Rating: 
Summary: You will either love it or hate it
Review: This is one of those books that polarizes people: either they love it or they hate it. I'm in the latter camp.This is a rule-based method: your children will learn lots of spelling/phonics rules either before or while learning how to read (mostly before). My girls found this exasperating, and so did I. My opinion is that rules can be taught *as* they are needed rather than before. However, enough people swear by this method that I'm *sure* it has its merits. Find a copy to look at before you buy it. Read it thoroughly. Like many people, I found the book difficult to understand even after reading it from cover to cover three times. This method looks inexpensive until you add up the cost of supplemental books, classes, etc. For the price of those things, there are many other programs out there which are much easier to use and have more child appeal. My suggestion is to keep looking.
Rating:
Summary: You will either love it or hate it
Review: This is one of those books that polarizes people: either they love it or they hate it. I'm in the latter camp. This is a rule-based method: your children will learn lots of spelling/phonics rules either before or while learning how to read (mostly before). My girls found this exasperating, and so did I. My opinion is that rules can be taught *as* they are needed rather than before. However, enough people swear by this method that I'm *sure* it has its merits. Find a copy to look at before you buy it. Read it thoroughly. Like many people, I found the book difficult to understand even after reading it from cover to cover three times. This method looks inexpensive until you add up the cost of supplemental books, classes, etc. For the price of those things, there are many other programs out there which are much easier to use and have more child appeal. My suggestion is to keep looking.
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