Awesome review and comparison, Tanya!! Thoroughly enjoyed the whole video. Reading lessons looks like a book I would like. We have Susan's book and used it for two kids. This time around, I'm going to try our Waldorf curriculum as closely as possible. My first two were late readers. My third almost taught himself, though we did begin Susan's book. He was 8 though, so late according to most educators. I think the 'easy' part of the lesson would be if you did these books when the child was older versus younger. But it seems like these books are marketed for 4-5 year olds. -Hana
Thanks, Hana! I agree, the "easy" might be more accurate with an older child. I'm taking a big lesson from you and trying to go slow and steady with N4. I want her to feel empowered, not defeated. If she doesn't feel up to it, we relax and pull out art supplies or play a game or have a tea party. #slowschooling
I know this video is old but it’s so good! Great finds at a thrift shop. I love that we have so many options but sometimes it’s so hard because I have so many options 😂
This can be so helpful for those needing to see inside! I taught my kids to read for free, but I love to hear a parent say she hoards thrifted phonics books :)
We love OPGTR it is very thorough in teaching all the phonetic sounds of the English language and that it doesn't have any pictures or colorful distractions and when your child has completed the book he/she is around a 4 grade reading level or more in my opinion. It is differently a big book and should be worked through slowly and in short about of time. We don't do as much of the activity at the end of some of the lesson because use have a spelling program that we for that and it makes the lessons a bit long. We started using this book when my son was a few months after he turned 5 and it worked great for a long while, but I wish I would've known then to take it slower and not expect so much out of him. He was doing great and ready, but I just for some reason thought he should more faster. So I got a cheap version of hooked and phonics and now we switch between to two using HOP has a review and confidence booster. I love that OPGTR doesn't leave anything out, it goes all the way through all the phonics you need to know to read, it very helpful to have the next step all in one place. Thanks for reviewing all of theses! I have looked over them in a scanning fashion over the years my I feel like my boys are struggling wondering if I need to try something different, but now I know for sure we are using just what we need to be using! I'm thinking of grabbing phonics pathways from the library and making copies of the games just for fun. Ps I had some many people in my circle recommend 100 easy lessons and every time I went to look at it in the store and opened the book my brain went crazy and I couldn't stand the layout of the pages, honestly I still can't, but I glad to have and understanding of how it works. So I know what you mean about it has to fit the teacher first. If I could find these at a thrift store I would have no problem having a ton of phonics programs available, in fact I have had to refrain myself from buying every phonics program on the market, but space and budget will not allow it. Thanks again! God Bless and I'm sure this will be very helpful to a lot of new homeschooling moms!
It's funny, I started to consider how I could weave OPGTR into our reading curriculum as I flipped through it more carefully, and I think it'll actually make a great review lesson every few days/weeks. Just for variety. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your experience!
I am using the ordinary patents guide and like it. My son likes the rhymes. But I only follow it loosely because it is quite repetitive and I can't follow a script to save my life. Great review.
Lol! Me, too, regarding the scripts - in 100 Easy Lessons, I have to focus just as much as my kiddo to stay true to script. I think I may start incorporating the rhymes from the Ordinary Parent's Guide. Thanks for watching!
I tried READ with my son and he disliked it so much that we decided to try Teach your child to read in 20 easy lessons and he LOVES it! We also have Alpha Phonics by Samuel L Blumenfeld which we might go through when we are finished 20 easy lessons. Thanks for sharing with us. So glad I found your channel. I was worried my adhd son would struggle with reading but he is doing great. Did you underline words when reading to your son when he taught himself to read? That's amazing that he figured it out himself.
Have you heard of Progressive Phonics? It’s available for free online and I am going to look into that for my youngest. My six year old didn’t love TYCTR, but I do think it gave her a great foundation. We started using The Reading Lesson when we got to Lesson 60 or so in TYCTR and she loved it! I do underline the words when I read aloud to the younger kids - I’m sure that helped my son, you’re right! Still, he picked up complex phonics and even sentence phrasing without any conscious effort on my part. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your experience!
