Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons2677169
If you can give your child a thirst for reading, the whole planet 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, virtually effortless method. When we tried to use the same approaches with Hope, we discovered two things: Hope is not a visual learner and we genuinely had no strategy to teach reading! So with Hope we had to start from scratch. We discovered ourselves bouncing from one method to an additional, scatterbrained, but as well bad to place out the megabucks essential for any of the flashier applications. And as you may count on, we did not make a good deal of progress. Then we stumbled across this book! What a need it met.
Phonics-based mostly, easy to follow, inexpensive, nonconsumable, and self-contained, it was all that we were 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 program, this program has been adapted for mother or father and child use, and looks 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 running. We had been doubtful at first, but following going by way of it with four children and hearing hundreds of “success” stories, we're believers! Right after 100 lessons your child will be reading at a solid 2nd grade level.
My only complaint involves the stories. There is a new story every lesson, starting 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 brief “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 system whilst nonetheless 4, even though there have been days that we more than exceeded the 20 minutes prescribed.
