Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons7218556
If you can give your child a thirst for reading, the entire world opens to him. We noticed it with Joy, who at 6 was reading at a level twice her age. But for Joy, a visual learner, the method had been an easy, nearly effortless process. When we tried to use the identical strategies with Hope, we found two things: Hope is not a visual learner and we actually had no technique to teach reading! So with Hope we had to start from scratch. We found ourselves bouncing from one method to an additional, scatterbrained, but too bad to put out the megabucks essential for any of the flashier applications. And as you may well assume, we didn't make a good deal of progress. Then we stumbled across this book! What a need to have it met.
Phonics-primarily based, easy to follow, low-cost, 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 20 minutes a day.
Primarily based on the nationally profitable DISTAR system, this program has been adapted for mother or father and child use, and would seem custom-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 will take off working. We were doubtful at first, but soon after going by way of it with four 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 every single lesson, beginning at lesson 13, and they are also silly for my tastes. But they had been the highlights for all our young children, so I won't complain as well loudly! Hope, following 50 lessons, was reading smoothly, creating brief “stories,” and on her personal picked up and read other "easy" books. She completed the guide before her 5th birthday and effortlessly moved into a 3rd grade reading text. Grace also completed the program although still 4, although there had been days that we more than exceeded the 20 minutes prescribed.
