Teach Child to Read in 100 Lessons
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Some things I don't like: the structure. Honestly, sometimes the script is agonizingly wearisome, and I can't stand that you get through some of the words/stories once, and then have to go dorsum through them once more a second time. Plus, my girls are freaking out past that time! Although going back through the story a 2d time and asking questions is excellent for comprehension.
The biggest matter for me is simply managing my ain expectations, recognizing when my girls (who are partially deaf anyhow) have reached their fatigue point, and letting it get to another day (which is And so hard for me, I desire to get things done!).
I've also started switching information technology upwardly with reading repetitive early on readers, like "Dick and Jane" books, and the leveled readers from their kindergarten class. This helps with the boredom/frustration and is proficient for getting sight words into their long-term memory without doing flashcards. I definitely see progress in my twins. I am hopeful they will be reading independently on some level, any level would satisfy me, by the end of kindergarten.
I wish I had known virtually it when my son was this age, he struggled to read with the method taught at our neighborhood school - which was, "look at the picture and try to figure out what the word is", totally crazy - and he withal struggles, though he has fabricated bang-up progress.
Overall, I think this is one good tool in helping your children actually larn to read and sound out unfamiliar words
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one) Using a puppet to teach the lessons (she even so likes the puppet fifty-fifty when the lessons get hard)
2) I used a reward chart specifically for completing a lesson
iii) Afterwards observing how difficult focusing even for 10-20 minutes was, I started giving focusing prizes for focused lesson time (sitting still, not talking about off-subject ideas, or being dizzy)
4) Learning that afterwards xx minutes focusing became especially difficult, so to complete the lesson another 24-hour interval.
5) Some lessons are easy for my girl to complete because they are review lessons and some which innovate new sounds are more hard, so I could not expect them all to be the same corporeality of time.
Based on educational research, the Distar reading method streamlines the learning to read procedure. It has been proven more than effective than the traditional didactics methods (sight reading, which her kindergarten class uses). Designed for 3 1/2 to 4 year olds, this book'south lessons worked well for united states of america, with enough of consistency and endurance. Information technology taught me and my daughter speech and phonetics and she is style ahead in her kindergarten course now. It was a good study in focusing for a 4 and 5 year sometime. ...more
Okay, so he pretty much hates it.... Simply, it's working.
This book really shows children how to sound out each letter of the alphabet to grade words. I'one thousand actually pleased with information technology. 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, nosotros are halfway through and he is already reading paragraph (stories)
And then
I'm virtually halfway finished with this book. My son, who is 5, getting ready to offset Kindergarten in the Fall has been the source of experimentation with this book.Okay, so he pretty much hates information technology.... Just, it's working.
This volume actually shows children how to sound out each alphabetic character to course words. I'one thousand really pleased with information technology. As a parent who was a bit clueless on how to teach my child to read, this has been a huge help.
Similar I said, we are halfway through and he is already reading paragraph (stories)
So, I wholeheartedly suggest if you need to teach a child to read that you option this one up!
The lessons are near 10 minutes each day, yous really can't crush that!!!!
5 stars!!!!!
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This book was highly recommended by my sister-in-constabulary, Tiffany, who has used it with her kids and she told me that when they go to lesson 100 they are at a 2nd course reading level and and then she suggested I just work to lesson 30-40, which brought me tons of relief. :) Thanks, Tiffany. Sorry for all the details but thought others might desire to know. Information technology'due south a good resource for kids who want to start reading before school or could utilise some help learning to read after they have started school. I call up the plan seems great. If Anything, my daughter is learning to sit still for 20 minutes every solar day to do something bookish (which she needed to practise for kindergarten).
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I didn't make him repeat stuff every bit much as the book said, unless he was having trouble with a particular discussion. I let him fix the learning pace so that he didn't get bored or overly frustrated. But made it to lesson lxx-something where the lessons first to echo but without the special writing to assist you pronounce the words. Merely he is reading books himself no
I plant this to be an easy and engaging way to teach my v/6 year quondam how to read. Just sat down and went through the lessons pace by step.I didn't make him repeat stuff as much equally the volume said, unless he was having trouble with a detail word. I allow him set the learning pace so that he didn't get bored or overly frustrated. Simply fabricated it to lesson lxx-something where the lessons start to repeat only without the special writing to aid you pronounce the words. But he is reading books himself now then in that location doesn't seem to be much indicate in going on.
