Children's Education - Who Has Used...

[janetupnorth]

Who has used:
"Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons"?

We are on lesson 2 with my 4 year old (turned 4 in December). He's been BEGGING me to teach him to read for 2-3 months now so I got this book to work with him.

TOTAL opposite of DD!!!! She loves reading but wasn't interested in learning until mid-kindergarten.

 

[ChefLisa]

Hi Janet!

I have a four year old girl and would love to know how well your son does with the program.

Does he already know the alphabet?

Thanks!
Lisa

 

[janetupnorth]

Yes, he has "sung" it since he was 2. In this program, they work on sounds and writing letters along with it so it starts slow and keeps getting reinforced.

My kids LOVED the Leap Frog videos - The Letter Factory and others to learn the alphabet. ...and the Leap Frog fridge magnets.

 

[ChefLisa]

My daughter is great at singing the song, but does not recognize as many letters as I would like at this time. However, based on your description, the book helps with that. Am I correct?

 

[janetupnorth]

The major thing I found with this is it matches the phonics learning style when I learned to read vs. the "whole word" type style that is newer or whatever they called it. Correction is a part of the curriculum vs. the newer style of not correcting and letting them make up words.

I finally realized that is what many of the current 18-25 age generation can read and entire paragraph and get something out of it totally different than what it says. They weren't taught to read the words as written or intended, they were taught to take the general "gist" of it and free to make up words if they didn't know it. Not all were taught this way, but I've been running into more and more than have minor struggles with this and have over the last 5 years or so really wondered why business communication seems to get more and more difficult - the above just really clicked for me today in looking at the education styles.

I prefer the phonics-style reading programs.

 

[janetupnorth]

My daughter is great at singing the song, but does not recognize as many letters as I would like at this time. However, based on your description, the book helps with that. Am I correct?

Yes, we are ONLY a few lessons in but yes. Check it out on Amazon and other places.

I bought it then after I had it started hearing VERY good things from many teachers and special ed. teachers too.

It is VERY thorough and maps out exactly what to say as you instruct so you don't need to have a teaching degree or create lessons - it is there for you.

 

[ChefLisa]

Thank you for the information on this. I am going to seriously consider it.

Lisa

 

[Gina M]

Janet,

I agree - phonics is the way to go! Our school just started a program last year when my DD was in kindergarten called Jolly Phonics - they would teach the kids a new letter and sound each day along with an action to remember it. They introduced blends as well and each week they would have to spell 5 new words. Madolyn is now in 1st grade and an excellent reader - she absolutely loves to read and sounds everything out. Helps great with her spelling as well. We didn't have this program when my sons were younger - one is a natural good speller and reader but my 5th grader still struggles with reading and spelling - how I wish they did Jolly Phonics with every kid!

 

[janetupnorth]

Thank you for the information on this. I am going to seriously consider it.

Lisa

I think I only paid $15 for the book through Amazon, so if you aren't happy with it you really aren't out much and could always resell it since MANY seem to use it.

 

[Jules711]

We aren't being much help to you, but my dd is 4 and in pre-k. I help her sound out words and do computer stuff with finishing (well really starting words) with the right letter. She loves to "read" and is always sounding out words and telling us what they start with .

 

[climbercanoe3]

You ladies would like starfall.com. It is a website geared to reading. It is good for Pre-K to 2nd grade. It has letter-sound activities as well as reading activities. Check it out.
I just requested the "Teach Your Child.." book from my library, thanks for the information.

 

[janetupnorth]

Thanks Keri-Lyn - I'll have to check the site out tonight.

 

[Kodeysmom]

My 3 1/2 year old DS loves starfall.com, he has been playing games on it for about 1 year now.

 

[jrstephens]

Luke will be 4 in July. He knows how to say his alphabet and can recognize almost all the letters if they are in CAPS. He knows a lot of them in lower case but not all of them. I have been trying to teach him to write his name but he will not let me have the pencil to show him, haha!!!

We got him a Vtech computer for Christmas that has several games on it. He loves to play the one that he finds the letters and does the sounds that they make. He will come up to us and do sound a lot. I

like Janet am a FIRM believer in Phonics. That is what I learned on and I love to read. I see so many kids struggling these days to read that are not taught to read on phonic. I remember when we use to get a visit from a "letter" each day in Kindergarten. We all wanted to be the one that got to go to the door to see which letter was waiting on us outside the door!!

I need to look into this book. He loves books and wants us to read to him all of the time and I think he would really enjoy being able to read.