Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons9035474
If you can give your child a thirst for reading, the entire planet 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 method had been an easy, virtually effortless procedure. When we tried to use the exact same techniques with Hope, we discovered two things: Hope is not a visual learner and we really had no approach to teach reading! So with Hope we had to start from scratch. We discovered ourselves bouncing from one method to one more, scatterbrained, but also bad to place out the megabucks necessary for any of the flashier plans. And as you may well count on, we didn't make a lot of progress. Then we stumbled across this guide! What a need to have it met.
Phonics-primarily based, easy to follow, affordable, nonconsumable, and self-contained, it was all that we had been looking for. There are no workbooks, no flashcards, nothing fancy—just you, one-on-one with your child for twenty minutes a day.
Based mostly on the nationally effective DISTAR program, this program 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 takes off running. We have been doubtful at first, but after going through it with four young children and hearing hundreds of “success” stories, we're believers! Soon after 100 lessons your child will be reading at a reliable 2nd grade degree.
My only complaint requires the stories. There is a new story every single lesson, beginning at lesson 13, and they are also silly for my tastes. But they have been the highlights for all our youngsters, so I won't complain too loudly! Hope, following 50 lessons, was reading smoothly, writing quick “stories,” and on her very own 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 whilst even now 4, however there have been days that we far more than exceeded the 20 minutes prescribed.
