Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons6399787
If you can give your child a thirst for reading, the whole planet opens to him. We saw it with Joy, who at 6 was reading at a degree twice her age. But for Joy, a visual learner, the method had been an easy, practically effortless method. When we experimented with to use the exact same methods with Hope, we discovered two things: Hope is not a visual learner and we really had no strategy to teach reading! So with Hope we had to start from scratch. We located ourselves bouncing from one technique to another, scatterbrained, but as well bad to put out the megabucks necessary for any of the flashier plans. And as you may possibly count on, we did not make a whole lot of progress. Then we stumbled across this book! What a need it met.
Phonics-based, easy to stick to, economical, nonconsumable, and self-contained, it was all that we have 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.
Primarily based on the nationally profitable DISTAR plan, this system has been adapted for parent and child use, and would seem customized-made for the home school setting. Yes, this strategy does use visual clues in the first 80 lessons, but then they drop the clues and your child takes off running. We had been doubtful at first, but after going through it with four kids and hearing hundreds of “success” stories, we're believers! After 100 lessons your child will be reading at a sound 2nd grade level.
My only complaint involves the stories. There is a new story each lesson, beginning at lesson 13, and they are also silly for my tastes. But they have been the highlights for all our children, so I won't complain as well loudly! Hope, soon after 50 lessons, was reading smoothly, writing quick “stories,” and on her personal 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 finished the system whilst nevertheless 4, however there were days that we more than exceeded the 20 minutes prescribed.
