Reading Lesson Book

This book has my daughter, 6, reading!! She’s progressed so much over just two months and her confidence in reading has soared.

I'm currently using this lesson book to help my 7 year old grandson to learn to read. Due to Covid, 90% of his first grade year was remote learning and the teaching of reading skills was sadly lacking. I was desperate to find a resource that was simple yet effective to help him. We have only completed the first 3 lessons but I can say my grandson is loving it and is so excited because he realizes that he is already reading! The emphasis on phonics is exactly what I was looking for. After completing lesson 3 my grandson asked to "peek" at the last lesson which served to motivate him even more when he could see that soon he will be reading complete stories. I'm so glad that I chose this resource and can't thank you enough.

We have been using this for only a few weeks, but so far it's going well! My son struggled through public school kindergarten and ended the year hating reading and feeling like he was incapable of learning to read. Needless to say, anything that seemed like reading instruction was not his favorite thing and he fought other things that I tried. I came across this book in the summer and decided to give it a shot. I like this book because it starts out so basic and has allowed for him to build confidence in a very non-threatening, non-overwhelming way. We sit on the couch and do a few pages each day together. He still resists at times, but ends up doing it because it's manageable to him and we don't spend a ton of time. This is the first time he has ever said to me, "I want to read it myself" referring to the simple stories! That is huge!! It doesn't bother me that they don't use capital letters to start the sentences in the beginning lessons, or that some of the simple two word sentences with a period are not really complete sentences at this point, because right now I want him to get the idea of reading and enjoy it as much as possible. And if you are wondering, later lessons have capital letters and complete sentences.
I would definitely recommend this book. It's open and go, super simple to use, very flexible and easy to stop and start depending on where your child is and what their attention span is on any given day. I can update after we make more progress, but so far it's the best thing I've tried with my reluctant, struggling reader!

I bought this because my 3 yr old daughter was asking to be taught to read... But I figured we would do a few pages, and she would lose interest. But so far we have done the first two lessons, doing just a page a day, and she is reading a whole bunch of words. She is even trying to sound out words she sees throughout the day! Very nice simple start, which gives them the confidence to keep going!!!

I had no clue how to teach my 5-year-old kindergarten daughter to read. This book was my guide. We are half-way through and she is reading! Some words are recognized and others she still has to sound out. DD does not love 'reading lesson time' so we only do 2 pages (1-sided) per day and move slowly. It's nice to learn on the couch and take a break from writing! DD enjoys coloring the pictures. I supplemented this book with Explode the Code Books 1 and 2 and have been very pleased with progress. I would recommend this book.

I am using this to teach my Kindergartner to read. Things I enjoy about this book are the simplicity and layout. It's designed to do 1-2 pages a day reviewing the last page done the previous day. My son is doing very well reading, so I can say that this book is doing its job. I love that the lessons are short and the pages are simple and not distracting, yet fun! My only complaint is on lesson five, they work on the confusion of b and d. They place a dot inside the b so they know each time they see a dot it's a b and no dot is a d. In my opinion, the dot should be in the d. d is for dot. I still love the book because it's an easy way to teach phonics.

After trying an all in one Kindergarten curriculum and not loving it we decided to try a more straight forward approach to learning to read We just finished lesson 2 today and I am already so happy with this that I had to come leave a review! We started a week ago a day after my son turned 5 He knew all of his letters and the majority of their sounds but had never blended but he has picked it up so quickly We do a few pages every day and then usually review with Daddy in the evening to show him what we have learned 1 week in and he is reading all of the words in the first 2 lessons I had no idea he would pick it up so quickly! The book is laid out so simple and straight forward There isn't anything confusing and I love that we can just sit on the couch and go over it You can move ahead or go back and review at any pace you want I am so glad we got this and I plan on using it for my other children as well!

