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ABCs with Ace and Christi

The ABCs with Ace and Christi Program is a 12-to-15-week course that administered to students who have never been in school or who do not yet know how to read. Children who scored 100 percent on Test A and 80 percent or higher on Test B of the ABCs with Ace and Christi Pretest are generally ready to read. These students can begin the ABCs with Ace and Christi program. As most children who are below the age of 5 or those who score less than 80 percent on the test are not physically ready to learn the skills involved in reading, they will benefit more from the Kindergarten with Ace and Christi program. We strongly recommend that they begin with the Kindergarten with ACE and Christi program until they are ready in their reading skills.

Benefits of ABCs with Ace and Christi program

  1. Prepare a child for the individualized instruction of the PACE curriculum.
  2. Enable the students to learn letter sounds, alphabet sequence, and word relationships through cartoon animals, songs, and stories.
  3. Enable the student to develop physical and character skills through poems, displays, and various physical activities.
  4. Following this 12- to 15-week tutorial program, the child is ready to begin the journey of the self-paced individualized program. Note: If a child tests 80 percent on the ABCs with Ace and Christi Pretest at age 5, he is considered in first level.

Learning English has become an essential element in the school worldwide nowadays. ACE has developed the programs that are appropriate for student who does not speak English as their first language. We offer Speaking English with ACE and Christi and ABCs for English Learners program that will enable the student to learn English effectively through different materials in the program.

Speaking English with Ace and Christi

Speaking English with ACE and Christi program is a series of 60 lessons designed for young preschool-aged children learning to speak English as a second language. The lessons teach conversational English and prepare students for ABCs with Ace and Christi program.

This program provides lesson for aural and oral language development that include:

  1. English language for everyday listening and speaking.
  2. English vocabulary necessary for children to move through the ABCs with ACE and Christi program in English and the Word Building PACEs 1001-1012.
  3. English communication structures that allow children to express verbally their questions, statements, needs, and ideas in English.
  4. English language skills necessary for children to progress through the first level in Math, English, Social Studies, and Science.

ABCs for English Learners

ABCs for English Learners program is designed for children ages 5–9 who have passed the ABCs with Ace and Christi Pretest. It combines two of A.C.E.’s reading programs (Speaking English with Ace and Christi and ABCs with Ace and Christi) for a 30–36 week program. This combined course allows students to learn to read and speak English with enough comprehension to begin working the first level English PACEs by week nineteen.

This new combined curriculum vocabulary has been modified with the second language English speaking educator in mind. Instructions and stories are written for educators teaching English learning students.

This program provides lesson for aural and oral language development that include:

  1. Verbal communication is encouraged though the use of games, songs, stories, poems, and other fun activities.
  2. English vocabulary necessary for children to verbally communicate their questions, statements, needs, and ideas.
  3. English language comprehension that allows the student to advance through the first level in Math, English, Social Studies, and Science much more quickly than enrolling in Speaking English with ACE and Christi and ABCs with ACE and Christi separately.

Benefits of Speaking English with Ace and Christi and ABCs for English Learners program

  1. Develops listening, speaking, and comprehension skills
  2. Build strong English environment
  3. Makes learning English fun and enjoyable
  4. Build confidence in student