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Meet the Letters: First Reading Set
Eight read-aloud stories to explore A, M, S, T, P, I, N and hard C. An adult reads the story; your child practices letter shapes, first sounds and simple oral blending. This first set stays eight books as more letter stories arrive.
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Blend simple words and share the reading with an adult. Begin after practicing a, m, s, t, p, i, n and hard c. Adult help is expected for story words and new patterns; each stop has a short parent lesson.
10 stopsBig Feelings and Growing Up
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Add AI to your .NET apps without leaving C#: models, RAG, and agents in the Microsoft stack, then govern them.
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Specialize the agents you built in AI Agent Engineering: add voice, apply them to real operations, or build in Go. Each book stands on its own.
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