Teaching your child to read can be as easy as teaching him how to tie his shoe. Some children get it right away, and some need lots of practice. This post will talk about three programs we have used to help our children learn to read. I hope it will help some of you who are trying to sift through all the choices that are available today!
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons was the first program that I ever used. This program is appealing for several reasons. One, the price can't be beat. For less than $20.00, you can get your child started on learning letter sounds and phonograms as well as blending those sounds together to make words. With this program, your child will be reading words, sentences and short stories in just a few lessons. 100 Easy Lessons has given my children the best success at learning how to blend sounds. If you have a child struggling to learn how to blend sounds, you might give this book a try. This book is NOT a complete phonics program. 100 Easy Lessons will put your child on the path to reading well, but in most cases, you will need to continue his phonics instruction with another program. I use this book to get my kids started, and we move on to something else somewhere after lesson 50 which is about the time my kids get tired of the silly stories that are provided for practice.
My favorite "teach your child to read" book is The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. This is a simple, no frills book. The book very systematically walks your child through all letter sounds and phonograms; therefore The Ordinary Parent's Guide is a complete phonics program and should be all you need to teach reading. I love this open and go program that tells me as the teacher exactly what to say and do to get my child reading. One caveat: Remember I said "no frills". For visual children, this program may not be the best. The text is black and white, and there are no pictures.
When my oldest struggled with learning to read and learning how to spell, I bought Spell to Write and Read. This program is fantastic! I am now using it to teach my youngest how to read. This program has helped all of my children see how phonograms work together to make a word. When they say, "Mom?! How do you spell the number 'eight'?" I can say, "4 letter a", and they know exactly what to write! Their system of underlining and labeling phonograms in a word has helped my children to break apart words for both spelling and reading. In the future, I will try to post more about ways I'm using this program to help my very visual youngest daughter learn to read. What is your favorite program for teaching your children to read?
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons was the first program that I ever used. This program is appealing for several reasons. One, the price can't be beat. For less than $20.00, you can get your child started on learning letter sounds and phonograms as well as blending those sounds together to make words. With this program, your child will be reading words, sentences and short stories in just a few lessons. 100 Easy Lessons has given my children the best success at learning how to blend sounds. If you have a child struggling to learn how to blend sounds, you might give this book a try. This book is NOT a complete phonics program. 100 Easy Lessons will put your child on the path to reading well, but in most cases, you will need to continue his phonics instruction with another program. I use this book to get my kids started, and we move on to something else somewhere after lesson 50 which is about the time my kids get tired of the silly stories that are provided for practice.
My favorite "teach your child to read" book is The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. This is a simple, no frills book. The book very systematically walks your child through all letter sounds and phonograms; therefore The Ordinary Parent's Guide is a complete phonics program and should be all you need to teach reading. I love this open and go program that tells me as the teacher exactly what to say and do to get my child reading. One caveat: Remember I said "no frills". For visual children, this program may not be the best. The text is black and white, and there are no pictures.
When my oldest struggled with learning to read and learning how to spell, I bought Spell to Write and Read. This program is fantastic! I am now using it to teach my youngest how to read. This program has helped all of my children see how phonograms work together to make a word. When they say, "Mom?! How do you spell the number 'eight'?" I can say, "4 letter a", and they know exactly what to write! Their system of underlining and labeling phonograms in a word has helped my children to break apart words for both spelling and reading. In the future, I will try to post more about ways I'm using this program to help my very visual youngest daughter learn to read. What is your favorite program for teaching your children to read?
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