Phonics Museum from Veritas Press is a museum-themed phonics and reading program. It uses a multi-learning style approach that thoroughly covers phonetic constructs from basic letter sounds to silent consonants, as well as everything in between!
The Student Workbooks are uncluttered, colorful, and contain many well-conceived activities that reinforce phonics instruction. Teacher Manuals provide detailed lesson plans and colorful icons throughout to let you know when to incorporate specific material. D’Nealian Handwriting is included along with letter formation instructions in the Teacher Manual. “Tube” letters are supplied for young children needing boundaries until good writing habits are formed. Reading comprehension exercises, copywork, and spelling instruction are also welcomed into the mix of student sheets in the 1st Grade.
The 10 Kindergarten Primers are easy stories for beginning readers and the 21
Grade 1 Primers progress in difficulty. The books are well-constructed with
glossy covers and colorful illustrations. Complete instructions for introducing
each book are included in the Teacher Manuals.
From music to art activities, there are all sorts of fun and
interesting avenues used to teach phonics. Music is an engaging supplement to
help children learn the rules. After purchasing the program, songs are accessed
free by setting up a Veritas account. Lyrics and sheet music are included
in the appendix. Also pivotal to the Phonics Museum program are beautiful art masterpiece
flashcards, along with the Pop-Up Museum and Game Board. Students complete real
activities correlated to that instruction. For example, Level K students make
apple prints when learning the letter “A,” construct a monster mask for “M,”
make butter for “B,” and so on. In 1st Grade many art activities are based on
the Primer stories. As in the K level, these use different methods and media.
Grade Level Kits include everything needed — Teacher Manual, Student Workbook, Archives Game Cards, flashcards, puzzle pieces, games and game pieces. Both kits have been revised and have a whole new look with energetic, colorful graphics enhancing the same meaty phonics program. Some of the primers have changed in the Kindergarten program while most have changed in 1st Grade to correlate with the Phonics Museum App. Therefore, material from the 1st Editions will not be compatible with the 2nd Editions.
The Combo Kit includes everything you need for complete phonics instruction for both Kindergarten and 1st Grade. Additional Student Sets with and without primers are available.
Although noted as having religious content, only the first few lessons in each grade and a couple of art cards reference God and/or the Bible.