Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons3330106
If you can give your child a thirst for reading, the whole world 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, virtually effortless method. When we attempted to use the very same strategies with Hope, we identified 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 located ourselves bouncing from one method to another, scatterbrained, but also bad to put out the megabucks necessary for any of the flashier programs. And as you might assume, we didn't make a lot of progress. Then we stumbled across this guide! What a want it met.
Phonics-primarily based, easy to follow, economical, nonconsumable, and self-contained, it was all that we were 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 productive DISTAR system, this plan has been adapted for mother or father and child use, and looks custom-made for the home school setting. Yes, this technique does use visual clues in the first 80 lessons, but then they drop the clues and your child requires off operating. We have been doubtful at first, but right after going by means of it with four children and hearing hundreds of “success” stories, we're believers! Soon after 100 lessons your child will be reading at a strong 2nd grade degree.
My only complaint includes the stories. There is a new story every single lesson, commencing at lesson 13, and they are also silly for my tastes. But they were the highlights for all our young children, so I won't complain too loudly! Hope, following 50 lessons, was reading smoothly, writing short “stories,” and on her 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 while nonetheless 4, though there had been days that we far more than exceeded the 20 minutes prescribed.
