Educational Value


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Wireman does not advertise itself as a literacy tool — are you kidding? Who wants to read something that is good for you? But it is.

Wireman teaches novice readers critical skills, including the 100 most common words in the English language.

According to reading experts Dolch and Fry, these words make up 50% of all written English. In addition readers will learn 100 of the top 300 most common sight words in Volume I. In the second volume, the top 300 sight words are covered.

A curriculum guide is available on CD (and it rocks ... really.) It's all you need to expand the reading and writing experience...sequencing skills, prediction, text-to-world and text-to-self comparisons, summarization, fluency and comprehension skills, high-frequency vocabulary.

Most importantly, students find the acquisition of the written word so easy—with the help of the excellent artwork—and the story so compelling that they are anxious to read more. This bypasses an oft-overlooked hurdle in developing literacy skills, a lack of motivation on the part of the reader. In Wireman, many readers see themselves and their world reflected in literature for the first time. The power of this cannot be overestimated.

Would you like to watch a video of kids' reactions while reading Wireman? Click twice on the black arrow at the bottom of the screen. It's a 43-second video with sound.