Parent/Instructor Guide
Before beginning the learning adventure with your student in Letters to Language™: Making Sense of the Alphabet, please take a few minutes to go through this section—it is designed just for you.
“When learning is fun, a lot of learning gets done!”
To become a more positive and powerful source of support in a student’s learning often requires a shift in how we view learning itself—sometimes even letting go of old ideas about what learning “should” look like.
In Letters to Language™ (LtL), learning is approached as a joyful, meaningful experience—a wonderful opportunity to grow in knowledge, confidence, and self-expression.
LtL provides many proven, fun, and effective ways to build a strong foundation for decoding, writing, and spelling. It demonstrates how learning can be both highly effective and deeply enjoyable when imagination, creativity, empathy, and multiple learning modalities are used together.
As a parent or instructor, your role is to help create a positive, encouraging environment where the student can explore, discover, and grow.
Learning in Letters to Language™ should always be experienced as joyful and engaging—never as a punishment.
Letters to Language™ helps transform the love you have for your child into a love of learning that they can carry for life.
Roles
The LtL Videos Teach
The videos are alphabetically sequenced and carefully structured so each lesson builds upon the one before it.
They are designed with intertwining learning modalities, specialized concepts, patterned repetition, and associative methods to purposefully activate long-term memory.
The role of the videos is to teach.
The Parent/Instructor Supports
Facilitating the videos, organizing materials, and helping the student remain engaged are all part of the parent/instructor role.
Taking time to stay positive and to play with your student using the fun reinforcing activities provided helps ensure optimal learning takes place.
The LtL prompts are powerful tools for you to use as you provide effective learning support.
The Student Learns
The student’s role is to enjoy learning—by watching and interacting with the videos, coloring, drawing, writing in the books, and playing the reinforcing activities.
The more joyfully engaged the student becomes, the more deeply the learning is retained.
With LtL, the student learns.
BEFORE BEGINNING…
Please have the LtL Practice Coloring Book in hand and ready.
Also prepare:
A small box of crayons (primary colors)
A pen or pencil
Make sure your video is ready to go in a safe, comfortable learning space.
Support for Parent/Instructor
The short videos below will guide you step-by-step, giving you the knowledge and confidence to support your child as they move through the program.
Your role is simply to reinforce what is taught in the lessons—creating a positive, encouraging learning experience.
If you have any questions along the way, please feel free to reach out. LaVerne is here to help guide you.
HOW to USE — Parent/Instructor
Preparation • Steps • Applications
The LtL Learning Power
A quick overview of the learning approaches that make this program so powerful.
LtL Power Prompts
Defining what these are and how to use these powerful tools to help your student remember each letter’s name, sound(s), and writing formation.
In the letter sections, demonstration videos and printable resources are provided for Parent/Instructor reference.
LtL Building Handwriting Skills
Guidance for left- and right-handed learners, proper pencil grip, and correct letter stroke sequencing using LtL prompts.
Breathing Focus
Three simple breathing techniques are used as grounding exercises at the beginning of each lesson. These help students learn how to calm themselves, increase focus, and become more ready to learn.
Students discover that there are simple ways to regain calmness, feel peaceful, and improve self-control.
You are welcome to use these techniques for yourself and your family as part of everyday life—supporting inner peace, self-control, and positive interactions.
Want more tools like these?
Explore Think about Thinking™—a collection of resources designed to build calm, focus, and emotional strength.
Visit ThinkAboutThinking.com
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to receive a special Letters to Language™ group discount.
How to Use LtL — Parent/Instructor Guide
Time: 11:28
LtL LEARNING POWER
Time: 4:3O
LtL Power Prompts™
Time: 4:11
BUILDING HANDWRITING SKILLS
Time: 3:44
WHAT’S NEXT…
REQUIRED PREPARATION:
Learning environment set
Letters to Language™ Practice/Coloring Book
Crayons and pencil/pen
Video ready
Purchase: LtL Practice Coloring Book (if not already obtained)
Banners printed
Print student’s name in their own book