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Teach Your Child to Read in Just Ten Minutes a Day |  | Author: Sidney Ledson
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
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Rating:  15 reviews
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 242
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 1412015545
Dewey Decimal Number: 371
EAN: 9781412015547
ASIN: 1412015545
Publication Date: January 2004
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Product Description
Reveals the phonic program by which preschoolers as young as two begin reading at the Sidney Ledson Institute for Intellectual Advancement. This light-hearted, yet scientifically advanced, method permits parents, schoolteachers and even babysitters to quickly teach children of all ages to read.
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 All you need to start November 9, 2009
Aaron K. Redshaw (Scotts Valley, CA USA)
I struggled with reading growing up. It was never easy and it was never fun. When I was blessed to have two sons I decided I did not want them to struggle the way I did. I bought this book and began using it to teach each of them how to read starting at two years of age. It works. Both boys, now four and six, are reading well above their grade levels and love to read. My six year old has been reading beginning chapter books for over a year.
Some reviewers mentioned that this is not a book of lessons that you just follow day after day. This is both true and untrue. Much of it is literally step by step and you just have the child read the letter sounds and words. There was a point, however, where I found I needed to write flashcards and use other resources to supplement the book. Still, the book was the main resource we used.
I should also add that at the end, where letter combinations were learned, after months of going through the program I decided that my children needed more motivation. Rather than slog through the combinations for another six months or so, I started them on easy to read books so that they felt like they were moving to something new and exciting. They learned the letter combinations as we went. Mostly I used the step into reading series of books since they were written at the truly beginning level. Most books that say level one are not really for real beginning readers.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone, but would also say that teaching a child to read can never be done without work. We read for 5-10 minutes every night for two years before reading books. There are frustrating days and even weeks before a major leap in learning occurs at times. But if a parent or teacher is willing to work at it, this book is the tool that will make it possible.
 Interesting and straightforward May 5, 2009
Emma (North Carolina, USA)
I've read the book, but our 10 month old is too young to start putting it into practice at the moment. We are starting with the basic concepts already though, so as not to confuse her later. The theories are pretty straightforward and they are explained step by step, with good teaching method ideas. I'm confident this book will help us to teach her to read properly before she goes to school.
Awesome! February 20, 2009
Marina (Red Deer, Alberta)
This book really works! Very informative and very easy for Moms and Dads to teach your toddler to read.
I am working with my 2.5 year old. He is actually getting it. The book talks about a game to play with your child and my son asks for that game several times a day. He is actually sounding out words and we have been working with the book for only a few weeks.
Parents, this book is worth your consideration. December 12, 2008
M. J. Dotson (Texas, United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
With this book alone (along with consistent application) I was able to teach my 4 year-old to read. That is my ultimate measure. I'm an educated man but have not experience teaching a young child. Undoubtedly, there are many other methods that accomplish the same objective but put simply, this one worked for us.
The key is consistency - 10 minutes, EVERY day. If you can commit to this, you will be amazed with the results.
The best program available! No more sightwords, guessing, and boring repetetive books!!!! June 18, 2008
Harmony (Spanish Fork, UT)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
The program presented in this book is better than the others because it is pure phonics. The kids learn to read and then memorize sight words by reading them in context without even realizing it. The backbone of the program is a fun little game that encourages children to practice decoding words. They play the game for tokens, stickers, treats, or privileges. I had to limit it for my kids they liked it so much. The book also encourages puppets as fellow students to add humor. Both of these tactics made the program a blast. I made a list of the 32 sounds to introduce, hung it on the wall and we started playing the game. We added a new sound whenever my child got really confident on the old ones.
How fast does it work?
In three and a half months my 5 year old daughter went from knowing most of the alphabet and sounds to being able to read like a second-grader. She spent an hour a day the first three weeks and about 20 minutes a day thereafter. I never taught her sight words, but she passed all the kindergarten sight words off the first day only struggling on "said" and "been", she had inadvertantly memorized the rest from reading so much.
In three and a half months my just-barely 4 year old son who knew only one letter and no sounds has graduated from level one of the Sidney Ledson program, He can read 120 words easily and has the building blocks for hundreds more if they were presented to him. I think that puts him at late kindergarten or early first grade reading level. He spent about 5 minutes a day about 5 days a week. At this rate, (5 minutes a day) he will be reading on a second grade reading level when he starts kindergarten.
Pros of this method
*Don't have to memorize a single sight word (my kids can't/won't do that).
*Kids never think of learning to read as any more difficult than learning the alphabet song.
*Kids don't develop dislexia (disordered reading), this is one of only two methods I have found that addresses this issue and what to do about it.
*This method helped me spot reading problems that had been invisible with my daughter while she tried whole word method unsuccessfully and tearfully.
*When kids graduate from this program they don't have to read boring repetitive books that insult their intelligence. Repetitive books are whole-word method, my kids can really read and aren't limited to books with 30 or less words.
Cons of this method
*you use treats and candy to get them started, which have to be weaned away eventually (not too hard).
*because it is easy, it is soooo tempting to rush a child through the program too fast, keep telling yourself "easy and fun, don't push too fast"
*the program doesn't have lesson plans. That is because you don't need one, the program is really simple and basic, but some people see this as a negative.
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