Common Core or State Standards ...Truth Gaming Brings Common Sense Solution

PITTSBURGH - Nov. 20, 2013 - PRLog -- The experts have spoken and regardless of whether you consult the Common Core, your State Standards, or the classroom teacher, early introduction to reading is the “secret weapon” that will give your child an early edge.

A common place to start are 220 “sight words” used most frequently in the English language.  These words often become spelling words that have to be written ten times, modeled with play dough, colored, or represented on the “sight word wall”[1] in the classroom.  These methods are implemented to give students opportunities for repetition.

Here’s the bottom line…Repetition breeds recognition. Recognition reduces stress.  Reduced stress increases comprehension.  Mastering the 220 most commonly used words allows your child to quickly recognize more than half (probably closer to 75%) of all words written in English!

So now you see the opportunity…they’re called “sight words” because they need to be memorized, but memorizing is boring!  Truth Gaming is offering the common sense solution in the form of an adventure.  “Park the Ark” allows your child to navigate Noah’s ark down the mountain, collecting sight words, phrases and eventually sentences made up of the sight words they have learned.  Rest assured that your child will have mastered all 220 sight words by the time the ark parks in its final resting place among the mountains of Ararat!

During the journey, be prepared to smile as a sense of reading excitement builds in even the youngest readers.  Recognition on the mountainside transfers to recognition in books and magazines which allows you the unique opportunity to watch your young reader emerge.  Oral and visual repetition (as required in both the Common Core and State Standards) vicariously reinforces word mastery while changing scenery and challenges keep the adventure fresh and exciting.

The ark is looking for a parking space; make sure it lands on your mobile device to help your child get ahead of the curve.

For more about Truth Gaming, "2 By 2", and the highly anticipated release of more fun games, visit www.truthgaming.net.

[1] PA.1.1.7.2.g, PA 1.1.12.1.c, PA 1.1.12.2.b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3c