Cosmos Literacy

Good Start, Grow Smart: The Bush Administration’s Early Childhood Initiative
President Bush outlined the next critical step in education reform, the need to prepare children to read and succeed in school with improved Head Start and early childhood development programs . . .

Paige Announces “Unprecedented Reading Reform” for U.S.
$900 million in Reading First Grants to help states and school districts improve student achievement by implementing early reading instruction based on scientific reading research . . .

The Leave No Child Behind Act
President Bush vowed to make educating every child his number-one domestic priority . .

Reading is as important to the development and expansion of the mind as food and water are to the body. In fact, the ability to read is every child’s birthright. Through reading, a child grows both in mind and in imagination—developing esteem, academic prowess, critical thinking, and creative thinking. Through reading, a child learns to make meaning of the world and to communicate and act on that meaning.

Cosmos Literacy's emergent reader product Felipe's Sound Search is designed for children in preschool through grade 2. We support learning through scientifically proven content and instructional strategies.

Felipe, Phoebe, Nat, and Pip will guide students through their journey to literacy.Students will be immersed in a world of whimsical rhymes, rich graphics, music, and audio while developing critical reading skills.

Cosmos Literacy was fortunate to have the internationally recognized literacy experts Dr. James Flood and Dr. Diane Lapp as its chief literacy advisors. We are sorry to announce that Dr. Flood died on July 15, 2007. Please go to the next page to read the memorial from the International Reading Association. Dr.Lapp remains our chief literacy expert and mentor. The esteemed Dr. Lapp has written innumerable publications and has advised …

Currently, Sound and Sense is piloting at several elementary schools and Head Start programs, where we are conducting collaborative evaluations on student outcomes; specifically, increases in the student reading abilities. Read more about our methodology, analysis, and reporting of results.