Welcome Parents/Instructors
Before beginning the learning adventure with your student in Letters to Language™: Making Sense of the Alphabet, please take a few minutes to go through this section—it is designed just for you.
“The Story Behind Letters to Language” Video - clarifies and answers a lot.
There many other videos below also designed to help you benefit your student all the more with this program.
The Story Behind Letters to Language™
Time: 18:50
When Learning is fun, a lot of Learning gets done!
-LaVerne McGrath
Becoming a more positive and powerful source of support in a student’s learning, often requires a shift in view about learning itself. Often times, that means letting go of old ideas about what learning “should” look like.
In Letters to Language™ (LtL), learning is approached as a joyful, meaningful experience—a wonderful opportunity to grow in knowledge, confidence, and self-expression.
LtL provides many proven, fun, and effective ways to build a strong foundation for decoding, writing, and spelling. It demonstrates how learning can be both highly effective and deeply enjoyable when imagination, creativity, empathy, and multiple learning modalities are used together.
As a parent or instructor, your role is to help create a positive, fun, and encouraging environment where the student can explore, discover, and grow.
Learning in Letters to Language™ should always be experienced in a joyful and engaging way
Letters to Language™ helps transform the love you have for your child into a love of learning that they can carry for life.
Roles
The LtL Videos Teach
Lessons are carefully sequenced so each builds on the one before.
The videos guide the learning—introducing concepts through engaging, multi-sensory instruction.
The Parent/Instructor Supports
Your role is to facilitate, support and reinforce—helping your student stay engaged through simple prompts and activities.
The Student Learns
The student learns by watching, interacting, and participating—building understanding through experience.
Steps in the Process
More than simply teaching students what to remember, Letters to Language™ helps them understand why reading works. Through creative, multisensory learning experiences, students develop meaningful connections that support confidence, comprehension, and long-term retention.
Each lesson follows the same gentle structure—helping students feel confident, capable, and ready to learn.
1. Watch & Interact
The student (with a parent or instructor) watches and participates in the engaging, sequential lesson videos.
2. Color, Write & Practice
After the video, the student:
Colors the matching illustration
Practices writing the letters in the Letters to Language™ Coloring & Practice Book
3. Play, Prompt & Reinforce
Parents/instructors have fun interacting with the student using the provided activities to:
Role-play
Prompt
Reinforce the lesson’s concepts
While adult interaction is not required, it is strongly encouraged to help optimize learning and deepen understanding.
4. Prepare for What’s Next
Parents/instructors prepare for the next lesson using the “What’s Next” section, which includes:
A brief lesson overview
A simple list of items to print and prepare
The Books
The Practice Coloring Book
After each letter lesson, the student uses the Letters to Language™ Practice Coloring Book to:
Color the matching illustration
Practice forming the letter
This helps strengthen understanding through visual and hands-on experience.
The BONUS Activities Book
The Bonus Activities Book provides optional enrichment activities, including Signing and Morse Code, that help reinforce letter recognition, memory, sound-symbol relationships, and decoding skills in fun and engaging ways.
Parent/Instructor Manual
The Parent/Instructor Manual provides additional guidance, teaching tips, lesson explanations, Power Prompts™, and reinforcing activities designed to help you support your student's learning throughout the program.
After each review, the parent/instructor uses the Reinforcing Materials (Parent/Instructor Manual) to:
Guide simple activities
Use Power Prompts™
Reinforce what the student has learned
These moments help deepen understanding through interaction and play.
Support for Parent/Instructor
The short videos below will guide you step-by-step, giving you the knowledge and confidence to support your child as they move through the program.
Your role is simply to reinforce what is taught in the lessons—creating a positive, encouraging learning experience.
If you have any questions along the way, please feel free to reach out. LaVerne is here to help guide you.
HOW to USE — Parent/Instructor
Preparation • Steps • Applications
The LtL Learning Power
A quick overview of the learning approaches that make this program so powerful.
LtL Power Prompts
Defining what these are and how to use these powerful tools to help your student remember each letter’s name, sound(s), and writing formation.
In the letter sections, demonstration videos and printable resources are provided for Parent/Instructor reference.
LtL Building Handwriting Skills
Guidance for left- and right-handed learners, proper pencil grip, and correct letter stroke sequencing using LtL prompts.
Breathing Focus
Three simple breathing techniques are used as grounding exercises at the beginning of each lesson. These help students learn how to calm themselves, increase focus, and become more ready to learn.
Students discover that there are simple ways to regain calmness, feel peaceful, and improve self-control.
You are welcome to use these techniques for yourself and your family as part of everyday life—supporting inner peace, self-control, and positive interactions.
Want more tools like these?
Explore Think about Thinking™—a collection of resources designed to build calm, focus, and emotional strength.
Visit ThinkAboutThinking.com
Contact us to receive a special Letters to Language™ group discount.
How to Use LtL — Parent/Instructor Guide
Time: 11:28
LtL LEARNING POWER
Time: 4:3O
LtL Power Prompts™
Time: 4:11
BUILDING HANDWRITING SKILLS
Time: 3:44
WHAT’S NEXT…
REQUIRED PREPARATION:
Learning environment set
Letters to Language™ Practice/Coloring Book
Crayons and pencil/pen
Video ready
Questions?
We want you and your student to have a successful experience with Letters to Language. If you have questions about the program, materials, or implementation, please feel free to contact us.