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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! Rating: - Perfect for my stubborn 4yr old sonI 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. Rating: - be patient!I got this book from the library first to start working with my 3 y/o. It really helped that the tasks were so short but I found that to incorporate it into her homeschooling program, we had to do the lessons multiple times. I would review the new sounds at each lesson and she would focus on those 2 sounds for the whole week. She likes to be read to and she pretends to read when she sees me or daddy with a book. She never asked me to teach her to read but she loves to make up stories with a book present so I thought I'd give it a shot. I am so patient with her and the lessons are so short and sweet, the repetition is not annoying or frustrating at all. We actually get lots of chances to make it fun. But I got tired of renewing it at the library and since our pace is so slow, I know its a good investment to have a copy in the house that we own. Rating: - Reading in No Time!!I had tried teaching my 5-yr-old son to read using beginning readers and phonics flashcards, but English is such a dumb language. It's difficult to teach and learn because of all the rules and exceptions to those rules. I was worried about teaching my son to read, but my sis-in-law swore by this book and we have not been disappointed! I love how it tells you exactly what to say and how to correct your child. It's so easy!! My son loves to read now! He asks me if he can have reading time so he can learn more. It has given him such a sense of accomplishment. He loves being able to read words in the world around him. It really gets him excited!! Rating: - my girl is a readerI have to say I agree with jn trotter. You can't exactly go from one page to the next. We started out that way but as the difficulty advanced my daughter began to get discouraged so we would review some lessons. One other thing she seemed to have problem with the practice sections. I thgink it just bored her to read random words that didn't form sentences. I wrote the words on flash cards and she did great after that. This way were able to concentrait more on her problem words and discard the ones she was more familiar with. Anyway she is reading now, and quite proud of herself.
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