Activities are administered in “listening centers” wherein specially designed instructional scripts have been pre-recorded onto compact discs.
Children listen using headphones and respond to the embedded interactive activities. Familiar characters (e.g., Sally the Sound Seal, Luke the Letter Lion) serve as the teaching “guide.”
Pre-recorded scripts contain visual and auditory cues to increase children’s ability to complete the listening center each day with minimal adult assistance.
A bell sound prompts children to turn the book pages
Pictures/icons (e.g., kitten) appear in the reading books and on written materials to serve as orienting cues, so when children are asked to follow along they can check whether they are in the right place.
