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 Worth the Money November 4, 2009
E. Hailey (Augusta, GA)
I bought the Your Baby Can Read package and I was surprise to learn that it does not teach children phonics... This book actually teach children to read. It's just realy dry reading. I have enjoyed reading it. Now, I will need to practice the teaching techniques that's described in this book--that's the hard part.
Highly Recommend This Book!!! November 2, 2009
Angela Gulley (Harrisburg, IL)
This was the first purchase we made when we decided to homeschool our daughter. We began this book when she was 3 yrs old and she was reading way before we were completely through the lessons. Her reading level was tested at a 6th grade level when she was in Kindergarten! I recommend this book to everyone when asked what to use to teach reading. It was not only easy to use but fun as well!
It worked for us! October 29, 2009
Gil (Palo Alto, CA USA)
We worked with our 5 years old on it. After two months she started reading.
Great book! October 25, 2009
Kristin Himmelmann (Missouri)
Borrowed from a friend and lessons went well so we bought the book. Lessons are short and, so far, easy for both the parent and the child. If you want to teach your child to read because you're homeschooling or because they are ready to read before they can begin kindergarten, then this is an excellent option. No materials needed except this book, pencil and paper. This is also good for getting kids to really listen to the sounds that make up words.
 Not at all what is promises to be October 24, 2009
Geert Anthonis (Kaohsiung Taiwan)
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My guess it that as a native Dutch speaker I do not see the point of teaching a child phonics. Most languages in the world that us some kind of alphabet are straightforward. The word is written the way it is pronounced or you pronounce a word the way it is written. Of the 6 languages I know English and French are the exceptions. In both there is almost no connection between the written word and the way something is said. Un ver vert dans un verre vert (a green worm in a green glass) being just one example of how one pronunciation actually means 3 different words when written. Or how about knight and night? Or how about these two jewels "The Economist" magazine came up with last year:
"GHOTI and tchoghs" (*Fish: gh as in tough, o as in women, ti as in nation (courtesy of GB Shaw). Chips: tch as in match, o as in women, gh as in hiccough.) and potato=ghoughpteighbteau. Granted extreme examples but you get the point.
Most of all it looks really boring. And if I have learned one thing from being around children if it is boring they will not pay attention for long.
Sorry the whole book makes no sense to me.
I was sceptical of the "How to teach your baby to read: The gentle revolution" book, which I bought a the same time. But after having read it I will try out this program on my 4 month old son. The good thing about that book is, it works for any written language whether alphabetic or pictorial (as is Chinese). We will start him of with Chinese, then Dutch, followed by Arabic and Spanish and eventually English which in my opinion is still one of the easiest language to learn.
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