Instructional Bundles

Instructional bundles are designed to deepen learning and expression in classrooms and at home through observation, reflection, and creative activities. Each story-based bundle includes a guide for structured learning and practice flow, built around guided practice, discussion prompts, and activities to support exploration.

Tom Watkins

Tortoise Teaches Rabbit to Read lifts early literacy from memorization into a sky high journey of discovery. You will love how this approach makes unlocking the reading code delightful for you and your students.

Tom Watkins Former Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Michigan, Northville, Michigan
Kara Morrison

The work that Heart Bright Learning is doing to support a balanced approach to reading has helped me understand how the fundamental elements of reading work together, with and beyond phonics.

Kara Morrison Primary School Teacher Bridgewood Primary School, Melbourne, Australia
Digital Download Only Tortoise Teaches Rabbit to Read - Bundle
Tortoise Teaches Rabbit to Read - Bundle
$50 USD or choose price at checkout

About the Instructional Package
This retelling of the classic Tortoise and Rabbit tale helps children build phonemic awareness and phonics skills through observation, curiosity, and inquiry.

This Bundle Includes

  • eBook
  • Instructional Guide
  • Coloring Book
  • Story Video
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Poetry for Fluency: Building Phonics Skills Through the Joy of Verse

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Poetry for Fluency: Building Phonics Skills Through the Joy of Verse

About the Instructional Package

Created for young readers, this playful poetry collection and accompanying materials help children progress to broad-based fluency. Joyful rhythms and rhymes engage students in close reading, building comprehension and confidence.

Julie Ikenberry

Poetry for Fluency playfully builds natural scaffolds to show children how the code works. It gives kids the thrills of learning to read by exploring good writing.

Julie Ikenberry Founder, Little Oaks Montessori School, White Salmon, WA
Paul Teske, PhD

Heart Bright Learning brings a rare and powerful integration of social-emotional development and instructional design, creating learning experiences that honor the whole child.

Paul Teske, PhD Founder Peopling.me and Education Impact Exchange
Digital Download Only Social Emotional Learning Fables (Collection 1)
Social Emotional Learning Fables (Collection 1)
$80 USD or choose price at checkout

About the Instructional Package
The stories in the Heart Bright Learning Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Curriculum provide a framework for exploring feelings through listening, observing, guided discussions, and self-expression.

The following titles are included

  1. I Am Not Brave: Learning Courage Through Smart Choices
  2. Don’t Rush The River: Finding Calm in a Busy World
  3. Rabbit Learns Skunk Is Sincere: Finding Friendship in Unlikely Places
  4. In Our School, We Are Not Cruel: Keeping Each Other Safe
  5. Let Your Feelings Flow: A Story About Observing Without Judgement

Included per title

  • Listen&Enjoy eBook
  • Stop&Talk eBook
  • Instructional Guide
  • Read&Color Booklet
  • Story Video
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Digital Download Only I Am Not Brave - Bundle
I Am Not Brave - Bundle
$20 USD or choose price at checkout

About the Instructional Package
Being brave doesn’t mean being fearless—it means thinking carefully and making wise choices. In this fable, Rabbit learns courage, self-reflection, and sound judgment through responsible decision-making.

This Bundle Includes

  • Listen&Enjoy eBook
  • Stop&Talk eBook
  • Instructional Guide
  • Read&Color Booklet
  • Story Video
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Digital Download Only Don't Rush The River - Bundle
Don't Rush The River - Bundle
$20 USD or choose price at checkout

About the Instructional Package
When we slow down and focus on our surroundings, we can quiet our anxiety. Rabbit learns from Fish how to recognize her emotions and practice self-management.

This Bundle Includes

  • Listen&Enjoy eBook
  • Stop&Talk eBook
  • Instructional Guide
  • Read&Color Booklet
  • Story Video
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Digital Download Only Rabbit Learns Skunk is Sincere - Bundle
Rabbit Learns Skunk is Sincere - Bundle
$20 USD or choose price at checkout

About the Instructional Package
When we approach others with kindness and curiosity instead of judgment, we can build real friendships. Rabbit improves her relationship skills as she practices empathy to become friends with Skunk.

This Bundle Includes

  • Listen&Enjoy eBook
  • Stop&Talk eBook
  • Instructional Guide
  • Read&Color Booklet
  • Story Video
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Digital Download Only In Our School, We Are Not Cruel - Bundle
In Our School, We Are Not Cruel - Bundle
$20 USD or choose price at checkout

About the Instructional Package
When we act with kindness, we can build a caring community. Mrs. Raccoon teaches her class to foster trust and build social awareness.

This Bundle Includes

  • Listen&Enjoy eBook
  • Stop&Talk eBook
  • Instructional Guide
  • Read&Color Booklet
  • Story Video
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Digital Download Only Let Your Feelings Flow - Bundle
Let Your Feelings Flow - Bundle
$20 USD or choose price at checkout

About the Instructional Package
We can’t change our difficult feelings, but we can notice them without judgement, and let them pass. Fish teaches Rabbit self-awareness so that she can process her feelings.

This Bundle Includes

  • Listen&Enjoy eBook
  • Stop&Talk eBook
  • Instructional Guide
  • Read&Color Booklet
  • Story Video
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Chuck Peters

I've been immersed in the literacy world for over 30 years, and this is the first time I have seen something focused on the inner world of the child as they are learning to read.

Chuck Peters Board Chair, Foundations in Learning Chicago, Ilinois
Dr. Steve Truch

Tortoise Teaches Rabbit to Read uses a structured story to help early readers discover the sounds in words. It is a program well worth exploring for early readers.

Dr. Steve Truch Psychologist/Director, The Reading Foundation Calgary, Alberta