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Summary: Absolutely Wonderful!
Review: I bought this for my daughter when she was 3 and we read (learned) a few pages at a time as directed. She's now 6 and is the best reader and speller in her 2nd grade class (she even skipped the 1st grade)! I would recommend this book to anyone over any other product, and you can't beat the price!
Thanks so much "Giggle Bunny"!!!
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Summary: An Amazing Book
Review: I bought this book for my 5 year old based on the reviews here. My son just started kindergarten, and I wanted to reinforce what he was learning at school. He absolutely loves working with this book! Each chapter focuses on a few letters or letter combos at a time, and helps teach their sounds alone, or in small words. The whole time the child has fun, and I was amazed at how quickly he learned. He actually asks to do more pages than I plan each time we sit down with it. I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: The best investment for your child
Review: I must have enough material in my house to open a small kindergarten - after despairing that my daughter refused to learn the alphabet and read. I tried every kind of material from videos to audio tapes to books to bingo to card games you name it I tried it. Finally a bit of bribing to sit down with me ten minutes a day and the READING LESSON. I got 5 and a half year old daughter reading basic sentences with confidence in two months. We did the first five chapters in 8 weeks and since then it is smooth sailing. I can't reccomend it enough. It will be the best investment you will ever make if you want your child to read.
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Summary: We love the reading lesson!
Review: This product is excellent! I would recommend it to anyone who wants to teach their child to read. I can't say enough positive things about this teaching method.
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Summary: Just plain great book!
Review: I am now teaching my fourth child to read. I used the "100 Lesson" book with the first one, the "Phonics Pathways" with the second one and "the Reading Lesson" with last two. If you are reading this to try to decide on which book to purchase, this one - The Reading Lesson - in my opinion is right on the mark for younger children. The lessons are teeny-tiny and easy for younger child. The CD-ROM really helps because it is so wonderfully entertaining for the child but very goal-oriented.Phonics Pathways book should be used only for an older child or one who had difficulties learning to read. It is just too much for a young child. It uses a lot of rhyming pharases and that in my opinion in not the best way to learn to read. Words in reading do not often rhyme. Rhyming also encouraes guessing. The pages of Phonics Pathways are jam packed with words and "stuff". On one page I counted over 200 words! All of these words new to the child. No wonder my son hated looking at this book. Definitely not for a younger child. The 100 Lessons book is good BUT this book - The Reading Lesson - is better. One of the complaints I had with "100 Lessons" book is that when you look at a page, it is 80% instructions for the parent and only just a few words for the child to read, except when reading stories when there is too much on the page for the child to read. The "100 Lessons" book lacks balance in my opinion. I noticed that one of the reviewers said that they liked the "100 Lesson" book, however this reviewer from what she says never saw the this book, only the web site. How can you give a book 3 stars after just seeing the website! Strange!!! I think if you see how the Reading Lesson book is arranged, you won't want to buy the 100 Lessons book. (I bought the book at Borders never having read any of these reviews!) This book is a gem. Easy to use, and a pleasure and hands down best of the lot of books designed to teach children to read.
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Summary: The Reading Lesson that teaches
Review: My daughter started this book about a month ago and we are cruising along with the lessons. It's amazing how many sounds and words she now recommends by site. A good program with uncluttered pages.
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Summary: How I taught my 2 and a half year old to read.
Review: I have taught three children to read trying various methods at different stages in their development. After researching & almost one thousand dollars on reading programs I finally settled on "Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons" for my two year old son. My research has led me to several conclusions, among which are: * Different types of reading programs may work better at different stages in your child's development. For example, "How to Teach Your Baby to Read" by Glenn & Janet Doman, works best for children under two.
* If your child is approximately 4 years or older and DOES NOT HAVE ANY LETTER RECOGNITION, then a program like "Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons" may work best.
* Hooked on phonics may work well for children over the age of six who already have some reading skills, but are having problems.
* Bob First (Scholastic) books are good for kids 4 and up. Younger kids may have problems with the Bob First books because the print is too small.
