Our fabulous, feathered friend Alfie brings reading to life.
The Bob-a-loo program is designed to work in harmony with any early education curriculum (birth to age eight). Every activity page is designed to promote movement while learning, using the universal appeal of animals. Research demonstrates that children often retain information better when they move.
Letter Pages
We use animals to help demonstrate ideas
Natural Love
Humans have a natural affinity for animals that is evident very early in life.
Reduce Fear
When used to introduce movement and learning, animals help reduce competition and fear of failure; there is no perfect move to master–no wrong way to “hop” like a rabbit. Everyone can succeed at their own level, feeling a sense of accomplishment.
Motivation
Children naturally gravitate toward animals and are motivated to learn and imitate the sounds and moves they make.
In addition, while imitating animal actions children experience cross-lateral movement, which helps them cross the body’s midline and activates both hemispheres of the brain. These movements involve both eyes, ears, hands, and feet, as well as core muscles on both sides of the body, causing activation of both hemispheres and all four lobes of the brain. This means cognitive functioning is heightened.
Where to Begin
If your students are at the beginning of letter recognition you may choose to start with Section 1: See, Say and Move. If they are more advanced, you may choose to start with Section 2 or 3.
See, Say and Move
An Introduction to Letters
An Introduction to Letters
The first section is an introduction to letters. It is called See, Say and Move.
See the letter. Say the letter. Say the animal and do the Move.
There are several activity pages for each letter to mix and match throughout the week to bolster early educational curriculum.
Do and Go Sound Search
An Introduction to Phonics.
This section involves “doing” an activity and “going” outside to explore whenever possible, while practicing the letter sound. This is the introduction to phonics.
Read and Romp
Introduction to Site Words
Introduction to Site Words
Singing Our Way to site words. It involves reading stories, introducing more phonics activities, letter combinations like “Ch” and site words.
Read a sentence or a complete story and romp (play energetically) along.
