THE EXPLORATIONAL JOURNEY

From Non Reader To Confident Reader

Learning to read can be a scary process for both the parent and child, but with the right strategies and skills it can be as easy as 1, 2, 3. By implementing the Explorational Journey on a consistent basis your young scholar will be reading with confidence and ease in as little as 26 days.

READERS ARE LEADERS AND YOU ARE DEFINITELY A LEADER


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Welcome to the Explorational Journey 26-day reading boot camp. During this amazing boot camp, your scholar will have the opportunity to develop from a non-reader to a confident reader. The Explorational Journey was created to help children between the ages of 3-5 and their parents explore early literacy skills in a fun, engaging, hands on the way while using brain development strategies


This boot camp will introduce your scholar to:
1) Sight word recognition
2) Letter and sound identification
3) Sentence reading
4) Phonics
5) One-to-one correspondence
6) Reading confidence
7) Brain development strategies
8) And so much more 


CURRICULUM

Hello scholars and parents! It’s me Mrs Vance-Clark your virtual educator. I’m looking forward to being a part of your child’s academic foundation and village. May every lesson, activity, and manipulative be used to develop, encourage, and motivate your scholar to always strive for the best in everything that they do. When used properly and consistently the Explorational Journey bootcamp has they ability to take scholars from non reader to super reader in a very short period of time. Wishing you the best of luck as you start your new journey.

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome- Box introduction

    • Online Community

  • 2

    Daily Lessons

    • Lesson 1 day 1 Mm

    • Lesson 2 day 2 Pp

    • Lesson 3 day 3 Tt

    • Lesson 4 day 4 Ss

    • Lesson 5 day 5 Aa

    • Lesson 6 day 6 Nn

    • Lesson 7 day 7 Bb

    • Lesson 8 day 8 Oo

    • Lesson 9 day 9 Ff

    • Lesson 10 day 10 Qq

    • Lesson 11 day 11 Hh

    • Lesson 12 day 12 Gg

    • Lesson 13 day 13 Rr

    • Lesson 14 day 14 Uu

    • Lesson 15 day 15 Cc

    • Lesson 16 day 16 Ii

    • Lesson 17 day 17 Jj

    • Lesson 18 day 18 Ll

    • Lesson 19 day 19 Dd

    • Lesson 20 day 20 Kk

    • Lesson 21 day 21 Vv

    • Lesson 22 day 22 Ww

    • Lesson 23 day 23 Ee

    • Lesson 24 day 24 Xx

    • Lesson 25 day 25 Yy

    • Lesson 26 day 26 Zz
  • 3

    Daily Quizzes

    • COMPLETE DAILY

    • Quiz Game
  • 4

    Daily videos

    • Did You Know

    • Affirmation Video

    • Sight words and gestures video

    • Letter Sound Video

    • Character alphabet
  • 5

    Assessments

    • Alphabet lower to upper

    • Alphabet upper to lower

    • Beginning sounds

    • Same sound match

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

With the aid of this program, children will surely gain knowledge and know more about:

  • AFFIRMATIONS

    The scholar will learn how to speak positive affirmations over their life daily

  • GOOD MANNERS

    The Children shall develop and make permanent practice of Good Manners

  • HEALTHY FOOD SELECTIONS

    Advancement Learning cares about the whole child which includes their health. With that being said we have included several healthy culinary arts activities into our program

  • SELF - CONFIDENCE

    The scholar will start to believe that anything is possible when they put their mind to it

  • SIGHT WORDS

    The scholar will learn how to quickly identify and read words when seen

  • LETTER SOUNDS

    The scholar will learn to blend letter sounds when sounding out new words

  • READING COMPREHENSION

    The scholar will be able to fluently read short sentences, passages, and books while completely comprehending what they have read

About Your Instructor

Master Educator

Wanikka Vance-Clark, M.Ed

Mrs. Vance-Clark is a master's teacher and administrator of education, a reading specialist, a published author, and a leader in curriculum design and instruction. Mrs. Vance-Clark is a founding member of the National Children Reading Foundation of Greater Chicago. Wanikka received her M.A in School Leadership and Administration and her B.A in Elementary Education Mrs. Vance-Clark is a two time apple teacher nominee. She has made history by being one of the first to ever receive the University of Mississippi Practitioner of Distinction award. As well as being the first to receive the Park Forest's Oscar for Excellence in Education. Mrs. Vance-Clark has been named as "Who's Who Among American Teachers." She was the recipient of the Black Women Rock Award. She has had the honor of being selected to be a presenter at the IL ASCD Preschool and Kindergarten Conference, Depaul University Black Mentors Rock conference, the National Black Child Development Institute’s Annual Conference, and the Education and Development Conference in Thailand. Mrs Vance-Clark is also a founding board member of the National Children’s Reading Foundation of Greater Chicago. Due to all of her hard work and dedication the state of Illinois recently awarded her a proclamation (April 21 – Learn as You Play Day). Mrs. Vance-Clark believes that every child deserves to be given a strong educational foundation. This foundation begins with basic reading Fundamentals, parent involvement, and an excitement for learning. Mrs. Vance-Clark prides herself in teaching and administrating to a higher standard. She believes in proficiency and excellence.

AWARDS

  • Epitome of Academic Excellence

  • Master Educator

  • Educational Mogul

  • Early Childhood Guru

  • Published Author

  • Who’s who Among American Teachers

  • Practitioner of Distinction

  • Excellence in Education

  • Black Women who Rock 3 time

  • Apple Teacher Nominee

Quality Counts

Parent

Shawnie Ikard

My son attended their summer reading program when he 3 years old. That program was such a blessing! My son is 10 years old now and because of this reading program he has always exceeded in reading and even in math! He loves reading so much and it all because of the teaching and cultivation of this reading program. We still have our book “The Journey of a Word Starts with a Letter”.

Parent

Lacetti Fields

Within 2 months of attending 1:1 tutoring sessions with Foundations 4 adVANCEment, my son has shown significant improvement in both letter sounds and recognition, addition, subtraction as well as learned several sight words and is able to now read short sentences. Mrs. Vance has taken the time to learn my sons learning style and does not use a "one size fits all" approach, but instead utilizes various innovative tools and approaches she has developed to provide an enriching experience and to keep him engaged. Mrs. Vance's dedication to teaching and to her students is unsurpassed and I am thankful that my son has an opportunity to work with her during these early developmental years.

Parent

Prescott Hilson

the foundations for advancement sets the bar high...and it's an attainable task for you and your baby...My son has made great strides in word recognition and with numbers, I'm very pleased with the program

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