This learning kit teaches over 100 new words and 200 phonetic syllables to help your child to begin sounding out words for himself. Twelve model sentences are also taught. Spelling skills are introduced as selected words appear letter by letter on the video screen. Also, a pencil which draws the letters of the words helps your child see how each letter is properly and most efficiently made and facilitaes printing skills. As all the learning kits, it contains an audio tape, video tape and books.