Program Description

"Secret Stories® leverages the brain's natural learning processes by incorporating multisensory techniques—stories, visuals, movement, and sound—to teach phonics. This approach ensures that phonics skills are stored across multiple neural pathways, facilitating easier retention and retrieval. Secret Stories is a valuable companion tool for any phonics curriculum by providing a creative and effective way to help students grasp phonics concepts. Teachers can use these secrets to bypass tedious drills or rote memorization, enabling students to decode words more efficiently and apply their knowledge independently."

Cost

Classroom kits range from $119.99-$149.99. Additional books, posters, and supplement materials may be purchases separately.

Intended Population

• Any

Grade

• Elementary School

Intended Group Size

• Any

ELL/DLL

• Partial

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Delivery Method

• Hybrid / blended delivery

Scripted

• None

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

No peer-reviewed research on the effects of Secret Stories on student learning was found. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to support the efficacy of this program at this time.