Whether or not you are drawn to classical education, your child needs to know how to read. My daughter told me the other day that she thought that two of her children were not good readers because they had not received intensive phonics instruction at their school, but her third child, who did receive intensive phonics instruction, was an excellent reader. It is unnecessary for children to be handicapped with poor reading instruction, because the process of teaching reading is a simple one. Whether you homeschool your child or whether your child attends school, you can teach your child to read yourself in just a few minutes a day, thereby ensuring that your child does not fall through the cracks. To your child, it will be like a game. Many years ago, the book Why Johnny Can’t Read was released, in which the author encouraged parents to teach their child to read themselves before their child went to school, because one never knows what method of reading is being taught. (I also think that one never knows whether your child is going to be daydreaming through the reading lesson that day!)
So I decided to make a video which gives my simple method of teaching reading. Watch it below, and then take all the time you need to teach your child how to read. Turn it into a game!
See the link for the first set of Bob Books mentioned in the video. I loved them, my children, loved them, and my students loved them!
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