Halcyon Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 A homeschool friend of mine is working with her 5 year old and both of them are miserable with this book. Can you suggest other reading resources for them? It's been a few years since I taught this age, and there must be some great new things out there. TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Funnix! Tonight's the last night of their free download event! It is based on much of the same research/approach that 100 Easy Lessons is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssavings Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 OPGTtR? ClicknKids (my 4 and 5 year old HATED 100EZ, but love clicknkids, even though it seems to be a very similar program)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASDAQ Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Similar to 100EZ Lessons: Ordinary Parent's Guide to Reading Phonics Pathways Alpha-Phonics More intensive: Saxon Phonics K-2 Spalding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2bee Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Book: The Reading Lesson based on 100EZ but in my opinion waaay better because it is more polished looking, just as gentle and gets the kids to the same place (or better) in rougly the same amount of time. Sample downloads. The first 2 lessons seem super simple (and they are!) but by the time you get to lesson 20 you are reading :). You can see a few videos of the program in action on . Software: Funnix tonight is the last night of a promotion they are doing and you can download it for free, www.funnix.com this is the last night of the download so either call your friend on the phone or something and tell her to go sign up (it takes about 2 minutes.) or sign up yourself and forward the email to her or if you know her email you can sign her up so that she will get the download. Free supplemental Websites Starfall Reading Bear Progressive Phonics Edited February 17, 2012 by mom2bee dont ask why I didn't include links to the websites, I have no idea myself.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russiantwins Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 thanks for these ideas. We too, can't stand 100 easy lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Reading Reflex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mammy5 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 There is also Reading Made Easy... Grace and Peace, Tab L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2bee Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 thanks for these ideas. We too, can't stand 100 easy lessons. Ha, I don't get it myself. I have had students tearfully beg NOT to do 100ez and yet now my 3.5 yo is practically in mourning at the loss of his beloved Phonics Book... Guess this is what people mean when they say different approaches for different kids at every age, stage and grade, huh? The Reading Lesson is the only thing that seems to be soothing 3.5 yo's soul. He kept asking for "computer phonics" and I couldn't figure out what he meant thinking he meant something from Youtube, starfall or readingbear. Then I remembered that I had used the TRL pdfs with him a few times in the past...the things that kids remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We had great success with Blend Phonics. We used it when dd was 4.75 yo and finished it in 3 months. Another good program is Word Mastery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Thanks all! I am going to suggest all these to her :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2bee Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We had great success with Blend Phonics. We used it when dd was 4.75 yo and finished it in 3 months. Another good program is Word Mastery. The link for blend phonics was a dead end, I adjusted it in this quote to go to the page on Don Potters page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchbark Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Progressive Phonics is a free online program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranquility7 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 All About Spelling!!!!! Or All About Reading. AAR was not out when we started, and so we have used AAS to teach reading. Works like a charm and so easy to implement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 My first thought would be OPGTR. I looked through 100EZL about a year or so before we started homeschooling, and didn't.like.it.at.all. It just wasn't my thing. I like OPG a lot, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smootwater Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I was also struggling with my DS5 using Teach Your Child to Read in 100 EZ lessons. SO we changed to The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Reading and now we sour through it. We also use Progressive phonics and ETC for reinforcement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 The link for blend phonics was a dead end, I adjusted it in this quote to go to the page on Don Potters page. Thank you! Don Potter used to own that web site, but I guess he has let it lapse. In any case, his main web site has all the necessary info on Blend Phonics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We used Explode the Code, Bob books, leveled readers from the library, a pack of Dolch sight word flashcards and the re-issues of Dick and Jane. I would also write short simple stories using words she knew along with the names of family, friends and pets. I did one sentence per page and, if she could read the sentence, she was allowed to illustrate the page. We played a game with the flashcards where she kept the ones she could read and I kept the others. It worked well with her competitive streak:). My daughter hated both Phonics Pathways and 100EZL--the mix of phonics and high frequency sight words was great for her. That allowed her to do what she considered "real reading" (which the Bob books didn't) of somewhat more complex sentences (with words like mother, father, said, love, etc earlier than the phonics program introduced them). We still covered all the same words in phonics as they arrived and I didn't use methods like guessing by word shapes. The Dick and Jane bolstered her confidence and fluency enough that she was willing to read aloud to someone other than me. Despite many dire predictions of the long-term effects of "polluting" with sight words;), she's taking the EXPLORE test out of level tomorrow through the Duke Talent Identification Program based on her reading and language scores, so she's not had a problem. We predate OPGTR, so haven't seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommatomany Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We love The Reading Lesson. So gentle yet we've had great results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Another vote for Ordinary Parent's Guide to teaching reading. My 5 year old daughter has about halfway through it since May, and she is reading at a second grade level now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We dumped it for Hooked on Phonics and have never looked back. After completing HOP: Kindergarten, we picked up Explode the Code. We will alternate between the two until we complete HOP: Second Grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I'm using Hooked on Phonics but strongly suggest phonemic awareness lessons first. We were just discussing this on a different thread, how there's not much out there that explicitly teaches phonemic awareness skills. Those skills may have to be taught by mom on her own. My kids, after six months of phonemic awareness lessons, soared through HOP K and are halfway through HOP1 (after beginning HOP1 just this past January). We've added All About Spelling and so far, up to step 9, much of it has been redundant. We are continuing step by step, just to make sure we haven't forgotten anything and to reinforce those few concepts that WERE new in the first few steps of AAS. I picked up AAR pre-level 1 about two months ago and I was not impressed with it. So far, I feel like AAS could stand on it's own as a reading and spelling program, with just a bit of extra work from the teacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 True. The child definitely needs to know his/her letters and sounds well. That's a must with HOP. I'm using Hooked on Phonics but strongly suggest phonemic awareness lessons first. We were just discussing this on a different thread, how there's not much out there that explicitly teaches phonemic awareness skills. Those skills may have to be taught by mom on her own. My kids, after six months of phonemic awareness lessons, soared through HOP K and are halfway through HOP1 (after beginning HOP1 just this past January). We've added All About Spelling and so far, up to step 9, much of it has been redundant. We are continuing step by step, just to make sure we haven't forgotten anything and to reinforce those few concepts that WERE new in the first few steps of AAS. I picked up AAR pre-level 1 about two months ago and I was not impressed with it. So far, I feel like AAS could stand on it's own as a reading and spelling program, with just a bit of extra work from the teacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We went through 100 EZ and while my kid could do the lessons up until about 70, he didn't *get* it when we stopped with the bolded letters and little hints in the book and switched to plain text. We are now doing Phonics Pathways along with Rreading Pathways, and it is really rebuilding his confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarreymere Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 All About Spelling!!!!! Or All About Reading. AAR was not out when we started, and so we have used AAS to teach reading. Works like a charm and so easy to implement! LOVE AAR!!!! Wish I had this when my older kids were learning to read. LOVE IT. My almost five year old loves it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 DD2 also HATED 100EZ, but she did wonderfully with a combo of Phonics Pathways (she could read well before we went through the whole book, though) and ETC to satisfy her desire to write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatholicMom Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I vote for All About Reading! I just started it with my daughter and I'm thinking why o why wasn't this around when I was torturing my first child with 100EZ? AAR is so different from 100EZ (and way, way more fun) that I think it would be a good move. OR she could also go right to beginning readers that are like a phonics program in and of themselves because they introduce only one or 2 sounds at a time. This is what the BOB books do, and the Now I'm Reading! books do. In the latter set, the kid puts a sticker in each book they read (and hence each sound you've covered). This might be a welcome change from 100EZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River notes Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 how about PAL Reading by the excellence in writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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