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VisitorinWaiting -> Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/7/2008 5:46:19 PM)

I borrowed this book from the library. I got it to help my 5 yo because he started out sounding out words and somewhere along the way decided that he could guess the word by the first letter or couple of letters and stopped sounding out. Ds2 wanted to join us. He is 4 yo, so I thought he'd be fine. I had tried to teach him SEVERAL, SEVERAL times what sounds certain letters made, and he could not get it. He wouldn't remember anything from day to day, and sometimes even hour to hour. He also had no interest in writing his name or any other letters...so I let it go telling myself that he just wasn't ready yet. With this book, the 4 yo has now read a word!!!! He loves writing!!! He remembers sounds of letters! It is just amazing. Has anyone else used this book? Success stories? Not successful? Tell your story too... :)



MrsDC -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/7/2008 7:02:03 PM)

First of all, just a comment that 4 and 5 years old is pretty young for a boy to learn to read and write. I'm not saying to not try it or that it can't happen, but don't be frustrated if it doesn't happen...and it might happen for your 4yo but not your 5yo or vice versa.

The "Teach your child..." book became popular in our area when my oldest was about 4 (or so) and I did look into it, but found it a little too...something...for me. I had some friends who swore up and down by it and couldn't understand why I was underwhelmed. I'm just wierd, I guess! [;)] I think the problem was that I was already using a reading program that was working for us and didn't feel like learning a new one.

I found with my six kids that they each learned differently. A couple of them probably would have done fine with the "Teach your child..." method, but since I already had a system, it wasn't time or cost effective for me to switch. My opinion: if it works, GREAT!!!! Stick with it!

One thing I noticed with all of my kids is that getting good results quickly was a good motivator for them. If they couldn't see progress, they became frustrated and so did I. Sounds like your son is seeing good results, so KUDOS to both of you! [:D]

It's always exciting when we find a curriculum that fits and we begin to see progress. Congratulations!



shadowspring -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/7/2008 10:25:31 PM)

I have friends who claim that book is the best home school resource they own.

They totally love the relaxed, fun, cuddle time that learning to read becomes following that method.



cindybode -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/7/2008 10:50:43 PM)

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ORIGINAL: MrsDC

The "Teach your child..." book became popular in our area when my oldest was about 4 (or so) and I did look into it, but found it a little too...something...for me. I had some friends who swore up and down by it and couldn't understand why I was underwhelmed. I'm just wierd, I guess! [;)]


OK, that settles it. Not only are our kids clones, but we are too. I'm not sure I shouldn't be worried . . . then again, maybe it's Rebecca who should worry. [sm=icon_smile_roll.gif]

I wasn't terribly impressed with Teach Your Child . . ., but as Rebecca already said, we had a program that was working for us, so I didn't look at this one too closely. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. [;)]

It's exciting when we find something that just makes our kids take off in a certain area, isn't it? [:)]



Homegrownkids -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/8/2008 9:30:19 AM)

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I wasn't terribly impressed with Teach Your Child . . ., but as Rebecca already said, we had a program that was working for us, so I didn't look at this one too closely. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.


I guess I'm in the same boat as these other ladies. I tried it a couple of times with a couple of my children. I would loose interest and they didn't seem to "catch on" or get all excited about it either. I had struggling readers and tried a lot of different things. My 6DD might be able to do this since she is sounding out words on her own. But, I like what we are using and she seems to like what we are using, also. But... for the price of the book, if it works that is GREAT!!!! I paid a lot for our Sing Spell Read & Write..... if it cost the same as 100 Easy Lessons did, I would be doing flips for joy over the money part!



shadowspring -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/8/2008 10:43:23 AM)

Hee hee. Our daughter learned to read using giant fonts on Microsoft Word sitting on Daddy's lap and "playing" with the computer. No special program necessary, but I did use BJUPress English/Reading program for grades 1-3, which she easily aced every day since she had been reading since she was four.

Our son learned to read with BJUPress K4 program and Bob books. I only bought the program because he wanted to "do school" along with big sis. [;)] Turned out he learned to read anyway, but not as quickly or as fluently as big sis at the same age.

One thing both methods have in common: FUN; time on a parent's lap; phonics based, along with sight words thrown in on occasion.

I think 100 Easy Lessons has the same potential, depending on the parent. [8D]



Jenny-Fair -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/8/2008 1:41:32 PM)

I was underwhelmed, as well. And as it happened, I didn't have to use a reading program for any of the 3 kids who learned to read under my tutelage. As a matter of fact, my entire reading program consisted of the Bible, a Mary-Kate and Ashley mystery book, a sense of humor and Bob books (just the first two packages). And I have three voracious readers to show for it--ages 7, 12 and 15, all reading years ahead of their level.
(FYI, they learned to read at 4 (girl), nearly 9 (boy) and 6 (boy))

I have a friend who used that book for two of hers, though, and will probably use it for the fourth in a couple of years. She liked it.



judii1 -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/8/2008 1:52:06 PM)

We used some animal cards from Walmarts. We matched the moms to the babies. (Upper to lower case)[:D]
After that we did about half of the Rod and Staff first grade reading and phonics books and then Ds just started reading...[:D][:D][:D]
He was about 6 1/2 before he was even interested in doing any kind of school work. We actually never used another reading program.[sm=icon_smile_yikes.gif][sm=icon_smile_yikes.gif][sm=icon_smile_yikes.gif]

He's read probably hundreds of books in the past 7 years..



