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For Educators: The Alpha-Mania Program
The ready-to-use
phonological awareness
program
your classroom needs.
Alpha-Mania is a ready-to-use early reading program that uses fun, dynamic, and multisensory activities to teach the first two components of reading, phonological awareness and phonics.
The program consists of a set of lesson plans and guided activities that include circle time, crafts, stories, songs, and a variety of innovative activities. A series of read-aloud phonological awareness storybooks (Alpha-Mania Adventures) complements this unique program for both classroom and at-home use.
Alpha-Mania is currently licensed across North America to a selected number of private childcare centers that differentiate themselves with unique enrichment programs.
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Alpha-Mania for Your Business
Becoming part of the Alpha- Mania licensee family elevates your programming and provides long-term success for your children and families.
The innovative nature of this enrichment program makes it easy to market to parents, particularly those who wish to be proactive about developing strong reading skills in their children.
Created by certified teachers with extensive knowledge in the early reading process, Alpha-Mania is built on sound research principles.
It is easy-to-use, affordable, and, most importantly, fun!
Benefits of Licensing Alpha-Mania
Lesson Plans
The Alpha-Mania program consists of 100 lessons which include the following educational components:
- Children are introduced to a letter name, keyword, and letter sound through a keyword guessing game
- Children build vocabulary through keywords related to specific child- centered topics
- Open-ended crafts related to the keyword of the lesson to help reinforce the letter sound
- Stimulating discussion questions are provided to encourage deeper thinking and provide opportunities for observation during craft time
- Extension activities are provided for further exploration of each keyword
- Children sing or play a kinesthetic game related to the keyword
- Games to practice a specific phonological awareness skill: rhyming, blending, alliteration, segmenting, or sound manipulation
- Games to practice the initial sound of the keyword (phonics)
- A classroom set of Alpha-Mania Adventures
- Suggested age-appropriate storybooks that relate to the keyword or topic
- Opportunity to practice making the letter shape in a tactile way
- Scaffolded practice page that allows children to explore coloring, tracing, and printing the letter shape
Books: The Alpha-Mania Adventures Series
Alpha-Mania Adventures is an interactive storybook series that teaches phonological awareness and phonics, and complements the Alpha-Mania program. Each storybook:
- Features the Alpha-Maniacs, who explore five phonologically-based skills: rhyming, blending, alliteration, segmenting, and sound manipulation.
- Has phonics activities in each full-color illustration, which allow children to search for matching letter sounds and objects.
- Includes a complete guide for parents and educators to better understand phonological awareness and phonics.
- Additional games and activities to further practice phonological awareness skills, phonics, and letter formation.
Training
Supplies
Dynamic Features
Marketing
- Ad kit that includes branded materials for promotional use on your website, social media, email marketing, etc.
- Your company listed on the Alpha- Mania Locator section of our website.
Pricing
Alpha-Mania is priced to fit seamlessly into any childcare budget and can be customized to any classroom size.
The program is available for licensing by transferable seats not attached to a specific name, allowing you to pay for only the number of children at your center at any one time.
License
|
Included |
Perks |
Cost per Seat |
| 2 years* |
|
|
$140 |
*Renewal at 30% discount after two years
**Books can be given to students as gifts or can be sold from your location ($40 retail value each)
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with our art exploration
program Mini Masters
and get 10% off!
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Create successful readers with phonological awareness and Alpha-Mania. Contact us to learn more.