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Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons - 8/7/2008 5:46:19 PM
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VisitorinWaiting
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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... :)
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RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons - 8/7/2008 7:02:03 PM
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MrsDC
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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! 
It's always exciting when we find a curriculum that fits and we begin to see progress. Congratulations!
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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. 
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? 
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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!
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RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons - 8/8/2008 1:41:32 PM
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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.
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RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons - 8/8/2008 6:26:30 PM
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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.
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RE: Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons - 8/8/2008 8:48:14 PM
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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.  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.
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