Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons9111921
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 level twice her age. But for Joy, a visual learner, the process had been an easy, practically effortless approach. When we attempted to use the exact same techniques with Hope, we discovered two things: Hope is not a visual learner and we actually had no method to teach reading! So with Hope we had to start from scratch. We found ourselves bouncing from one approach to an additional, scatterbrained, but also poor to put out the megabucks essential for any of the flashier programs. And as you may well anticipate, we didn't make a whole lot of progress. Then we stumbled across this guide! What a require it met.
Phonics-primarily based, easy to adhere to, low-cost, 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 successful DISTAR system, this program has been adapted for parent and child use, and seems custom-made for the home school setting. Yes, this method does use visual clues in the first 80 lessons, but then they drop the clues and your child will take off working. We have been doubtful at first, but soon after going by means of 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 includes the stories. There is a new story each and every lesson, starting at lesson 13, and they are as well silly for my tastes. But they had been the highlights for all our kids, so I won't complain as well loudly! Hope, after 50 lessons, was reading smoothly, creating brief “stories,” and on her personal 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 system although nonetheless 4, though there have been days that we more than exceeded the 20 minutes prescribed.
