The Alphakids Digital Library is a new product for both classroom- and home use from Eleanor Curtain Publishing, the specialist in early literacy reading programs and teacher resources.
The Alphakids Digital Library is a guided reading program focusing on Foundation Phase. It consists of 240 learner e-books along with the corresponding teacher support material, audio and after-reading activities.
The learner books provide instructional support through carefully graded texts, with the levels carefully increasing in complexity through Guided Reading Levels 1–24 and the four Reading Stages: Emergent, Early, Transitional and Extending.
The Alphakids Digital Library:
• contains a wide variety of text types displaying a full range of language and text features
• provides texts that are carefully graded to create steady reading progress by drawing the reader’s attention to increasingly complex print features
• introduces vocabulary gradually
• uses a high rate of repetition of high frequency words for practice and to maintain reader confidence,
• provides strong visual support
• has an even mix of fiction and non-fiction texts
• features topics that focus on social experiences children find familiar and appealing
• incorporates talking, writing and reading activities through the support materials
• uses photographs, illustrations and diagrams to engage and inform readers
• uses humour extensively throughout the levels
• provides extensive instructional support
• is designed to sustain and extend the literacy learning of all children.
Features
• Alphakids Digital Library is device neutral and works on smart phones, tablets and computers (IOS, Android, Mac, Windows)
• Alphakids Digital Library works offline. Download the titles you are currently reading.
• Technical support help is available within the application.
• Provides a user-friendly distributor portal.