Bagel -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/8/2008 6:26:30 PM)

I used "Teach Your Child...." for both of my kids. It was the program used in experiment when I was in first grade, so I sort of knew what to expect. Both of my kids were ready to read at different ages. Dd was 4.5 and Ds was nearly 9 when they were each ready.



VisitorinWaiting -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/8/2008 8:48:14 PM)

Now my 4 yo has read 2 words, and he's just as excited as can be. Some of the things he doesn't "get" yet, but I don't make a deal of it and go on. He's doing well though, and I know that repetition means a lot...and the things he hasn't "got" are the new things that I would expect he'll be "getting" soon. My 5 yo is somewhat bored with it, as he looks at the 2 and 3 letter words that his younger brother is reading, and he just says them without sounding out. [8|] The sounding out part was what I was hoping to accomplish with the 5 yo since he is already reading...but trying to guess a lot lately. I like the program. It's the only thing that I have tried thus far that made an impact on my 4 yo....and they are writing much better as well as their is writing practice in the lesson each day. I saw a copy of it for sale today...used...$10. I thought about buying it, but...I decided not to since I can get it from the library for free. LOL It will likely NOT be my first choice to use with my daughter because it doesn't seem like something she would like, BUT she's only 2 now and a lot can change in 2-4 years. [:)] So, we'll see. I really like the success it is giving my 4 yo though...he's SOO happy. He read "am' and "sat" today.



Auben -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/11/2008 2:34:22 PM)

I like Teach Your Child to Readin 100 Easy Lessons.

It's inexpensive, easy to follow, and gets the job done.

Now, we don't usually make it past lesson 40 here. By then they have enough of a grasp of the language to read actual books and I think that's much more exciting to a child. But from a knowledge of the alphabet to reading and sounding out 50 words or so, Teach Your Child to Read is very helpful.

Now the BOB books, there I was underwhelmed. While the first 2 have been nice they just seem to get more and more boring. I much prefer Sing, Spell, Read, & Write's phonetic books (centered around vowel sounds). At least the stories in those are amusing and they stretch the child's reading a bit more. I did get them for free though. That definitely adds up in their favor. [:D]



anne6 -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/23/2008 9:40:08 PM)

Wow, I am surprised there were many that didn't love that book! I loved it. Yes, it's a little awkward with having to read every instruction...which I did with child 1, and not so much with #'s 2 and 3...but I got the jist of it. That was years ago, and as the same kids are now 14, 12, and 9....no problems in reading have come up yet. I'm sure those other programs mentioned are good, too, but if you have the book and like it, go for it. I would also like to mention that my fourth child went to public kindergarten last year, and I hadn't yet gone through the book with him. He struggled in kindergarten with reading skills because they don't really teach phonics...and I just have to laugh.(actually quite irritating)..because (1)I didn't realize you had to know how to read in kindergarten these days and (2) I know that in about 10 lessons with this book we will accomplish more than they did all year. He's a bright kid and we were made to feel like he just wasn't getting it. They don't just cut and glue in preschool anymore, apparently.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/23/2008 9:47:40 PM)

It is quite ridiculous what they expect at such young ages, especially since according to the studies done, the 'preschool effect' wears off by grade 3. I am quite sure that the effect of being forced into academics early and missing a normal life in the preschool years does NOT wear off.



cynthia -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/23/2008 10:09:19 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Jenny-Fair

It is quite ridiculous what they expect at such young ages, especially since according to the studies done, the 'preschool effect' wears off by grade 3. I am quite sure that the effect of being forced into academics early and missing a normal life in the preschool years does NOT wear off.

Oh boy. I think you're right on that one, but it's sometimes difficult to know when one is forcing academics or if one is dealing with disobedience. I have had that issue with my son and I still don't know. He'll be nine tomorrow.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/23/2008 10:13:34 PM)

Well, Mr. Manly IS an enigma, but you are his mom and that wasn't an accident.[;)] Given that you are a lover of Ruth Beechick, I doubt you are pressing him beyond what he ought to be doing at present.



BCMOM -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/23/2008 11:49:31 PM)

We really liked 100 Easy Lessons. However, we skipped ALOT of the activities, moved at our own pace and enjoyed it while snuggling on the couch. We used it with my ds part way through grade 1.

Laurie



amybreit -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/25/2008 9:54:54 AM)

Well, I'm among the group of those who 100 Easy Lessons didn't work for. Dd didn't like it at all. I thought it was pretty easy to follow, but she was not impressed! We skipped the handwriting part, because she wasn't ready for it. I did learn one big lesson from that book - IF something isn't working (no matter how GREAT others say it is) - STOP using it!!! I was determined to finish the book (you can't start something & not finish it right?[8D]) and dd ended up saying "I hate reading"![:(] It broke my heart because ds & I both LOVE reading! So, I found something else & she enjoyed that & did very well. We also did some Abeka stuff (she liked those readers) and now she's a good reader & really enjoys it!! Having said all that, I know many families who 100 Easy Lessons worked very well for!! And like someone else said, you can't beat the price! (esp FREE from the Library![;)])!



cynthia -> RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (8/25/2008 12:06:47 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Jenny-Fair

Well, Mr. Manly IS an enigma, but you are his mom and that wasn't an accident.[;)] Given that you are a lover of Ruth Beechick, I doubt you are pressing him beyond what he ought to be doing at present.

Thank you, Jennifer. Yes, he is an enigma. And I do tell him that we are perfect for each other, as we are genetically matched, since I grew him. I tell this to all three of my kids when they don't seem to like me very much.



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