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Let's Get Ready to Read! Starter Box Set
Price:   $199.99   
 
 
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Your young learner is ready to start the exciting journey toward reading.  Fat Cat Phonics is ready to make this process an enjoyable learning experience.

Studies show that children learn by doing.  Fat Cat Math & Phonics makes learning fun by utilizing a novel hands-on approach to teach fundamental skills.  Bright colorful manipulatives, a dry erase pen and a wide variety of reusable worksheets engage the young learner while teaching and reinforcing key concepts.  Studies show that using manipulatives as part of a phonics program helps set the stage for long term reading success.

Young children love to move and they love to learn.  Fat Cat Phonics invites your child to do both!

Each box set is housed in a sturdy custom-made oak box that will stand up to years of wear and tear caused by little hands.  Removable panels holding the manipulatives make switching between phonics and math activities a breeze.  Store your child’s tools-- marker, eraser and flashcards-- out of sight in a convenient organized drawer. 

The versatile nature of Fat Cat Phonics lends itself to learning centers or independent practice both in the classroom and the home.

Each Let’s Get Ready to Read! Box Set comes complete with:

  • Removable Panel
  • 130 Letter Manipulatives (math panel complete with 130 number and symbol manipulatives can be purchased separately)
  • Dual Position Work Surface
  • Dry Erase Marker
  • Eraser
  • 26 Letter/Sound Flashcards
  • 159-page interactive reusuable Let’s Get Ready to Read! Deluxe Workbook

   WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD—Small Parts
Not for children under 3 years

Invest in one Fat Cat Starter Set and your student is ready to explore, learn & grow using our ever-expanding line of innovative highly interactive workbooks.  We currently offer hands-on learning in the following subject areas: 

  • Pre-Reading
  • Reading
  • Handwriting
  • Math
  • Puzzles
  • Games

More workbooks coming soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Fat Cat Phonics is an engaging way to provide preschool through primary students the practice needed to take phonics to the automatic level.  The ingenious use of the colorful magnets adds the kinesthetic component needed by so many students, and the self contained set up makes this program ideal for learning center use."  Jo Ann Trautman MA/Ed, retired primary teacher and elementary principal

"Initially, I am thinking, wow, there has been quite a bit of thought
put into this, it seems like most of the kinks have been worked out to
make a product that isn't going to "surprise me" with "oops, this
doesn't work so hot".

So I suppose those are underlying questions of all moms of 3 year
olds:  Will it fall apart or break, or will my child somehow find a
way to hurt herself with it, and your product has been very well
thought out, details thought out.  Love that it has a lid, love that
the exteriors are plain, the box is attractive.  Easy to store.

But the real proof is in the fact that both my girls 3 and 6 years old
LOVE to play with it, ask for it, insist on spending time with it.
Sylvie, my 3 year old wants to "go to school" like her big sister, and
so this is her "school time" which I absolutely love, as I watch her
for the first time ever make her letters.

She doesn't have a good mastery of it and I know that since it can't
be "used up" as most other educational toys, that she can play with
this for the next several years, and it will continue to challenge her
until she does have mastery of it.

My older loves it because she can play teacher with it.  She practices
still her writing of letters and it makes her feel smart that she just
knows what to put where.

Love it love it!"- Heather D.

" As a resource room teacher serving students with a wide spectrum of needs, it is always a pleasure to find something new.  I found that these materials worked particularly well with my emergent readers and those with oral language difficulties.  I have younger students with poor oral language skills, and the nature of the activities allowed them to demonstrate mastery, even when they couldn’t verbalize skills.  The colorful magnets were reinforcing and rewarding for primary students and everybody found them engaging." -Shelby MacMeekin, Mullenix Ridge Elementary


"I like to use Fat Cat. It makes learning fun."  Lily, age 5

"I have invested in many educational products, but Fat Cat is by far the most successful & fun!  My daughters both really love our “Fat Cat Time”!  The Fat Cat system is better than anything I have even seen in their classrooms.  With all the different varieties and styles of teaching, the appealing graphics, games and cool manipulatives-Fat Cat is a winner with both parents & children!  The possibilities are absolutely endless as to how you can use this system.  My daughter has never enjoyed learning this much and I’ve never had this much fun teaching her."  – Michele P.


"Fat Cat Phonics is an excellent way to engage early childhood and K-2 students.  I was a special ed teacher for 30 years and wish I had a product like this to use myself and to recommend to parents."  Jan Lund-Retired but miss it.