Would definitely recommend this.
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After I consulted with my sis, Rachel Deese, who is a wonderful ed
It seems gimmicky, but I highly recommend this book! I accept two very good readers after having worked through this book. This was recommended to me past several homeschooling moms that I know, all of which have good readers. Information technology must be understood, though, that this is not a grammar book. This is merely teaching a child to read the words in front of him. It uses mainly phonics, just also incorporates memorization of "funny words".Later on I consulted with my sister, Rachel Deese, who is a wonderful educator and has a masters in Reading, we used this volume in conjunction with A.C.E.'s Word Building lessons (our main curriculum) and did fine. She was glad that phonics was the overall principle used, and that it also recognized that not all English words will hold to strict phonetic pronunciations. Her merely recommendation was to be sure to keep terminology consistent between this book and our regular curriculum so as not to confuse the kids.
I must say too that it wasn't always piece of cake. The lessons could go tedious and frustrating, because it's a whole new way of thinking for a Kindergartner. Merely I would say, stick with it! After all, who says every lesson of every day of school has to be Sesame Street!? As I read the reviews on Amazon, there were some who hated the book because of this, and I suppose information technology is fair to say that at certain points it was difficult. Some days we but had to skip the lesson. But I'1000 and so happy with the results.
Information technology was definitely worth it to read the introductory material then I knew what my part was. Each lesson begins with introducing a new sound. And so there is a section of drilling, and finally the child gets to read a story. I read all the words in scarlet, and the kid follows my instruction. The book says that the lesson should only take 20 minutes, but for us it was twice equally long. I suppose it was 20 minutes on a really good mean solar day when my kids were really into it and breezing through it, but this was not typical.
I'll mail service this video below to evidence how my kids read. In the video Matthew is in 1st grade and reading his A.C.Due east. PACEs easily. He went through the book terminal year. Katie was in Kindergarten. I'd say my kids are very normal. They don't accept any developmental bug, so those factors may influence your decision to use it. You'll notice that they are sounding out a lot of words, and that'due south good! My challenge now is to become them to read outside of course time. Katie seems to exist enjoying reading the most, but Matthew is proud of himself for his reading skill even though he'd rather be playing Lego'southward.
This volume was reviewed at MostlySensible.com...
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I've used this with my three older kids with varied results. My oldest girl soaked it up like a sponge, started kindergarten reading flick books well and catastrophe the twelvemonth reading chapter books. My second child (a son) took longer to get through the lessons, but likewise read well at the sta
I've only started this book once again with my twins who are nigh 4. They are very excited and moving through the lessons very speedily. (By the manner, for those with twins, I've plant Private lessons piece of work all-time)I've used this with my three older kids with varied results. My oldest girl soaked information technology up like a sponge, started kindergarten reading picture books well and ending the year reading affiliate books. My second child (a son) took longer to get through the lessons, but also read well at the start of kindergarten. My third child (a son) proved to me that i-size-fits-all is NOT what this volume is nearly. Despite lots of efforts and his willingness to play along, he didn't larn much at all from this volume at age four.v and 5. However, a twelvemonth subsequently, and with beginning course coming upwardly, he is now excited to start the book again and nosotros're working on information technology. This time, he's doing well.
So my recommendation? Attempt the volume for the first 10 or twenty lessons on your 4 or 5 twelvemonth one-time. If they are interested and learning, go along it up. Otherwise, gear up it aside until they are older and focus on learning letters and numbers instead.
