Animated-Literacy™ is a highly motivating, multisensory approach to beginning reading, writing, and oral language instruction that moves students from the earliest stages of literacy to fluency and independence in reading and writing at a third-grade level. Research cited by the U.S. Department of Education and The Common Core validates the need for instruction in foundational skills including phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency. Animated-Literacy™ provides explicit, systematic instruction in foundational skills while also incorporating 30 years of program research and development with recent research in language acquisition and brain research on memory, movement, emotion, motivation, and creativity. Note: In 2002, The American Speech, Language, & Hearing Association (ASHA) recommended Animated-Literacy™ to the U.S. Department of Education as a model program for the development of early literacy.