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Reading/Phonics programs

julieelisejulieelise
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Hi all,

I am so glad to have found this board! My husband and I have decided to homeschool our four year old daughter ( and our 2 year old when the time comes). I have been doing a lot of research, and there is just so much out there regarding reading/phonics. I would like to teach dd to read soon and was wondering if anyone has had a good experience with a particular program/curriculum? I've looked at the Bob books, and they seem like fun readers to start out with, but I am thinking I will probably need a more formal curriculum to start out with. What do you think?

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  • doodlyjanedoodlyjane
    McGuffy's readers and primer. They might seem terribly old fashioned when you see what they look like, but the primer taught me and all my siblings how to read, write, and correctly pronounce words at the ripe young ages of 4 and 5, and the readers kept us going through the rest of our childhood. Check them out!
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  • bridein08bridein08 member
    I Have heard endless positive reviews of Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons- even from trained teachers. I plan to try this first before buying any expensive curriculum for phonics and learning how to read. GL!

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  • wifeofadamwifeofadam member

    imagedoodlyjane:
    McGuffy's readers and primer. They might seem terribly old fashioned when you see what they look like, but the primer taught me and all my siblings how to read, write, and correctly pronounce words at the ripe young ages of 4 and 5, and the readers kept us going through the rest of our childhood. Check them out!

    These are what I started with for DS1.  I have since decided to use a different curriculum for the rest of my kids (just because my personality requires more structure than the McGuffey materials could provide), but they worked well for DS.

        
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  • tjkdlhbtjkdlhb member

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    I'm not homeschooling... DD is only 12 months and will go to the school here, but I am 1/2 Kindergarten 1/2 Special Needs teacher and I really like the www.readinga-z.com and www.raz-kids.com

    They have printable books, worksheets and detailed lessons that outline what to do. 




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  • penguincrazypenguincrazy member

    We used Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons with our oldest when she was in preschool because she was super eager to read.  I loved it!  The lessons were quick (15-20 min) and she really retained a lot.  She just finished traditional kindergarten (we're homeschooling from here on out), and was one of the most advanced readers in her class.  Her class actually taught the expanded version of this program too, so continuity was great.

    That said, we're trying the Logic of English curriculum for 1st grade.  I really like the concept of learning ALL the English rules in early reading.

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  • Lulobug22Lulobug22
    Ds1 will start homeschool kinder in the fall. We are about 40 lessons into teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons and he is doing great with it. He is decoding simple words and sentences easily. We will start Saxon phonics in the fall but it will be too easy for him so we will fly through it I'm sure. I used Saxon phonics in my class when I taught kindergarten so I bought it a while back when I decided to homeschool. 
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  • lilyasterlilyaster member
    We're using the Bob books and Explode the Code workbooks for phonics.
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  • calimama2007calimama2007 member
    I worked with my oldest, teaching her sounds of things, and the occasional sight word flash cards (her choice!), but she ultimately made the connection between using the BOB app on the ipad and then looking at a word, she just decided to start sounding out one day. Then we checked out the bob books from the library, and she was off and running!

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