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We start off each lesson with a pic volume (child'due south selection) then a chapter from a chapter book (my choice). So we read the lesson. Sometimes we cease in the middle of the lesson (depending on attending span and how well the lesson is going, etc.) We always peek ahead to see if there is a "new sound" coming upwards. (A very exciting development, if yous can imagine.) After the
I have had some requests for more information about how I teach my children to read. I use this volume, and I read aloud ALOT.Nosotros start off each lesson with a motion-picture show book (kid's option) then a affiliate from a chapter book (my selection). 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 encounter if there is a "new sound" coming up. (A very heady development, if you tin imagine.) Subsequently the lesson we read from a phonics reader. For small breaks during the lesson we often read nursery rhyme and poetry books. At the finish of the lesson we read another movie book--my choice. It often has something to reinforce the lesson. Sallie gets a care for every tenth lesson. Funny how the ante rises with each child. Aerie got a book every 10th lesson, Coco got something from the dollar shop. Sallie gets Polly Pockets. We choice the next prize the day the beginning prize is finished. Sallie usually does two lessons on the days she is close to earning a prize. I never push, and if she is reluctant, nosotros stop the lesson read aloud and call it good. I do not apply the writing portion of the book. We go on writing completely separate. (I similar Handwriting Without Tears and Draw Write At present, just I employ them just loosely, by and large I just let them draw and write on their ain.
Sallie and I have started to incorporate some writing time into her reading lesson. She dictates a story to me, I write it, fold it, staple information technology and she illustrates information technology. We've done that a couple of times now and information technology has been great fun. She commonly uses a couple of the words for her lesson, then I am careful to signal those out. She loves to read her book to me when she is finished.
And so there you have information technology! Luckily, my children oasis't had any reading troubles (eye problems, dyslexia, ADD, etc.) So learning to read has been fairly easy and painless every bit well every bit fun for all of the states!
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Sallie is on lesson 57. This is a peachy "teach your child" to read book. But, I call up it simply works later on hundreds of hours of reading aloud. If I was starting from scratch with a new reader, I would all the same recommend hundreds of hours of read aloud, just I would also look into Jessie Wise's "The Ordinary Parent'southward Guide to Teaching Reading." I haven't used it, simply information technology looks fantastic, and I have actually loved her other "homeschool" aids. Just a thought.
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I accept used this volume to teach Aerie and Coco to read. I cheated a lilliputian and customized it (turned information technology into games) for Coco, but by the stop of the book (along with lots of read aloud at dwelling house) the child is considered on a second grade reading level. I'm starting to use the aforementioned "games" with Sallie, like "say it fast" and "say it tiresome", but we won't start on the real lessons until she is 4 or so.
Outset, equally to the methodology: Information technology teaches a special orthography to innovate different phonetics. I didn't have a problem with this, only 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, This volume comes highly recommended, and I take no dubiety a lot of people have had success with information technology. But I hated it. On the plus side, my son did larn to read, it is comprehensive and very piece of cake 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, just 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, he thought he couldn't read because he couldn't pick upwardly a normal book and read it. It too meant he couldn't practice during the 24-hour interval with normal books. We started doing two lessons a day but to become through information technology quicker so he could see that he had learned something. I also question the wisdom of not introducing sure phonetic rules, similar the long vowel if an 'e' is at the end of the word, earlier. The child is expected to read such words in standard type several lessons before the dominion is formally introduced. And so, not having learned the rule, when my son got to the standardized blazon, he had no thought how to effigy those words out. I went off script and introduced the rule myself. I don't know how he ever would've figured it out--was he supposed to infer the rule on his own? Information technology was terribly frustrating that he was expected to read words without knowing how to sound them out. I am also dislocated as to why the volume didn't introduce some letter combinations at all--like 'oa' or 'ci' and 'ce'. I had to tack on a lesson at the end to introduce those.
Second, the manual itself: The editing in this book has to exist the absolute worst I've ever seen. In one lesson, I institute Four different typos (the script would refer to circled letters and none would be circled, for instance). If you lot're going to teach a kid a specialized orthography--if you're going to teach him that 'south' and 'h' make a different audio when they're continued than when they're just right adjacent to each other--well, at the very to the lowest degree y'all ought to make quite sure you are consistent. The book was rife with such mistakes--fifty-fifty my son pointed a couple out. I finally took to using a black pen to ready the text as we went along. At that place is no excuse for such sloppy editing in a reading manual of all things!
And I haven't fifty-fifty mentioned my pocket-size complaints--the illustrations are poorly drawn, a few of the stories involve a hunter with a gun (cheers including unnecessary violence, volume!), besides many of the reading comprehension questions are aye/no questions, etc.
