Comments from educators about Phonics Fantasy Dance™
“Phonics Fantasy Dance™ is a DVD that bridges two worlds. One, it teaches children new phonics skills and two, it teaches them an appreciation of African Dance. By breaking sounds into long sounds, vowels and stop sounds, the DVD actually makes the learning experience fun. A big reason why is that the instructor is so gosh darn enthusiastic. You can feel her passion from the very first frame. Some kids will have difficulty absorbing reading lessons while moving about, but many testers found that the combination was both unique and effective.”- The National Parenting Center.
“It’s a wonderful DVD. It reinforces the sounds many children have difficulty producing. The dancing makes learning the sounds more interesting. The actions help the children associate the sounds to the letters.” –Kindergarten general education teacher
“The activity is appropriate for young kids that started to familiarize and learn sounds because it (the DVD) involves movements or gross motor activities that are effective in teaching these kids.” – Kindergarten special education teacher
“The strategies used were good- introducing sounds as stop sounds and sounds that keep going and feeling how much air hits your hand-quiet sounds/sister and loud/noisy sister.” -2nd grade general educator
“Great for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first grade and primary special education class” – Elementary school special educator
Testimonials about Alice’s Phonics Fantasy
“I just want to tell you what an amazing job you did creating Alice's Phonics Fantasy. The script is clever and engaging, the actors are great, and the music, set, and costumes are perfect. I really enjoyed the performance.” -- Adult Viewer
“I just wanted to write to say thank you for putting on a great performance for our students! I heard wonderful things about the show and I know that you all worked really, really hard to make it a success. I particularly appreciate your effort in working out all of the logistics - you were extremely helpful and organized!” - Instructional Development Associate, Charter Elementary School
