vaquitita Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) I find myself looking over phonics curriculum's lately... My oldest I taught to read using Ruth Beechick's book and Charlotte Mason's vol. 1. It worked great. With my current learner, I used AAR pre-1 (she was 5) and we enjoyed it . So I got level 1. But I quickly saw it was not for me. Gave it to a friend. Though now I wonder if it was just that she wasn't ready for the jump in difficulty. So I'm considering Alpha-Phonics, Phonics Pathways and OPGTTR. my having a baby in the middle of the school year has not helped things. Edited December 13, 2015 by vaquitita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Freckles Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I chose other because I'm not familiar with those choices. My dd's learned Phonics with ABeka. I'm not saying you need to use ABeka it's just the one we used. I would get an open and go curriculum just for the sake of ease and consistency. That's what I would do. You need to do what you feel comfortable with. I hope things level out for you soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I taught my older kids to read with Ruth Beechick's Homestart in Reading and real books. I switched to Phonics Pathways and the accompanying pyramid book with my youngest because I was swamped with caring for elderly relatives.It's simple, logical and stunnningly efficeint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahM Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Phonics Pathways is very thorough, simple, effective, fun (my kids thought the sentences were silly), it's just one book that covers your entire phonics instruction, and not very pricy! I also have the Reading Pathways which helps with confidence and fluency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 My library has both OPG and PP, I am going there tomorrow hopefully I will be able to get both of these so I can look them over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherGoose Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 OPG is easy and simple. I used pre-level AAR some with my second mainly to keep her occupied while I worked with older and because she likes things like that. No way would I try it with so many littles. For letter sounds, I'd just talk to her about it--what does table start with? do you hear the "T" sound? Right it starts with T! Incessantly. That's what I did with my oldest and pretty soon she started constantly asking me and she got it down. Your child has been exposed to it, just needs to click and it will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy M Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I chose other because I'm not familiar with those choices. My dd's learned Phonics with ABeka. I'm not saying you need to use ABeka it's just the one we used. I would get an open and go curriculum just for the sake of ease and consistency. That's what I would do. You need to do what you feel comfortable with. I hope things level out for you soon. What she said describes me as well. There are cheaper effective methods than ABeka (which would certainly help you with the practice element), and I think you mentioned the best ones for your situation. I suggest you get one of them, and use it as a guide for when you feel like doing the Beechick method but want more guidance for a more struggling or average learner; or use it solely for your really busy times in life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingHope Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I use Phonics Pathways along with Bob Books and the Elson, Treadwell, and McGuffey readers. The child begins the reading lesson with a Phonics Pathways warm up and finishes by reading to me from a reader. The Elson Primer: http://books.google.com/books?id=nC3QAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+elson+reader&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TexXU8T3Lc-QyATLjoKIDg&ved=0CFMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false The Elson Readers: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+elson+reader&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahM Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 The above post reminds me alo with Phonics Pathways we also did Bob Books and the series by Nora Gaydos. We like the Nora books much better than bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I forgot to mention that some children are overwhelmed by the amount of words on the page in PP. Some do better if the words not being read at the moment are covered with a blank piece of paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Well I found PP and OPG books at the library. They both look good. How do I pick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahM Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I have both and both of my kids found OPG dreadfully boring. I also didn't like the layout. Maybe you could try a couple lessons from both and see which on your dc seems to respond to the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Of your options I'm only familiar with OPGTR and Alpha-Phonics. I absolutely did not like Alpha-Phonics when I tried it with my oldest (nor did I like 100EZ lessons). Mainly i just didn't like the scripted primer approach. But OPGTR is my favorite of those primer books. Just open it and read. I would suggest giving your child some practice with writing/spelling as well. You could pull words from the OPGTR as handwritng/spelling practice, build them with moveable letter tiles, or combine OPGTR with something like ETC or Plaid Phonics (or some other workbook). Some kids do well with just reading from a primer, others do well with adding a writing element to their learning to read. My ds did not like reading from OPGTR (although it is well done), but adding writing activities jump started his interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Walking-Iris Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I didn't find the cards necessary in OPGTR either. I have this moveable alphabet http://www.montessoriprintshop.com/Moveable_Alphabet.html Occasionally my ds would build words with it that he was learning from OPGTR (mostly my dd uses it now). You can add on any extra activities you like, or not. All the extras aren't necessary. I think it's just maybe a recommendation here or there to practice the words with a magnet board or cards etc. But it's not integral to the program that you do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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