Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons4139802
If you can give your child a thirst for reading, the whole world opens to him. We saw it with Joy, who at 6 was reading at a level twice her age. But for Joy, a visual learner, the procedure had been an easy, virtually effortless procedure. When we attempted to use the exact same methods with Hope, we identified two things: Hope is not a visual learner and we really had no technique to teach reading! So with Hope we had to start from scratch. We discovered ourselves bouncing from one approach to one more, scatterbrained, but also poor to place out the megabucks required for any of the flashier plans. And as you may expect, we did not make a good deal of progress. Then we stumbled across this guide! What a require it met.
Phonics-based mostly, easy to comply with, economical, nonconsumable, and self-contained, it was all that we have been looking for. There are no workbooks, no flashcards, nothing at all fancy—just you, one-on-one with your child for twenty minutes a day.
Primarily based on the nationally profitable DISTAR system, this system has been adapted for mother or father and child use, and seems customized-made for the home school setting. Yes, this approach does use visual clues in the first 80 lessons, but then they drop the clues and your child will take off working. We had been doubtful at first, but after going through it with four children and hearing hundreds of “success” stories, we're believers! After 100 lessons your child will be reading at a solid 2nd grade degree.
My only complaint includes the stories. There is a new story every single lesson, starting at lesson 13, and they are as well silly for my tastes. But they had been the highlights for all our youngsters, so I won't complain also loudly! Hope, right after 50 lessons, was reading smoothly, writing short “stories,” and on her personal picked up and read other "easy" books. She finished the book before her 5th birthday and effortlessly moved into a 3rd grade reading text. Grace also finished the program while even now 4, although there have been days that we more than exceeded the 20 minutes prescribed.
