Alpha-Phonics anyone??

[WednesdayO]

Has anyone used Alpha-Phonics? I'd love to hear your opinions.

THANKS!

[Forsanda]

I have used Alpha-Phonics for many years. I was a K-1 teacher and taught many students to read from it. My dd started reading from it at age 3 and I just started my 2 1/2 year old on it this week. It's very easy to catch on. I highly recommend it.

[WednesdayO]

Originally Posted by Forsanda

I have used Alpha-Phonics for many years.

At what pace did you complete the lessons? Are there any supplements or readers you would recommend to go along with it?

Thanks!!

[Patty1]

Please forgive the late reply but just in case you're still wondering about Alpha-Phonics I'd like to add my experience too.

I love using the Alpha-Phonics Reading program for my three children.  My eleven year old twins are now both avid readers, even though they each learned to read at different ages.  My five year old son is now learning to read through Alpha -Phonics and is doing well.  Along with the Alpha-Phonics, we incorporated the McGuffey Readers and the Classic Curriculum Reading and Writing workbooks.

This has been especially nice since it has simplified my teaching and because it also allows my children to work independently for most of their study time.

It is definitely worth more than its price!

[Reha]

We are using it.  My son is 7, but we take a pretty relaxed child-led approach to it.  When he starts to groan about doing lessons, we lay off for a while, then a few weeks later, pick up where we left off and he enjoys it. 

It has seemed to really help him get a grasp on reading words, though! 

[ameliabedelia]

I'm using it with a my 6 yo and really like it.  We also use the readers which come with it and the workbook.  The workbook I'm not thrilled with, but she LOVES the readers.   It's a nice, easy, systematic, repeatitive approach to reading and it seems to be working for my 6-yo,