"I love my Fat Cat Game, its fun!" – Abby age 5

"I really like doing Fat Cat with my little sister.  I get to be the teacher and we have a lot of fun." – Alexis, age 9

Product Dimensions: 14.75 x 11.6 x 2.7 inches

Shipping Weight:  11 lbs

Item Model Number: FCP10-LGRR-SBS 
Let's Get Ready to Read! A-Z Review Workbook
Price: $24.99 
 
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Let's Get Ready to Read! A-Z Handwriting Workbook
Price: $28.99 
 
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Let's Get Ready to Read! A-Z Deluxe Workbook
Price: $77.99 
 
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Let's Get Ready to Read! Activity Pack Workbook
Price: $35.99 
 
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Customer Review Summary (Total of 5 reviews)

  Average Rating: 5 Stars




 
I saw this product via a friend's feed on Facebook and thought I'd give it a try. Boy am I glad I did! My kids are eating it up. My preschooler who was previously uninterested in learning her letters has latched onto this product in a big way. She loves the bright colorful letter pieces and really enjoys the creative REUSABLE worksheets. My kindergartener likes it too. She loves to come home and practice what she learned in school. She is even working ahead. I upgraded to the Deluxe Workbook so they practice their sounds in a buch of clever ways as well as work on guided handwriting worksheets. The work surface is the lid of the slide top box. It can sit up so it's like a laptop or lay flat. My kindergartener practices her letters in the flat postion and does the rest when the lid is upright. I love that my girls use their hands and can move around while they do it We have some electronic learning games but I think it's great that this product let's them feel what they are doing. There are a ton of workbooks that go with the box and it does math too. I think I am going to buy the math add-on so they can work on their math skills. For safety purposes the pieces are metal and the work surface is magnetic.
 
By HPH
4/25/2012

 
I recently purchased the Starter Box Set and I am very happy with my purchase. My daughter age 4 is quickly learning her letters and identifying words. I would highly recommend the Starter Box Set to get your child ready for school. The hands on learning as well as creativity will go a long way. I'm so glad to see my daughter excited about learning!
 
By HappyMomma
1/07/2011

 
My husband and I purchased the Let's Get Ready to Read Starter Box Set and the Let's Get Ready to Read A-Z Review for our three year old granddaughter who lives in the mid-west. Her parents are anxious to get on the www.fatcatphonics.com website and familiarize themselves with this unique concept in early childhood education so they can work with their daughter to get a head start on her reading skills. This creative learning tool is as fun as it is educational and when you read the "Our Story" option under the "About Us" tab, it is obvious that the developer of this product uses a hands-on approach to learning with their own child or children. The initial investment of the box is well worth the cost due to the high quality craftsmanship of this item that holds all of the manipulatives and accessories. From this point on, we can purchase the add-ons at a reasonable price as our granddaughter progresses forward from getting ready to read to the I Am Reading, the math options, handwriting as well as interactive games to reinforce what she has learned while having fun doing it. We would purchase Fat Cat Phonics for any child in the early stages of learning to read. It is not only educational but allows the young child to move about as they do so, a common need most children have. The entire Fat Cat Phonics product line makes an excellent gift to give a young, eager to learn, child for any occasion. Additionally, to help a child grasp the love of reading at an early age is the gift that keeps on giving for the remainder of their life. What better way to celebrate their mental growth achievements!
 
By Subjectwo63
1/04/2011

 
My husband and I also purchased this workbook to compliment the Getting Ready to Read Starter Box Set for our three year old granddaughter. We did so because when we clicked on Options under the picture of the box set, we discovered that we could get the basic kit that includes the A-Z Basics Workbook, but we coudl also go ahead and get the A-Z Basics and the A-Z Review as well as the A-Z Handwriting Practice, both of the last two that are ordinarily sold as separate add-ons, all combined in a large, convenient 159-page Let's Get Ready to Read Deluxe Workhook and save ourself a significant amount of money, Plus she would have the next level of challenging worksheets available to her to continue on with her fun while learning time spent with Fat Cat! It is a very good deal. Oh and this option also includes 26 Letter/Sound Flashcards.If we read it correctly, we saved ourselves almost $80 by buying the two items together, plus we get the Letter/Sound flashcards as an added free bonus. When my adult children were small, I used flashcards a lot to start them identifying letters and sounds along with number cards for starting math practice. This was just an all around wise purchase on our part because everyone likes to save money while getting a gift for someone that is of value to their growing minds and a jump start to their future educational experience. We live in a competitive world whee more and more challenges are presented to young people with technology advancing at such a rapid stage. To have the opportunity to get ahead of the game with creative learning tools provided in the Fat Cat Phonics array of options is an opportunity I recommend highly to anyone with small children on their Christmas list or as a "just because" gift. Just because they will benefit from it I am sure!
 
By Subjectwo63
1/04/2011

 
What a great product! My daughter loves playing with Fat Cat. She has already learned so much.
 
By Avery 89
1/03/2011





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