Shara Story® Plush Toy
& washing bag

Shara Story® is our silky soft mascot Word Detective with a magnifying glass tucked in her pocket because you never know when you might need to take a closer look at a word to figure it out. There’s nothing better than cuddling up with someone you love - and Shara Story®!

Latty Sight Word Cards

Qty: 30
* Includes the 25 most common
words, which represent 1/3 of
all reading material!

and Word Blurb Cards

Qty: 10

Collection of updated Sight Words. Learning Sight Words is a critical component of learning to read for fluency and comprehension. Letter sounds are coded with picture cues to help children “sound out words” – even words that “don’t follow the rules!”

Shara Wand
(pointer/tool)

The Shara Wand is not only a pointer, it’s a tool for bringing visual focus to phonemic aspects of words on the Word Wall. The children also follow Shara, perched at the tip of the wand, to magically blend letter sounds into words and build fluency as she scampers faster and faster across them.

Alphabet Sound Cards

Large Cards display letters and whimsical illustrations that are cues to help children remember their sounds. Vowels are differentiated by a gold border and “fatter” letters. Letters with common alternate font styles are shown in the upper-right corner. (Yes, we’ve thought of everything!)

Remember Posters

Remember Posters feature Shara Story® and her friends along with memorable poems to encapsulate and serve as reminders of how b, d, p, & q are kind of the same but different and the importance of thinking about what words are telling you when you read them (comprehension).

Latty List® Taxonomy
Model Poster

This charming poster for teachers and administrators shows how First Words Fast Lesson Plans always begin with teaching foundational knowledge and understanding so students are then equipped to successfully use that knowledge in higher order thinking operations, up to creating – which is the highest order of thinking.

Family Cards

Assigning Family members to Word Cards is a fun way to reinforce that Word Families go together - just like “people families!”

Personal Alphabet Cards
(Class Set)

Alphabet Cards with “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” images help children learn to differentiate between the commonly confused b & d and p & q. (See, we really did think of everything!)

Program Guide

An easy to understand Program Guide tells you everything you need to know about teaching beginning readers using First Words Fast.

Lesson Plan Guide
with Rtl Implementation
Materials
Volume 1

Ready-made lesson plans are easy to follow and full of fun ideas to keep children engaged.

Peachy Storybook

Peachy is a charming children’s book written by the creator of First Words Fast as a special gift to remind teachers and parents of the importance of reading aloud to children for pure pleasure, which motivates them to learn to read themselves! The story draws children into the fun adventures of Natlee and the sweetest little peach. Beneath the humor and lighthearted tone, however, lies the subtle message that love can be forever.

Word of the Day
Necklace

The Word of the Day Necklace not only brings special focus to one word each day, it has a zipper pouch, storage sleeve, and pen holder to keep your essentials handy.

Shara Story® Stickers

Shara Story® Stickers are a cute motivational reward for your students.

Dry Erase Sentence
Strips

Feature the Word of the Day in a sentence on the Word Blurb Pocket Chart as part of the First Words Fast writing component of the Lesson Plans.

Laminated Alphabet Strip
with colorful clothespins for hanging

If you do not purchase the Embellished Chart Package, attach the Alphabet Strip to your own chart as a header for arranging some of the words on the Word Wall in alphabetical order.