The Hands-on Reading Book includes 430 pages of material, broken down by theme, to improve reading and vocabulary skills. Designed to involve both verbal and non-verbal students, while promoting emergent literacy, The Hands-on Reading Book features a series of creative and entertaining thematic units based on common children's stories (sold separately). Use stories with fun cut-and-paste activities that reinforce the theme and vocabulary of each story. Take your pick of related musical selections and songs for singing, signing or miming. Let students practice skills with entertaining worksheets that use PCS™.

The four featured thematic units, and the books that coordinate with them, include:

Food

• The Very Hungry Catterpillar
• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• The Potluck Supper
• Pancakes, Pancakes
• Green Eggs and Ham
• More Spaghetti I Say!

Animals

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• Jump, Frog, Jump
• The Very Busy Spider
• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
• Dear Zoo
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Clothes

• Mary Wore Her Red Dress
• The Best Dressed Bear
• Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
• Whose Shoes?
• Whose Hat?
• The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything
• The Jacket I Wear in the Snow

Hygiene/Body Parts

• Harry the Dirty Dog
• Rub-A-Dub-Dub, What's in the Tub?
• Andrew's Bath
• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, What are you Doing?
• Here are My Hands
• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, What Do You Say?

Includes 430 pages, vocabulary listing to guide story selection and vocabulary review and communication displays that can be used alone or with communication devices.

Story books are not included with Hands-on Reading, but are common children's books that may be found in libraries and book stores.