I love Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons. I never show the child the book though. I have them read all the letters/words by writing them on 3 by 5 cards. I bought the companion reader books from the original Reading Mastery curriculum for the stories so that the child does not need to read from the book.
Great review. I'm using the reading lesson with my 5 year old and its working wonderfully for her. 2-3 pages a day. I had checked put 100 easy lessons frim my library and it was just way to overwhelming and i hated the heavy scripting
One year study bible Anything written by JRR Tolkien The Narnia Chronicles Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Thats all ive got. Should keep you plenty busy.
I'm totally intimidated by teaching reading to my little one next year (in two languages eventually!) so this was so great! I've heard a lot about the 100 Easy Lessons book and this was a great look at it and the other options, thanks!
+Our Casa Sweet Casa, between 100EL and TRL, I've been really happy with our progress. I'm adding in All About Reading and the READ worksheet curriculum next year as well, and I think that will provide a nice blend of new and review. I'm going slow and steady so she continuously feels accomplished and brilliant. 🙂 Thanks so much for watching!
So I'm not he only one who collects curriculum? Hahahah I have almost all those books plus the full set of Hooked on phonics, happy phonics and three levels of AAR and the book The Three Rs....yet I still think there's another gem out there to be had ;) thanks for making this!
+Nikki King, I'm sorry, I haven't tried that one. I have nothing but good things to say about AAR, however. We will be using Level 1 with N4 next year and I'll do a video then. Thanks so much for watching!
@@ProjectHappyHome hi I wasn't able to find your review video for All About Reading level 1. Did you end up using it? I'm actually trying to choose between AAR and The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. Can't find any YT videos directly comparing the two. Any thoughts? Do they both teach the child to memorize the Phonics rules by heart? Will they both get the child up to 3rd grade Reading level by time program is complete? Would love your feedback, Tanya. Thanks!
I have a 7, 4, and 2 year old my 7yr old is struggling and my other 3 are not reading the 4th child is 9mos. I believe my oldest have a disability such as dyslexia and I want to help him read like the other children as he wish
+Autumn L.- Seasonal Living, we are incorporating All About Reading this year, and it involves lots of different short activities, so it's been working for my littles. But even making short word cards with actions to act out can be helpful (read "cat" and meow, read "hop" and hop, read "slow" and move in slow motion, etc). Charades help as well! They can read the work and you can guess it or visa versa.
As a person who learned to read easily and without phonics, I have yet to present phonics lessons to a child (granted, only two of them) that they have not been very confused and persisted in that confusion. I'm still in a quandary. My oldest son was very frustrated by phonics, could do the lessons, but could not apply the learning. I sent him to a private school after that, and after a couple months of an hour long tutoring session once a week, he was reading everything he could get his hands on, and could read or attempt words that I knew he hadn't learned, but he had the vocabulary to guess at them in their context. It was amazing and I'm only sad that I wasn't able to see the sparks going off when he realized he could do it! I think confidence has a lot to do with it. I almost forgot to say that what I suspected was the problem--he learned much better using whole language word games instead of phonics! Somewhere along the way, the decoder switch was flipped! Blessings along the path, Tanya! Thank you so much for all you share.
+Emily Ruegg, I think my son learned the whole word way as well. I think the phonics way is working well for my daughter, but maybe the decoder switch will just flip at some point for her as well. I'm taking it really slow and easy right now so it stays light and fun. #slowschooling Thanks for all your support, Emily. It means a lot.
I bought most at thrift stores, but they are available at Amazon and used books sites like Thriftbooks.com as well. And curriculum sites like Rainbow Resources.
Awesome review and comparison, Tanya!! Thoroughly enjoyed the whole video. Reading lessons looks like a book I would like. We have Susan's book and used it for two kids. This time around, I'm going to try our Waldorf curriculum as closely as possible. My first two were late readers. My third almost taught himself, though we did begin Susan's book. He was 8 though, so late according to most educators. I think the 'easy' part of the lesson would be if you did these books when the child was older versus younger. But it seems like these books are marketed for 4-5 year olds.
