kagmypts Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 My mom is actually going to begin working with my DS on reading. He is currently in preschool at a B&M school, and she would like to start "formal" instruction at school. She would like a program that is phonics-based and has a coordinating pre-primers. Does anyone have any recommendations? She has heard good things about MCP. ETA - My mom plans to work with my son throughout January, and I will be taking over after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhorai Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 All about Reading is lovely and has readers that go along with it. I haven't used AAR1 but am using AAR2 and it's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplemom Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 My 5yo is liking Progressive Phonics. She feels accomplished every time she finishes one book and moves onto the next. This is my first time teaching reading from ground zero since my ds learned to read in ps kindy, so others are welcome to give pros and cons to using Progressive Phonics as the main reading instruction. I downloaded all the Progressive Phonics unto my ipad for free, so it is easy for us move through the books and I didn't have to print anything. It seems like it will be easy for your mom to start the program and you pick up where ever she leaves off. We didn't use any pre primers to reading, watching leapfrog DVDs were good for learning letter sounds for dd. I'm not positive, but Ii think Progressive Phonics had pre reading books. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplemom Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Just checked the Progressive Phonics website to find out what pre-primers it offers, but their website is down for maintenance. I read a review that the website is being re designed, so it may be down longer than you need it to be for starting reading in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplemom Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Duplicate post, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syllieann Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Aar would probably work well for her. It is really easy on the teacher and everything is spelled out. Hardback readers are included. It's especially well suited for kids that are ready to read on the younger side because it doesn't include any writing. Progressive phonics requires that you read the books on screen or print them out. There are no books for purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsmm Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Progressive Phonics is nice. We downloaded it onto the kindle app, and my son likes to read it on there. I also printed out a few of the books as well. It's also free, except for the printing if you choose to print, and that's nice. My son likes the stories because they are silly, and he also enjoys the part where he finds the difference between the pictures- sort of a little reward after reading. He also really likes the Starfall website/ app. You can also print out the readers for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahM Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I love Phonics Pathways. Cute, to the point, thorough, easy to use, just an over all great program. It does not have readers to go with it, but when they're ready we like the Nora Gaydos books or Bob books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Another vote for Progressive Phonics. My almost 5 yr old just started the intermediate books. So far, so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerka528 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 We have been using Sing, Spell, Read and Write. My DD has been enjoying the lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I was working through MCP with my DD (5 yr old/kinder) but didn't get far at all. I felt like it moved pretty fast after the first several lessons. We're currently happy with Recipe for Reading -- just the workbooks (which are a LOT like ETC, which had too much writing for us) but they have coordinating readers that accompany them. We have the teacher's manual too, but I don't really follow it. Just get some ideas from it occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagmypts Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 I was working through MCP with my DD (5 yr old/kinder) but didn't get far at all. I felt like it moved pretty fast after the first several lessons. We're currently happy with Recipe for Reading -- just the workbooks (which are a LOT like ETC, which had too much writing for us) but they have coordinating readers that accompany them. We have the teacher's manual too, but I don't really follow it. Just get some ideas from it occasionally. Thank you! My mom feels very strongly about coordinating readers. By the way, what is ETC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mermo Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 ETC = Explode the Code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagmypts Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 ETC = Explode the Code Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaG Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I am using ABeCeDarian. We aren't finished with the program, so I can't tell you about the last 10 (of 75) lessons, but I've liked it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hands-on-mama Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 We use All About Reading and I love how thorough it is. It also comes with readers and they are fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 We absolutely love All About Reading. Complete curriculum, easy to use, corresponding readers, and fun. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SereneHome Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 We use ETC on-line and love it. I like that his writing is separate from his reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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