Perfect for my stubborn 4yr old son | Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Homeschooled | Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons | Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, ...

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	• Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, ... Fireside, 1986 - 395 pages average customer review:based on 449 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Believe it!

Believe all the good reviews! I used this book with my three year old and it works. She was really struggling through the first dozen lessons and I started to doubt she was ready so I took a couple weeks off. When I started back up again I decided to go another route and do 2 lessons a day (one after breakfast, one after dinner) and that helped immensely. I know some reviewers say that slowing down helped their child but I found that doing 2 a day helped keep it all fresh in her head and build her confidence and interest quicker. The more lessons we got through and the more confidence she got the less she wiggled in her seat during the lessons. They took us 20 to 25 minutes per lesson but she was just 3 (and very active) so I wouldn't expect her to sit still better. I can't say enough good things about this program. This built up her confidence in everything and she is so proud of herself for being able to read!

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Perfect for my stubborn 4yr old son

I bought this book for my stubborn 4yr old son after spending 6 months working on the alphabet which he was basically too stubborn to learn. I bought this book, read the extensive first few pages about how to use it and then started immediately. It starts a little slow the first 15 lessons, but my son, though resistent at first, quickly caught on. The day he read his first word I was so proud of him and surprised that he could do it, but he thought it was no big deal. The skill building kept my son intersted, but did not discourage him. At first, the lessons took about 20-30 minutes, but now we have passed lesson 50 and we get them done in about 10-15 minutes. My son regularly even asks if we can do another one. This book changed my son's life. He now stands in stores and sounds out the things around him, people will comment on how well he reads and I just thank God I found this book.

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Homeschooled

This book was recommended to me by several friends and their recommendation was correct. This book enables you & your child for easy learning to read without the stress of "unknown skills" as a teacher. This is my first attempt to homeschool, and with this aid in learning to read, I know we are on the right track. The lessons are short enough for an attention span of an active 5 year old.

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Worth the purchase!

After seeing that this book had the most positive reviews, I took a chance and bought this for my 3.5 year old son.
Presently, we are at lesson 52 and my son can successfully read 5-sentence stories with CVC words and even 6 letter words such as kitten.
As a preschool teacher, I was a bit worried that I was not following DAP (developmentally appropriate practices) since teaching reading is recommended for about ages 4-5. I took my son's and teachers' cues instead and now think that I have made the right choice.
Before you start your child on this book, it would help if he has the basic knowledge of:
a. letters
b. letter sounds
c. starting to sight read some words

Each lesson is phonetic-based which is the best approach. There is also a writing exercise in each lesson (which I did not do with my son) since he needs a little more time for graphmotor control. A lesson can run to about 10-15 minutes and when I see my son starting to guess the words, I take this as a cue to repeat the lesson the next day. So far, he does not "dread" our lesson times and though at times, he gets fidgety (as is normal for most 3 year old boys) he is eager to learn. I am so proud of him and would recommend this book to mommies and daddies who need a platform for teaching reading at home. Good luck!

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Not the Best or Easiest Book on the Subject

I heard about this book as I was teaching my oldest to read, and several of my friends loved it. I had read Ruth Beechick's "Strong Start in Language."

Strong Start in Language: Grades K-3 (Three R's Ser.) (Three R's Ser.)

I wasn't interested in my child reading at 3 or even 4, although she was 4 when she began. I really just wanted it to be a smooth process. I think Beechick had some very good points about vocab development at 3, so we focused on that. We started making letter sheets at 4 years old, about once a week, and reading some easy books together. By 5 she was reading at a second grade level, and at 7 she is now enjoying 5th grade books. She doesn't spend all of her free time reading, but she isn't discouraged by big words because we made a special effort to read books to her with varied vocab when she was 3 and 4. My 5 year old has just begun reading short books with the same method of natural learning.

Just this year I read 100 Easy Lessons, and it was somewhat useful aiding me in natural learning with my children, but I think that you can spend that 20 min a day in a much better way and still raise children that are excellent readers. I would recommend this book only as a resource, not as lesson plans (as it was designed).

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