Using "Teach Your Child to Read...100 Lessons"

[Pepe]

(xpost in Books and Education)
Is anyone familiar with this book? If so, can you tell me about your child(ren)'s learning curve with it? I'm not sure if it's "working" for DS, but I'm feeling unsure whether the struggle is a natural part of the challenge of learning. If you've used it, I'd love to hear about your experience. Thanks!

[zjande]

There's been lots of talk about this book in the homeschooling forum.

[jenni22]

We used it for my 6 y/o niece, it worked great! When she was about half way through, she started reading easy children's books, and we recently finished, and she can read just about anything, even most of the words in a regular Bible! It seemed like a weird process to me at first, but we stuck with it, and it really paid off!

[chiromamma]

All 3 of my kids learned to read using this book.
The older 2 were homeschooling when we used it. Youngest was in school.
DD took off reading on her own after lesson 34 or so. I started her at 5.5 years. She's a crazy advanced reader and always has been. The book gave her just enough to figure out the rest on her own.
DS1 hated it but learned the basic decoding skills. We quit around lesson 75 as I was satisfied with his skill acquisition and he just resisted the whole thing. I started him at 6. He's never been that big a reader.
DS2 did fine. He was also getting a whole language approach at school. I used 100 easy lessons as a supplement to make sure he got the phonics. I don't remember when we quite the lessons. It was well before #100.

[KermitMissesJim]

It's going great with my 7yo, we're in the 60s and she is now reading other books, including scripture, with much more ease.

My 4yo makes me do it with him, he just finished lesson 4 today. It's more of a struggle with him. I think he, personally, is just a shade too young for it.

[leighi123]

Ds 'gets it' and he is only 2.5. But he was reading some words on his own before we started, and knows all of his letter sounds. We are only on lesson 4 I think

[hipumpkins]

this book worked for us but we did not do the handwriting part. My favorite part about this book is the "say it fast" . that really clicked for DD. She got the hang of reading very quickly. she was 6 when we started and quickly turned into a voracious reader. Now you'd be hardpressed to find her without a book in her hand.
That being said, there are many people who think this book is too boring and too scripted.

[MPsSweetie]

We used it also, and my 7yo is reading WAY above what would be her public school level. She reads all the time!
I just started it with my 3yo and he loves it! He wanted to "do school", so thats what we are doing, slowly.
My dd didn't always have fun with it, but man, it works!

[Just1More]

We found it boring and too repetitive. We only made it through the first 10 lessons or so...but the skills she picked up there made it possible for her to figure out most words now.

I picked up the BOB books next, and since she'd had a taste of phonics, was able, with a little help, to breeze through though. She was 3 or so when we started.

[DariusMom]

It worked very well for us. We didn't do the hand-writing part and started a little bit into the book because DS already knew some of the sounds and letters. DS is mildly dyslexic, so it was extremely good for him. I can imagine it might be a bit repetitive for "quick" readers, though.