Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons3903084
If you can give your child a thirst for reading, the complete globe 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, almost effortless process. When we tried to use the exact same approaches with Hope, we discovered two things: Hope is not a visual learner and we really had no technique to teach reading! So with Hope we had to start from scratch. We located ourselves bouncing from one method to another, scatterbrained, but as well poor to place out the megabucks needed for any of the flashier packages. And as you might anticipate, we did not make a great deal of progress. Then we stumbled across this book! What a need it met.
Phonics-primarily based, easy to follow, inexpensive, nonconsumable, and self-contained, it was all that we have been looking for. There are no workbooks, no flashcards, nothing fancy—just you, one-on-one with your child for 20 minutes a day.
Primarily based on the nationally productive DISTAR program, this system has been adapted for mother or father and child use, and appears custom-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 were doubtful at first, but right after going via it with four kids and hearing hundreds of “success” stories, we're believers! Soon after 100 lessons your child will be reading at a sound 2nd grade level.
My only complaint requires the stories. There is a new story each lesson, starting at lesson 13, and they are also silly for my tastes. But they were the highlights for all our kids, so I won't complain also loudly! Hope, right after 50 lessons, was reading smoothly, creating quick “stories,” and on her personal picked up and read other "easy" books. She finished the book before her 5th birthday and effortlessly moved into a 3rd grade reading text. Grace also finished the program although even now 4, though there have been days that we more than exceeded the 20 minutes prescribed.