Out of all the curriculum I have used with my homeschoolers this is by far my favorite book for learning to read and for simple review The layout is simple clear and appealing to both parent/teacher and child Two of my children are opposites in the way they learn but this book has worked amazingly for both of them I love the way they do little tricks like placing a small circle inside the lowercase B so the child does not have to think "is this B or D" every time they see it At first I was concerned about those little tricks I wondered if my kids would be able to recognize the letters clearly when reading in other books because those little tricks would not be present but they transitioned fine! In fact they have done better In short this is a must have book for any student who is a beginner in reading or any student who is struggling to read I would highly recommend this to parent/teachers of children who are dyslexic or struggling to read in any other way I love the foundation it lays and how easy it flows building both confidence and fluency in the reader

I have used and loved this book with my 4 children The lessons are very simple and short The stories are very cute and capture a child's attention I would highly recommend the computer CD and DVD This is the easiest program I have found for me as a parent

I have been using "The Reading Lesson" with my third child (1st grade daughter) I had always heard parents explain that not all children learn the same and therefore do not always experience success with the same curriculum that an older sibling enjoyed and did well with When it came time to learn how to read I found this to be very true with this daughter We started off using "Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons" since my son successfully learned to read with this curriculum and it was still on the shelf At first I thought that maybe I was the problem ~ quite honestly after working through this book once I wasn't looking forward to it again as it is way too busy and silly for my liking ~ but after putting it aside several times and continually coming back to it with a positive attitude I had to admit that this curriculum just did not click with this child! I prayed waited tried again prayed waited prayed tried again prayed prayed God was telling me to find something else ~ this curriculum wasn't working So I tried an approach using children's books that I found to be successful with my oldest daughter nope ~ this child wasn't ready for that approach! So I asked homeschooling friends church members and family and read lots of reviews on phonics/reading programs and decided that "Alpha-Phonics" was the way to go I purchased the book read through it and was excited about the simplicity and non-busy pages and a little alarmed about the need to know all the letter sounds (that was the problem ~ she was taught these but just couldn't retain them for long) and was ready to try it out Well that didn't last long ~ even in the first lesson she just didn't get it! (I must say though that Alph-Phonics is a good curriculum ~ just not a match for this child) So I backed off and tried Alpha-Phonics again later with similar results At this point I tried some free online programs and a downloaded sample of "Reading Made Easy" with no better results I tried to relax and realize that reading would eventually happen ~ but I was upset and wanted to find something to aid in the teaching of reading because my daughter really wanted to read!!! Anyway quite on accident (in a homeschool sale of damaged books) I stumbled across "The Reading Lesson" "The Reading Lesson" begins each lesson with three to four sounds and introduces sight words as it goes along This program does not follow the alphabet; instead it begins by teaching the most common letters in the English language That way the child can begin reading words and simple stories from the very first lesson There are no boring drills My daughter could honestly read a little story after her first lesson and she was so excited!! I was so happy for her and all this excitement really added to her motivation to work hard at the lessons and progress through the program My daughter delighted in my making a photocopy of some of the little stories (one page each) from the lessons in the book so that she could color the adorable little animals and children drawn with the stories (she has a younger sister so I didn't want to have her color in the book) She would then use this copy to practice her stories in her free time and would often tote them along to Grandma's house to read to Grandma The stories in this book are cute little stories (unlike the really silly stories in 100 Easy Lessons) that are predictable and relevant to life Here's an example story from Lesson #6 (the text is under a cute black and white drawing of a lady bug on a leaf): "Here is a little bug He has a lot of legs He has a lot of dots on his back This little bug is not a bee" After starting this book we did purchase the CD-ROM that goes with it (I wish Rainbow Resource would sell it) My daughter especially loved the CD and it was very helpful in keeping her moving along and reviewing the skills she had acquired even when I was too busy to sit down with her and work together on the next pages of the book The Giggle Bunny is the main character on the CD and he really is a delight! My daughter is not quite finished with this curriculum; we have four lessons to go She has recently just taken off with her reading and is now an independent reader (she read the Pre-Primer Pathway on her own in a couple of days and independently read the first nine stories in the Pathway Grade 1 Primer in just two days) She is currently reading at about a 2nd grade level I have honestly experienced great results with "The Reading Lesson" ~ it is the best accidental find I have ever found!!