Products, systems and methods for teaching educational subjects to young children

摘要

Products, methods and systems for teaching various educational subjects, such as reading, mathematics, music, geography, to young children. In one exemplary embodiment, a method for teaching beginning reading to a beginning reader in a classroom setting, includes (a) providing one or more of a picture or game to a beginning reader, the one or more of a picture or game including a pictorial representation of a first learning object, (b) pronouncing to the beginning reader the picture or game, the pronouncing emphasizing with intonation single sound phonetically representative of the beginning letter of the object displayed on the picture or game. The method also includes repeating steps (a) and (b) to the student for a plurality of pictures or games having pictorial representations of objects other than the first learning object. The method further includes the step of asking the beginning reader to name the object, the student pronouncing with exaggerated intonation the single sound phonetically representative of the beginning letter of the object on the picture or game, and determining whether the beginning reader correctly pronounced the beginning letter.