Excerpts from the Training Manual

FOREWORD

PART 1: An Introduction

• Note to Fellow Educators and Parents of Young Children
• Teachers' Note
• Prologue
• How Does this Fairy Tale Apply to Us?

PART 2: The Pedagogy on Which the Language Box Method is Built

• The Development of Language
• The Effect of Language Deficit on Learning
• The Language Box Method
• The Language Box Container
• Words, Words, Word

PART 3: The Method in the Classroom

• Model Lesson for Classroom Reading
• Word Book and Dot Technique
• Colour Coding for Teaching Spelling
• Learning to Listen Effectively
• Using Visualization as a Tool for Good Listening

PART 4: The Language Box Method for Parents and Volunteers

• Model Lesson for One-to-One Reading
• Model Lesson for Reading a Nursery Rhyme
• Effective Homework Management Using the Language Box Method

PART 5: The Story as a Teaching Tool and Stories from the Language Box

• Using the Story to Teach the Concepts
• The Camels are Real
• The Language Box
• The Reluctant Volunteer

AFTERWORD