Our Programs

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Flying Start to Literacy: PHONICS™ will engage your students and support their literacy development with instructional practices that are based on research and are both meaningful and supportive.

Flying Start to Literacy™

A comprehensive early literacy program that supports the systematic development of reading strategies and skills in young students.

Build Literacy Learning™

Build Literacy Learning™ provides explicit and systematic instruction to extend the foundational skills and knowledge of young readers.

Despegando hacia la lectura®

A Spanish-language, early literacy program that — when combined with its English-language counterpart — provides rigorous dual-literacy instructions.

WorldWise: Content-Based Learning™

WorldWise: Content-Based Learning™ is a high-interest literacy program for Grades K-5, fully aligned with the NGSS and C3 Social Studies Outcomes.

ExploraMundos™

ExploraMundos™ is the Spanish-language counterpart to WorldWise: Content-Based Learning™, matching that dynamic resource title-for-title.

Biliteracy para todos™

Biliteracy para todos™ is a stand-alone program designed for progression from early to advanced biliteracy.

Leveled Bookroom Collections

Captivating Fiction and Informational Texts, Shelf-Ready and Fully Supported with Okapi’s Award-Winning Lesson Plans.

Just Dual It!™

Our dual language packages offer title-for-title equity between English and Spanish. Are you ready to Just Dual It!™?

Build Literacy Learning™ is a structured literacy program built around a curated collection of texts organized into topic sets.

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Do Your Students Have a Knowledge Gap?

Fill it with content area reading fully aligned with NGSS and C3 Outcomes!

WorldWise: Content-based Learning™ and ExploraMundos™ provide students in K-5 with rich Science and Social Studies content delivered with gradually increasing challenges. Build background knowledge with content that flows seamlessly between core subject matter and your literacy goals.

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Okapi Digital Literacy™

Digital access to over 1200 titles in English and Spanish from Okapi’s flagship programs, plus countless tools to support instruction.

Explore Digital Literacy

Free Resources

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Reading & Thinking Together

Watch our engaging educators share selected books in English and Spanish! Each video includes a downloadable page of extension activities.

Literacy Voices

Where our experts share instructional strategies with teachers, offer practical classroom tips from real educators, personal stories, innovative approaches to improving your teaching practice, and tools you can use immediately.

Digital Samples

Representative sample books and teaching support from every stage of each of our flagship programs.

Connecting Literacy and Language for Multilingual Learners

Dr. Kathy Escamilla
Keynote

Dr. Sandra Mercuri

Dr. Vivian Pratts

Okapi Educational Publishing's Winter 2025 Institute is scheduled to take place on Friday, January 31, in Dallas, TX, at the Hilton Anatole. The registration fee of $349 covers all program materials and includes onsite breakfast.

Need decodable readers?

Seventy decodable readers accompany Flying Start to Literacy: PHONICS™. The decodable readers for Modules One, Two, and Three each feature the same characters and settings, and are meant to be read at the conclusion of each Module’s instruction.

Beginning with Module Four, informational texts are introduced and are paired with a fiction title featuring related content and vocabulary. Decodable books for Modules Four, Five, Six, and Seven can be read by the students following each unit of instruction. Review all 70 titles!

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