I Can Read Songs teach children to read and write 13 high-frequency sight words by embedding them in the language of joyous songs. Children sing-along and dance-along as they learn the sight words. Then they use the words for looking at print in little books and for writing messages. These songs have been used as a supplement to literacy curriculum in preschools and kindergarten classrooms and as an early intervention to boost young children in early literacy skills.  

I CAN READ is a non-profit company founded in 2005 by LaDonna Wicklund, a Reading Recovery® Teacher. It is the mission of I CAN READ to provide highly enjoyable reading resources which accelerate young children in early literacy skills and to distribute these resources to schools with at-risk students.

Preview the My Song from I Can Read Songs for Reading DVD.

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I Can Read Songs for Reading DVD is sing-along, dance-along, jump-start to reading and writing. To order a copy of the I Can Read Songs for Reading DVD, the I Can Read Songs CD and the Sing-Along Charts, go to Order Form.  Explore the cite. Big Words, Sing-Along Take Homes and little books can be downloaded for free.  I CAN READ wishes your children a joyful beginning to literacy learning.

I Can Read Songs for Reading DVD     Reviewed in the School Library Journal, July 2008, p. 51.

PreS-Gr 1 In this upbeat, empowering production, Miss Leslie and a diverse group of young children demonstrate how to form 13 sight words in a variety of ways, such as writing with chalk or markers, forming the words with giant soft blocks or magnetic letters, and having the children spell out the words with their bodies. Among the featured words are: I, you, we, go, can, like, and, see, among others. The toe-tapping tunes are catchy and varied, and there are may bits of visually interesting illustrations. For example, to illustrate the word “can,” the word “I can” are followed by live-action scenes of children engaging in fun activities. The sound quality is good and the props and settings (playground, farm, store, beach among others) are colorful and appealing. Children will want to sing and dance along to songs like the cha-cha inspired “Go, go, go.” Each word is a separate menu entry, facilitating the use of one segment at a time in the classroom situation. A great tool for instilling recognition of these 13 words for both visual and aural learners. – Constance Dickerson, Cuyahogo County Public Library, Beachwood, OH.