FOR EDUCATORS

“sMiles is colorful, fun, and not overwhelming for students or teachers. It motivates students by allowing them to reach success at every step, which is one of the main reasons it is so effective.”

Rich set

of teaching materials

The sMiles program comes with a wealth of printed and digital resources, all of which are designed to support an effective learning process. Teachers will find that their classes are well-structured, with activities to keep students engaged, as well as repetition and self-learning to encourage retention.

Our YouTube channel provides colorful video resources for in-class activities like hand actions, student read-alongs and sound-letter associations. In addition, the channel also has teacher resources such as webinars about phonics, literacy, and recommended instructional and assessment strategies.

Year-wise learning

For each year of kindergarten, teachers will be provided with a set of teacher guides, practice books, and additional resources filled with an activity-rich system of study.

  • Set A for Year 1 of Kindergarten:
    Set A is designed for students aged 4 years. The set consists of 5 student books and 4 complementary practice books. Through these books, students learn 18 consonants and 6 short vowels through an activity-rich system of study.
  • Set B for Year 2 of Kindergarten:
    Set B is designed for students aged 5 years. The set consists of 6 student books and 6 complementary practice books. Through these books, students learn 8 consonants, 7 vowels, and 17 long vowel spellings.
sMiles provides teachers with simple, year-wise teaching material for kindergarten students
sMiles has a rich set of printed teaching materials for literacy development in kindergarten students

Printed resources

  • General Manual: This 150+ page document provides you with all you need to know to understand the fundamentals of sMiles, phonetics, as well as recommended instructional and assessment strategies. The appendix provides a selection of rhyming and spelling words approved for the program.
  • Teacher editions: For each lesson, a lesson explanation, partition, and objectives are provided. Each activity is detailed with activity objectives, tips and strategies.
  • Student Progress Logbook: The logbook provides a concise and organized framework within which to record student progress in all learning outcomes, which are mapped to the main learning objectives of sMiles.
  • Practice Books: These books provide additional activities structured to allow differentiating instruction as well as optional summative assessments designed for each lesson.
  • Poster Books: Enrich the classroom bulletin boards with ready-made detachable posters and flash cards that include sounds, letters and words arranged by concept and theme, integrating with mathematics and the sciences.

Digital resources

  • Reading and Activity Books: All pages of the student activity books are provided in high-resolution digital format for classroom display and inclusion in online lessons.
  • Digital Cards: All sound logos and letters are provided as image files to be used for preparing lessons and other classroom materials.
  • YouTube Channel: sMiles comes with fully loaded playlists of video content for classroom activities, independent learning, and teacher skill development.
Teachers

love sMiles!

I have found the sMiles program to be the most effective for student learning and development. It is very well structured, with clear learning objectives and assessment strategies to enable pupils of all abilities to achieve academically. Learning is fostered through a multisensory approach using hand actions, color codes and really great stories and poems. It is interactive, engaging and, most of all, fun!

- Ms. Christine Ryan, KG Teacher

In thirteen years of my teaching journey, I have tried multiple literacy programs and found sMiles to be the most effective program. The proper implementation of the program helps eliminate a majority of learning gaps, as well as provide extensions through a variety of learning activities and strategies. The program has been a huge success, and the reading abilities of my students have soared.

- Ambreen Chaudry, KG Teacher

I am currently working with a secondary student with a significant language-learning difficulty. He has worked toward grasping phonics for years, and it has left him frustrated, which was understandably detrimental to his emotional wellbeing. In the three months since starting with the sMiles program, his progress has boosted his confidence, resulting in a positive impact on his participation in the classroom and his interactions with his peers.

- Jeslie Korah, SSSD (High School Adaptive Teacher)

Reading and writing in English is challenging for most non-native English speakers. Learning phonetic language skills goes a long way to overcome these challenges. The sMiles program uses various novel techniques to teach phonetic sounds in a systematic and manageable way.

- Anahita Bulsara, SSSD (Elementary Counselor)