Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons5873860
If you can give your child a thirst for reading, the whole globe opens to him. We noticed it with Joy, who at 6 was reading at a degree twice her age. But for Joy, a visual learner, the process had been an easy, almost effortless method. When we experimented with to use the identical approaches with Hope, we found two things: Hope is not a visual learner and we truly had no technique to teach reading! So with Hope we had to start from scratch. We found ourselves bouncing from one approach to another, scatterbrained, but too poor to put out the megabucks necessary for any of the flashier plans. And as you may anticipate, we did not make a good deal of progress. Then we stumbled across this book! What a need it met.
Phonics-primarily based, easy to comply with, affordable, nonconsumable, and self-contained, it was all that we had been looking for. There are no workbooks, no flashcards, absolutely nothing fancy—just you, one-on-one with your child for twenty minutes a day.
Based on the nationally effective DISTAR plan, this program has been adapted for parent and child use, and seems customized-made for the home school setting. Yes, this method does use visual clues in the first 80 lessons, but then they drop the clues and your child requires off running. We have been doubtful at first, but soon after going by way of it with four young children and hearing hundreds of “success” stories, we're believers! After 100 lessons your child will be reading at a reliable 2nd grade degree.
My only complaint involves the stories. There is a new story each lesson, starting up at lesson 13, and they are too silly for my tastes. But they were the highlights for all our youngsters, so I won't complain too loudly! Hope, soon after 50 lessons, was reading smoothly, writing quick “stories,” and on her own picked up and read other "easy" books. She completed the book before her 5th birthday and effortlessly moved into a 3rd grade reading text. Grace also completed the system although still 4, even though there have been days that we more than exceeded the twenty minutes prescribed.
