This is a really good and important article to read! http://ow.ly/3Thfg

Take a look at this little person, and consider how prepared he will be when he decides he wants to read. http://ow.ly/3OYkm

A champion for children! A champion for early literacy! Read the story!! http://ow.ly/3OJBn

Video of another moment with Lil Prince: http://ow.ly/3NY0A Thank you, @Be_PURE for sharing such precious experiences. What a Souns mom!

WOW! Sharing a moment with Souns – “THANK YOU! Lil Prince!” and @Be_PURE: http://ow.ly/3NXK5

My daughter was a Souns baby. Now at 6 she is a Souns author. One weekend she got lost in this writing (w no help): http://ow.ly/3NBDz

I am so excited to be starting on the journey of sharing the joy of reading with both my children. After seeing in the children in the DVD, my four year old was very excited. We ended up staying up late that night because he wanted to continue working with his Souns. My 21 month old, emery, is also really enjoying his Souns. He just beams with joy and pride when I ask him to bring me his “ah.” His Souns are in a basket in a cubby hole. He likes to stick his whole head deep into the cubby hole to grab his Souns.

>We received a wonderful update from Emily Klonicki, the Children’s Librarian at the Rockford Public Library in Rockford, Illinois. They have received an overwhelmingly positive response since they first introduced Souns on September 7, 2010.

“I just wanted to send an update to you on the great success of SOUNS at Rockford Public Library. Since starting our SOUNS program in September, our numbers have grown steadily and parents are very excited about the program. Last week we had around 36 participants—that’s almost 20 babies! It’s great! SOUNS has also given us a great leg-up on our baby story hour. The weekly story hour is too popular bringing an average of 50 people per week (you can imagine how crazy that gets!) so we are going to offer another baby story hour each week starting in November. I just wanted to drop a note to say how much I love to use the program, how easy it is, and how much the babies are really getting it! It’s amazing to watch. Next I plan to implement some of the SOUNS approach into preschool programming. Thanks again!”

Thank you, Emily!

>More good news from South Africa. This note was received from the classroom teacher at the Chris Nissen Primary School (Grade R). She uses Souns to teach the children to read and write in both Xhosa and English.

“Well done to Souns!

We started to learn about Souns on 14 January 2010. Now they can be able to read and write, they write or build words on the floor using Souns and now they become to write words on the pieces of paper.

I wish this game can go to other Schools, because it help me. My learners now they gonna be good readers.”

>We received our Souns about a month ago and right away gave our son the o. He now has the o, m, s, t and p and is loving them. Just today we were driving around and he was pointing out sounds on signs – and s in the Safeway grocery store sign, an m in another sign… it is so amazing to see him learn and recognize the sounds.

We do have a question, and that is what the proper order of introduction is. We’ve been going by the order of the pronunciation list in the booklet, but have noticed that the order of the children pronouncing them on the video is different.

Thanks so much for such a great learning tool!