar and punctuation.
• Continue to practice the intuitive reading methods that all successful readers use.
• Sound out and write additional high-frequency words easily and quickly, using lowercase letters.

In the Cub Running Workbook Your Student Will:

• Gain additional new vocabulary.
• Learn to read a wide range of challenging words, such as camouflage, museums, weigh, lantern, social, and tongue.
• Continue to work on identifying vowels and vowel chunks, developing the visual memory necessary for proper spelling.
• Continue working with basic grammar and punctuation.
• Continue to practice the intuitive reading methods that all successful readers use.
• Sound out and write additional high-frequency words easily and quickly, using lowercase letters.

My Day: Reader 4

The fourth in this series of 12 guided readers.

Continue the adventures of the family of five. What groceries will the family buy? What happened to Ella’s hair in the bathtub? Your students will laugh out loud, while continuing to expand their sight word recognition. Cheerful stories and bright, full color illustrations.

We Have Fun: Reader 5

The fifth in this series of 12 guided readers.

Join the family of five as they go on different excursions: the zoo, the park, the fair, the farm . . . even to Nana’s and Papa’s! Full color.

It is difficult to find early readers of quality. And I love that they educate as well. He is constantly telling his dad what he has learned from his readers. He is thriving in this program! —Janna J.

Home and Farm Animals: Reader 6

The sixth in this series of 12 guided readers. Ten different animals in ten different stories. From a juggling pig to a cat patiently waiting for a mouse, these amusing reads will delight your growing reader. Cheerful stories and bright, full-color illustrations.

Bugs and Small Animals: Reader 7

The seventh in this series of 12 guided readers. A fun mix of fact and fancy, these readers cover various bugs and pets. From the honeybee mixing a bowl of honey to the ant going on a picnic, this is a good-humored collection for early readers. Full color.

Land and Sea Animals: Reader 8

The eighth in this series of 12 guided readers. Stories of animals: the majestic elephant, extinct dinosaurs, a maternal kangaroo, charming dolphins, the incredible octopus, plus five more. Full color.

Zoo Animals: Reader 9

The ninth in this series of 12 guided readers. Five exotic animals, including the world’s largest lizard, the Komodo dragon. Full color.

He loves the nonfiction stories in the higher levels. He goes back to them and reads them just for fun. —Shannon H.

Exclusive Happy Cheetah Reading Magnetic Letters

Specifically designed for this program, this set contains lower-case letters, with red vowels and blue consonants.

Dr. Karen says, “For beginning readers, magnetic letters are very often the magic key. Parents truly don’t understand their critical value. Magnetic letters will often make the difference between a reading program working or not. They will also much more quickly launch a child that is almost ready. You can save months of instructional time if you use them. In my experience, children love them. (Because they work!)”

Don’t miss out on this magic key, exclusive to this program.

BONUS 1: Special Report: The Successful Students’ Cheat Codes: How to Level Up Your Student’s Reading Using the Secret Techniques That Good Readers Know Automatically

Successful readers use several simple techniques that are easily understood, that you can teach to struggling readers. The Happy Cheetah Reading System incorporates these automatically. A quick guide to help understand the foundational method.

Yours free with purchase.

BONUS 2: Foolproof Stop Reversing B and D Forever Bookmarks

Did you know that every time children say or write the wrong sound, they need to say the correct sound twelve times in a row to eliminate the sound confusion?

Help your child never guess again.

In Dr. Karen’s clinical practice, she has experimented with many methods of helping students not reverse their letters, and at last she has found the solution to stop b-d confusion.

When children see the letters in order a-b-c-d, they don’t mix up the sounds. Even children who struggle to memorize the whole alphabet know A, B, C, and when they see the letters in order, they can double-check the letters and sounds and know for sure . . . no guessing!

Keep one of these bookmarks handy whenever your child is reading or writing, and watch reversals become a thing of the past.

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BONUS 3: The #1 Optometrist-Recommended Guide for Reading

Dr. Karen Holinga’s preferred optometrist called her one day with two specific recommendations: stop giving gumballs as treats, and use this tool with children who struggle to keep their place on a page.

Dr. Karen didn't stop giving gumballs, but she did start using this tool when she reads with her students.

This low-tech tool helps beginning readers keep their place on the page. You’ll be thrilled by how much less distracted your child is once you incorporate this in your daily reading practice.

Yours free with your purchase.

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