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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
* Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? * Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading?
* Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms?
* Did you know that early readers hold an advantage over their peers throughout school?
* Do you want to help your child read, but are afraid you'll do something wro...more
* Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms?
* Did you know that early readers hold an advantage over their peers throughout school?
* Do you want to help your child read, but are afraid you'll do something wro...more
Paperback, 395 pages
Published
June 15th 1986
by Touchstone
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My almost 5 year old really wanted to learn to read so we recently started this program. It took me a while to get started doing it b/c 1) I was waiting for her to be little more ready, 2) As the parent, you do have to read through the instructions and do a little preparation in terms of practicing sounds (to make sure you teach them right) beforehand and I kept putting that off. But we did start and it wasn't a smooth ride for the first two weeks. It was easy for ME because they give you a scri...more
Finally finally finally finished! ROCK ON!!!! LOOOOOOOVE THIS BOOK!!!
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I've just started this book again with my twins who are almost 4. They are very excited and moving through the lessons very quickly. (By the way, for those with twins, I've found INDIVIDUAL lessons work best)
I've used this with my three older kids with varied results. My oldest daughter soaked it up like a sponge, started kindergarten reading picture books well and ending the year reading chapter books. My second child (a son) took longer to get through the lessons, but also read well at the sta...more
I've used this with my three older kids with varied results. My oldest daughter soaked it up like a sponge, started kindergarten reading picture books well and ending the year reading chapter books. My second child (a son) took longer to get through the lessons, but also read well at the sta...more
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I have been using this book with my 5 year old twin girls, and have such mixed feelings about it. We are half way through. Some things I love are the structure, it is scripted and somewhat rigid. That means less work for me in terms of figuring out what to cover. I love how it teaches phonics, which is incredibly lacking in the school system near us. I also like the whole brain approach the book takes. As a neuropsychologist, it's nice to see the integration of writing, sounding out, comprehensi...more
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This is an absolutely wonderful book! We are a homeschool family. My wife handles most of the lessons, but I teach each child to read when they show interest around 4 or 5 years old. My oldest daughter is 18. She is an avid reader. I started her off on this book when she was five years old. So far I have taught six of my children how to read using this book. I'm about to start on number seven. My youngest son is four years old and has started to show interest. (In case you are wondering, there a...more
I realize many people have had success with this book but we did not. My children hated, just HATED this book. I do not want my children to hate reading. I want them to love reading so I quit using the book after only a few tries. It is not a child-friendly book. The book is structured like a textbook (columns, heavy text, few pictures, no color, chapters, etc.) and oversized like a textbook, which is inappropriate for a small child. I can understand why adults like this book as it is more appro...more
This is an awesome book to have for anyone with preschool-kindergarten aged children in the home. We are about halfway through with the lessons and my daughter is beginning to read. It's so awesome, the format for each lesson is great. They are short, each lesson takes about 15 minutes or less where children practice sounds, blending, reading short CVC words, and piecing them together into sentences and then short stories, the lessons work on comprehension and have questions to ask the child as...more
Really great book. Lays out the steps clearly and concisely to teach your child to read. Tells the teacher exactly what to say in each lesson, which is nice, but initially it made teaching feel a bit robotic and boring.
My SIL has used the book and taught her 3 oldest daughters to read, starting at about 3.5. And the research behind it seems legit.
I started this book with my almost 3yr old and although he learned a lot, the exact lessons were too structured. After about 12 frustrating lessons I...more
My SIL has used the book and taught her 3 oldest daughters to read, starting at about 3.5. And the research behind it seems legit.
I started this book with my almost 3yr old and although he learned a lot, the exact lessons were too structured. After about 12 frustrating lessons I...more
This book is amazing! I highly recommend this book to any parent wanting to teach their child to read. It is a phonics based approach that is simply brilliant. I finished all 100 lessons with my four year old about a month ago and it is amazing to sit and listen to him read--he WANTS to read. I love it!
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I've successfully taught my oldest daughter how to read with this book. She could read fluently before kindergarten. I'm currently teaching my second daughter and she is doing just as well as her older sister. I will teach all my children to read with this book, the results are worth the effort.
On the recommendation of a friend, I began using this book with Nathan. I love the method used and that it takes no daily preparation on my part. So far we are on lesson 12 and Nate is doing extremely well. I am very pleased with the results and only expect good things from here.
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I highly recommend this book for teaching your child to read. It is so exciting to see your child start reading!
I have used this with my two oldest boys, starting each when they were 3. We did it casually, on their own terms, when they wanted to do it. Their personalities are very different, but it was a wonderful experience with both of them!