* Do NOT teach the alphabet to kids under 3 years old. They will learn to read more easily if instead, starting with lower case letters, you first teach the sounds a letter makes. They can easily pick up the names of the letters once they are well into their reading program. The first lesson in the 20 Easy Lessons book starts by introducing your child to the sounds made by five of the most commonly used letters in the 500 most commonly used words of the English language. Whereas the book recommends spending up to 5 minutes on one page, I only spent about 15 seconds per session and two sessions per day, for a total of 30 seconds per day. Just long enough to point out the letters and say the sounds. The first couple of times (I introduce any new concept) I do not ask my child to repeat anything. The next couple of sessions, I asked my child to repeat after me while I pointed to the letters. After another couple of sessions, your child will be saying the letter sounds as you point to the letters. After a few days, we were going through half a page a day, and repeating each page two or three times. After a month of this, you will be able to cover one page at a time (instead of half pages). Every so often, the book has a worksheet that may not be developmentally appropriate for your child (e.g., matching letter sounds to a picture of an animal that starts with the same sound). Skip these worksheets if your child is too young. It is 5 months later and my child, now 2 years 8 months old, is on lesson 7 and can easily read sentences like "Pam got a fish in the pet shop. The cat wants the fish, but the cat can not swim." He is able to read words that he doesn't know by sounding them out. I expect that he will be at an advanced second grade reading level by the time he is three and a half years old. I few more tips to consider.
* Do not teach your child if either of you are in a bad mood, hungry, or distracted in any way.
* Get rid of all distractions during a lesson (e.g., T.V., radio, ringing phones, talking people, etc.)
* Teach your child every day, including weekends.
* Make the lessons short. Start with 10 to 15 seconds per session. At 2 years 8 months old, my son's sessions are now about 1 minute long, once or twice per day.
* Bribe your child. For example, "Let's have a reading lesson and then go out and ride your bike" or "Let's have a reading lesson and then play with the Play-Dough".
* Sometimes you can use hand puppets to help with the reading lesson.
* I have a Rubbermaid container that I call the Treasure Chest. It is filled with many little toys I purchased at the 99 cent store. Sometimes I use this by saying, "Let's have a reading lesson and then you can pick a treasure from the treasure chest."
* Do not force your child. If he or she doesn't want to do the reading lesson, take a day off and try a different tactic the following day.
* Read books to your child on a regular basis.
* When out and about, point out words to your child that he or she already knows.
* If your child makes a reading mistake during a session, do not say "No" or "That's not correct". Sometimes you can just let it slide. Other times you can help them by telling them the answer.
* Try not to pressure your child to show off his or her reading skills to other people. I have many more ideas and opinions, but not enough space. I think that kids 2 years to 5 years old will get the most benefit out of this book.
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Summary: The Most Important Book For Your Child!
Review: My parents taught me to read with another book (100 Easy Lessons - book). It worked well and I was always at the top of my class (I attribute it to learning to read early and often). However, I am teaching my daughter with this newer book. It is updated and much easier for parents and kids and my daughter loves to read the stories with the cute pictures. Go at your child's pace, too. If you only bought one book for your kids it should be this one. Invaluable!
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Summary: WOW!
Review: Excellent book! My four-year-old can read thanks to "The Reading Lesson". The book itself is a masterpiece! The CD-ROM seals the deal! Give the gift of reading, this book is well worth the money!
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Summary: This Works!
Review: As a teacher, I made a promise to an older struggling reader that I would teach him to read yet nothing seemed to work. One day I happened upon your book and decided to try it. We started at the beginning and faithfully worked through your program. Right from the beginning I knew it was going to click with him. It is very straight forward. There are very few distractors and so easy to follow. Each page introduces just a few sounds at a time and allows plenty of practice before moving on. I love the controlled vocabulary so every reading experience is successful. The results were amazing! Seeing the results, I tried using the format with other students. Again, the introduction of a few simple sounds and soon kids were reading words well beyond their instructional level. This book was worth every penny!
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