farm.mama Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Hello, I am new here so please forgive me if this question has been asked/answered already! I am seeking advice regarding reading curriculum. I have a 6 (almost 7) year old boy who is excelling with Math U See but finding reading a challenge. I have been doing a combination of Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons and Explode the Code Book 1 and 1.5 (which he is finding boring now .. he is not a workbook kid) I have realized that he is a logical, literal, concrete thinker and needs to understand "why". Sight words or words that "break rules" are very frustrating for him. He even found "making" letters difficult - he needed to know "how to build them". He has been using Handwriting Without Tears and it has been great. It's exciting to see math and handwriting "click" for him, and I'd love to find a reading program that will do the same! I have heard a lot about All About Reading and Logic of English. Do these curriculums teach the how and why in reading? Or are there other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisha Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 It's been a couple years, but Progressive Phonics (free just search online) might fit that. My boys found the stories silly enough that they loved reading them, and as I recall, they did a pretty good job explaining the why's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Logic of English Foundations. Not a workbook, fun, but fully gives the why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrymum Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 AAR explains the rules. It has no workbook and I have not used the readers that much. Imha all you really need are the teachers books the student activity books and a set of phonogram cards. The full student pack is handy as is the letter tile app or tiles but you don't need them. AAS also explains all the rules but from a spelling angle and slower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I have one of those! I used a modified Spalding/Writing Road to Reading. WRTR has you practice the phonogram cards until they're fairly well memorized, then you practice them by spelling words and applying those rules to the words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farm.mama Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Thank you everyone for answering my question about AAR and LOE, that's great! I also appreciate the suggestions for other reading programs - it's nice to know what other programs are out there that might suit his learning style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calli Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Logic of English is excellent. If you are looking for a cheaper, yet still excellent option, Memoria Press Classical Phonics is it. It is just a simple book with lists of words that you read (you can get accompanying workbooks and readers to go with it). The phonics rules are listed at the bottom of the page and you do not move on until the child masters the words / rules. Simple and straightforward but works! Great tool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) If you want cheaper but with rules and explanations, my Syllables program then Phonics Pathways and Webster’s Speller. http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/syllablesspellsu.html I also have a document that shows why and how to teach all of the sight words phonetically and what are the rule breaking patterns and why: http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/sightwords.html http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/Resources/Sight%20Words%20by%20Sound1.pdf Edited February 26, 2018 by ElizabethB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farm.mama Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 (edited) That's great! Thank you so much for that info! ElizabethB, thank you for sharing those resources and documents. The documents were a very interesting read and super helpful. I'm so glad my son is not "crazy" for finding sight words frustrating and that they can indeed be sounded out. :001_smile: Edited February 27, 2018 by farm.mama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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