The brain-based and classic direct and Socratic instruction of this fully integrated language arts skills program makes it WORK for all students--from the gifted to the learning disabled with all "learning styles." Begins with cognitive development, handwriting and the easy-to-learn phonemes and graphemes of correct English spelling (the alphabetic principle in 4 weeks)! This accommodates oral and interest-level vocabularies and renders virtually all text "decodable" and "encodable" within months. Dictated spelling lessons build phonemic and graphemic awareness concurrently; saves time, money and student attention without expensive worksheets! Older students, including adults, teach themselves with an accompanying CD. This manual turns classroom teachers into developmental and remedial reading specialists. Average students advance 2+ grade levels in one year.