Brooks Educational Aids, Inc was started by Jason and Misti Brooks. Jason Brooks was a 3rd grade teacher in Lancaster ISD. With a high at risk student population and a desire to help his students, he started using graphics and animation to illustrate some difficult math concepts and strategies in class.
Mr. Brooks’ students began to request for more and more “math on the TV.” With a student response so positive; Jason’s math curriculum director encouraging him to take this idea to the next level; and consulting with his wife, an education major as well- VITA was born.
Jason and Misti Brooks moved to San Antonio, TX to be close to family and friends that were in education to help with the creation of their software. In just a couple of years VITA is being used through out districts in Texas. With the recent changes in assessment, the team at BEA has been working hard to make sure VITA is covering the areas where there is need.
Welcome to the most effective, time-tested, award-winning, phonetic reading program available today—ABC The Key.
As a classroom teacher for 18 years and a tutor for many more, Teri Jones’ expertise and her unique ABC The KEY program have given her a 100% success rate with the hundreds of students she has personally taught to read.
Teri Jones has revitalized phonetic reading instruction much like the cell phone has revolutionized the communication industry.
Adapting and expanding the multi-sensory methodology pioneered by Dr. Samuel T. Orton and educator Anna Gillingham (Orton-Gillingham method), Miss Jones has developed a comprehensive program that simply…works!
ABC The Key puts the ‘Wow Factor’ into each lesson.
Educators are empowered with easy, effective tools to create a positive and results-oriented learning experience for every student. ABC The Key engages visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners enabling them to master literacy skills at or above their grade levels.
Teri believes that students learn best by enjoying real life experiences…the world is one big classroom. The engaging, animated Video Lessons, Extension Activities and Optional Activities bring reading awareness to the real world where students live. P is for Popcorn. Today is Popcorn Day!
Teri is CELTA certified through Cambridge University of England. She has successfully used ABC The Key with English Language Learners from ages three to eighty.
After attending Miss Jones’ college course for international adult professionals, one teacher trainee from Iran wrote:
“After taking your class, I’m reading English words in a different way. You have opened my eyes to a new world. I think you were like Helen Keller’s teacher to me. Thank you so much.”