I will definitely not use this book with my other children. ...more than
Later on some difficulties with the power struggle with the kickoff child, I adjusted and changed some things with the second child. Made a large divergence. The key to winning the ability struggle with your child is to have it easy and exist flexible. If your child doesn't like the writing lessons at the end, don't do them (nosotros inappreciably did any, because neither of my kids liked them). They get enough of writing practice in preschool and kindergarten anyway. I have friends who say this was their child'due south favorite part, so they did extra time writing. When information technology comes to the 2d story reading, we would but do it in one case and save the second reading for the next day. And then the next day, we started with reading the previous days story (the second read) and then moved onto the new lesson and did the same thing at the end: read the story only once and save the 2nd read for the adjacent day. Keeps the kids more interested that way. Also, you lot don't have to follow the script Word for Word, suit it to your everyday vocabulary and go along it fun. If yous make it seem like a chore, they react accordingly.
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I'm now didactics my son to read this way (we started when he was four, and he's now 5. It has taken united states about five months to brand it through the text--with a few breaks when he was getting too fidgety and negative), and though t
I taught my girl, Madeleine, how to read by using this organization. She wanted badly to read like her big brother. She flew through the lessons, doing ii in one twenty-four hours and progressed quickly. She's practiced at deciphering symbols and recognizing rules, and so it worked well for her.I'1000 now educational activity my son to read this fashion (we started when he was four, and he's now 5. Information technology 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 the progress is slower, he'due south nevertheless grabbing all the concepts and despite his bouncy-ness is reading nicely. We're on lesson 88!
If you're interested in doing this, you take to completely buy in to their organisation. I don't think going one-half way would be helpful for a child--just confusing. I don't really like the physical experience of the book. It'due south large, and might exist more helpful if the spine could fully open. And the illustrations, though humorous, lack a certain whimsy and sense of taste.
my two cents :)
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I only wanted to bank check out this book to read the introduction and instructions. Everything looks good and I think we volition probably use this to begin reading pedagogy if we're ready to showtime that earlier we start 1000. The simply issue or confusion I had is that this book claims to exist appropriate for children as young as iii and
My son is non ready to begin reading lessons yet. At the fourth dimension of this "review" he is 3 years and 3 months old. I can encounter him beingness ready to brainstorm in 3 to half dozen months, though.I only wanted to check out this book to read the introduction and instructions. Everything looks good and I think we will probably use this to begin reading teaching if we're ready to start that before nosotros start Yard. The merely issue or confusion I had is that this book claims to exist advisable for children as immature as three and a one-half but there are writing portions in every lesson, from what I could tell. I recollect most probably whatever 3 twelvemonth former that is prepare to brainstorm reading still lacks the necessary motor skills to brainstorm writing. I have read that this is peculiarly common in boys, fifty-fifty when they are not early readers. Nosotros can reevaluate when nosotros become there, but I imagine I will have to alter the writing tasks to allow for tracing or finger painting or simply skip them altogether.
...more - repetition of all the lessons woven together (screw)
- handwriting in every lesson
- lessons appear short
- method of teaching pre-reading and reading skills is brilliant
- I liked how they made little changes to the messages to make information technology easier for the child to differ I wanted to love this book, but information technology was just taking fashion too much time, and my daughter was getting frustrated. We're going to try "Explode the Lawmaking" instead, only perchance nosotros'll come up dorsum to this 1. I actually, really like their method:
- repetition of all the lessons woven together (spiral)
- handwriting in every lesson
- lessons appear short
- method of teaching pre-reading and reading skills is brilliant
- I liked how they made little changes to the letters to get in easier for the child to differentiate "ta hha" as "Th"
- I liked the black-and-white pages and occasional pictures. I felt that it helped us focus on the words instead of pictures. Merely that was something that my daughter didn't like almost it.
Great methodology, just didn't work for usa this time. ...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 terminate of the volume he was reading at a 3rd grade level well higher up his peers. Any time a friend comes to me and either wants to start teachi
My son was having issues learning to read at school. The way that they were instruction 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 course level and by the stop of the book he was reading at a 3rd form level well above his peers. Whatsoever time a friend comes to me and either wants to start teaching their child to read or their child has a problem keeping up with reading at school I recommend this book. I always get rave reviews from them past the end of the book.
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