My first son was often antsy during the lessons, but the short stories at the end of each lesson, and the funny pictures always landed us on a good note.
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I have used this with my two oldest boys, starting each when they were 3. We did it casually, on their own terms, when they wanted to do it. Their personalities are very different, but it was a wonderful experience with both of them!
My first son was often antsy during the lessons, but the short stories at the end of each lesson, and the funny pictures always landed us on a good note.
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I'm about halfway finished with this book. My son, who is 5, getting ready to start Kindergarten in the Fall has been the source of experimentation with this book.
Okay, so he pretty much hates it.... But, it's working.
This book really shows children how to sound out each letter to form words. I'm really pleased with it. As a parent who was a bit clueless on how to teach my child to read, this has been a huge help.
Like I said, we are halfway through and he is already reading paragraph (stories)
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Okay, so he pretty much hates it.... But, it's working.
This book really shows children how to sound out each letter to form words. I'm really pleased with it. As a parent who was a bit clueless on how to teach my child to read, this has been a huge help.
Like I said, we are halfway through and he is already reading paragraph (stories)
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I have used this book to teach Josh, Natalie, and Caleb how to read. In child's learning style was different and I adapted the book to their needs, but really this book is amazing! The intro tells you to follow the instructions completely. I couldn't do it, it was too tedious, but I've followed them generally and this book really does teach a child how to read and it's so gradual that it's easy for the child. It's a great foundation type book that gives structure. I've never really used the firs...more
My son was having problems learning to read at school. The way that they were teaching just wasn't helping him at all! They finally told me that they wanted to place him in special ed as he wasn't learning with his other classmates.
I knew he was smart and didn't belong in special ed so I purchased this book. In two weeks he was reading at grade level and by the end of the book he was reading at a 3rd grade level well above his peers. Any time a friend comes to me and either wants to start teachi...more
I knew he was smart and didn't belong in special ed so I purchased this book. In two weeks he was reading at grade level and by the end of the book he was reading at a 3rd grade level well above his peers. Any time a friend comes to me and either wants to start teachi...more
This book taught me how to read. My father went through the lessons with me, step-by-step, when I was 4. After I finished this, I read everything I could get my hands on. Real books, not kids books. Tom Sawyer. Huck Finn. Robin Hood. The KJV Bible. This book teaches not only how to read phonetically, but how to approach phonics so that the English language makes sense. Nearly every exception to the rule is incorporated, making learning new words fairly straightforward. This is a fabulous book. W...more
My mom wrapped this up as a birthday present for my third birthday as she had for my two older siblings, and later did for my two younger siblings. I learned to read with this book and was definitely ahead of the other kids in my kindergarten class by the time I started school. My mom gave it to her friends and they taught their children to read with it as well. It's a great program that makes reading simple for any child, and will teach children to become avid readers. Also, I probably wouldn't...more
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I just finished this book with my oldest child. I am amazed at how well she can read now. The methods in this book work very well and it is easy on the parent b/c it is very specific about what to say and do. However, I can't say that it was always easy and that she loved every minute of it, but we stuck with it and we are both pleased with the end result. My biggest complaint with the book is that she wasn't interested in many of the stories so it was sometimes a struggle to get her excited. I...more
It will be approximatley 90 more lessons before I can give a full review, but so far, so good. The pace started a little slow for my 4 year old, but looking ahead, it won't be long before it picks up. I can already tell that he has learned the phonetic concepts more quickly than when I previously worked with him without a program. The writing exercises are a little too much to expect for him since his fine motor skills aren't quite there yet, but we've adapted it.
Update: Currently on lesson 60...more
Update: Currently on lesson 60...more
I find myself wanting to "chart" the skills used to teach reading in this book. The blow-by-blow outline of each and every of the 100 days' lessons shows a lot of attention to detail, and might be just right for some parents. But I need the Big Picture.
Briefly describe the skills needed and the average timeline and I'm automatically tailoring it to my situation. Doing *anything* another person's way is almost always a waste of my time. I've skimmed the "Parent's Guide," (p9) but I need to study...more
Briefly describe the skills needed and the average timeline and I'm automatically tailoring it to my situation. Doing *anything* another person's way is almost always a waste of my time. I've skimmed the "Parent's Guide," (p9) but I need to study...more
My experience with this book was a bit mixed, but over all it was positive, so I give it four stars with a high recommendation.
