Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons8884276
If you can give your child a thirst for reading, the whole planet 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 process had been an easy, virtually effortless method. When we attempted to use the identical methods with Hope, we discovered two things: Hope is not a visual learner and we really had no strategy to teach reading! So with Hope we had to start from scratch. We discovered ourselves bouncing from one method to another, scatterbrained, but too poor to put out the megabucks necessary for any of the flashier packages. And as you may well anticipate, we didn't make a good deal of progress. Then we stumbled across this guide! What a need to have it met.
Phonics-based, easy to stick to, economical, 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 20 minutes a day.
Based on the nationally productive DISTAR program, this system has been adapted for mother or father and child use, and looks 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 requires off running. We were doubtful at first, but soon after going through it with four youngsters and hearing hundreds of “success” stories, we're believers! Following 100 lessons your child will be reading at a solid 2nd grade level.
My only complaint includes the stories. There is a new story each lesson, beginning at lesson 13, and they are too silly for my tastes. But they had been the highlights for all our kids, so I will not complain too loudly! Hope, after 50 lessons, was reading smoothly, creating quick “stories,” and on her own picked up and read other "easy" books. She finished the guide before her 5th birthday and effortlessly moved into a 3rd grade reading text. Grace also completed the program while nevertheless 4, however there have been days that we more than exceeded the 20 minutes prescribed.