The early lessons are very simple and short. They really do only take 15-20 minutes (if that) a day. But as they get more complex, adding in more skills and exercises, it obviously takes longer to get through a whole lesson. By the end of the book, it was taking us an hour to get through each lesson. But I also wondered if that was only because my daughter needed some ex...more
The early lessons are very simple and short. They really do only take 15-20 minutes (if that) a day. But as they get more complex, adding in more skills and exercises, it obviously takes longer to get through a whole lesson. By the end of the book, it was taking us an hour to get through each lesson. But I also wondered if that was only because my daughter needed some ex...more
I think this program is very well put together. The first few lessons are rhyming and repeating words slowly and at first I didn't understand how that had anything to do with teaching reading. However, as we (my son and I) progressed through the lessons I saw how everything fit together and it fit together impressively. There is definitely a method and pattern the book follows.
Now for the word 'easy' in the title. This book is easy on the parent in that there is no preparation. You sit down wit...more
Now for the word 'easy' in the title. This book is easy on the parent in that there is no preparation. You sit down wit...more
This book comes highly recommended, and I have no doubt a lot of people have had success with it. But I hated it. On the plus side, my son did learn to read, it is comprehensive and very easy to use. On the other...
First, as to the methodology: It teaches a special orthography to introduce different phonetics. I didn't have a problem with this, but I think it was frustrating for my son. It isn't until lesson 73 that the standardized alphabet is introduced--which means that for literally months,...more
First, as to the methodology: It teaches a special orthography to introduce different phonetics. I didn't have a problem with this, but I think it was frustrating for my son. It isn't until lesson 73 that the standardized alphabet is introduced--which means that for literally months,...more
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A quick, efficient, well-thought-out, phonics-based method for teaching reading. It has worked well for both of my daughters, and they have moved fairly seamlessly into "whole books" from this curriculum. It isn't completely thorough (the soft "c" and "g" sounds are not addressed, I noticed--not sure why), but these couple of facts are easily taught by the parent. For the time spent, I believe it is the best method I've seen. Other highly-acclaimed programs like "Johnny Can Spell," using phonogr...more
I have had some requests for more information about how I teach my children to read. I use this book, and I read aloud ALOT.
We start off each lesson with a picture book (child's choice) then a chapter from a chapter book (my choice). Then we read the lesson. Sometimes we stop in the middle of the lesson (depending on attention span and how well the lesson is going, etc.) We always peek ahead to see if there is a "new sound" coming up. (A very exciting development, if you can imagine.) After the...more
We start off each lesson with a picture book (child's choice) then a chapter from a chapter book (my choice). Then we read the lesson. Sometimes we stop in the middle of the lesson (depending on attention span and how well the lesson is going, etc.) We always peek ahead to see if there is a "new sound" coming up. (A very exciting development, if you can imagine.) After the...more
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This book has been a journey for me. I began with a squirmy 4 year old and finished with a squirmy, but able to focus 5 year old. I observed how my daughter learned and how I communicate under difficult circumstances. Not only am I glad I taught her to read myself, I'm glad I spent this last year and a half studying her learning habits and becoming a better teacher. Easy lessons by nature do not mean that focusing is easy for a child. I had to be creative and consistent. I implemented many ideas...more
We're halfway through this book as of early December, and I'm in love with the methodology! I can see how it will be an easy transition into reading, and build problem-solving skills for learning new words. My daughter has already started to read words outside of the book and in the real word by sounding them out with the methods learned in the book! I'm so impressed. My 3-year-old son has been following along in bits and pieces as his attention span allows, and even he is able to sound out and...more
I tried this book out with my daughter and it was going so well that I ended up buying it. My daughter has gone from learning how to sound out words when we began to reading the stories in the book pretty fluently, just from using this program (and we're not even half-way finished). She enjoys the lessons and is breezing through them. I only gave this book 3 stars when I used it with my son, but I would give it 5 stars with my daughter, so I'll round to 4. It appears that it works great for some...more
I had started to work with my son using this book and have now decided to stop using it. It isn't due to the book at all. In fact, I think the method is a great idea. I just think that my 4 year old (due to be 5 in a few months) should be given time to breath, play, and be a child. I didn't attend Kindergarten, and when I first attended First Grade, I didn't even know English. I managed due to the abundant space in my brain at such a young age. I am glad my parents gave me more time to play as a...more
I taught my daughter, Madeleine, how to read by using this system. She wanted badly to read like her big brother. She flew through the lessons, doing two in one day and progressed quickly. She's good at deciphering symbols and recognizing rules, so it worked well for her.
I'm now teaching my son to read this way (we started when he was four, and he's now five. It has taken us about five months to make it through the text--with a few breaks when he was getting too antsy and negative), and though t...more
I'm now teaching my son to read this way (we started when he was four, and he's now five. It has taken us about five months to make it through the text--with a few breaks when he was getting too antsy and negative), and though t...more
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