-Hana
Thanks, Hana! I agree, the "easy" might be more accurate with an older child. I'm taking a big lesson from you and trying to go slow and steady with N4. I want her to feel empowered, not defeated. If she doesn't feel up to it, we relax and pull out art supplies or play a game or have a tea party. #slowschooling
@@ProjectHappyHome What accademic degrees did you say you had in this video? Thank you for this excellent video.
I know this video is old but it’s so good!
Great finds at a thrift shop. I love that we have so many options but sometimes it’s so hard because I have so many options 😂
So true!
This can be so helpful for those needing to see inside! I taught my kids to read for free, but I love to hear a parent say she hoards thrifted phonics books :)
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We love OPGTR it is very thorough in teaching all the phonetic sounds of the English language and that it doesn't have any pictures or colorful distractions and when your child has completed the book he/she is around a 4 grade reading level or more in my opinion. It is differently a big book and should be worked through slowly and in short about of time. We don't do as much of the activity at the end of some of the lesson because use have a spelling program that we for that and it makes the lessons a bit long. We started using this book when my son was a few months after he turned 5 and it worked great for a long while, but I wish I would've known then to take it slower and not expect so much out of him. He was doing great and ready, but I just for some reason thought he should more faster. So I got a cheap version of hooked and phonics and now we switch between to two using HOP has a review and confidence booster. I love that OPGTR doesn't leave anything out, it goes all the way through all the phonics you need to know to read, it very helpful to have the next step all in one place. Thanks for reviewing all of theses! I have looked over them in a scanning fashion over the years my I feel like my boys are struggling wondering if I need to try something different, but now I know for sure we are using just what we need to be using! I'm thinking of grabbing phonics pathways from the library and making copies of the games just for fun. Ps I had some many people in my circle recommend 100 easy lessons and every time I went to look at it in the store and opened the book my brain went crazy and I couldn't stand the layout of the pages, honestly I still can't, but I glad to have and understanding of how it works. So I know what you mean about it has to fit the teacher first. If I could find these at a thrift store I would have no problem having a ton of phonics programs available, in fact I have had to refrain myself from buying every phonics program on the market, but space and budget will not allow it. Thanks again! God Bless and I'm sure this will be very helpful to a lot of new homeschooling moms!
It's funny, I started to consider how I could weave OPGTR into our reading curriculum as I flipped through it more carefully, and I think it'll actually make a great review lesson every few days/weeks. Just for variety. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your experience!
I am using the ordinary patents guide and like it. My son likes the rhymes. But I only follow it loosely because it is quite repetitive and I can't follow a script to save my life. Great review.
Lol! Me, too, regarding the scripts - in 100 Easy Lessons, I have to focus just as much as my kiddo to stay true to script. I think I may start incorporating the rhymes from the Ordinary Parent's Guide. Thanks for watching!
Pre-k is really young. A lot of kids don’t read until around age 7 or 8.
True enough. Every child is different. Mine are always asking to learn, maybe because their brother taught himself at age 4. 🙂
I agree and there snare studies that show many children that read at 7/8 enjoy reading more down the road. America pushes academics very early.
I do the same thing- I always purchased multiple resources- because I do not know what Lucie will like.
+BeautyAndBrainsGirls, I'm glad I'm not alone! Thanks so much for watching!
I tried READ with my son and he disliked it so much that we decided to try Teach your child to read in 20 easy lessons and he LOVES it! We also have Alpha Phonics by Samuel L Blumenfeld which we might go through when we are finished 20 easy lessons.
Thanks for sharing with us. So glad I found your channel. I was worried my adhd son would struggle with reading but he is doing great. Did you underline words when reading to your son when he taught himself to read? That's amazing that he figured it out himself.
Have you heard of Progressive Phonics? It’s available for free online and I am going to look into that for my youngest. My six year old didn’t love TYCTR, but I do think it gave her a great foundation. We started using The Reading Lesson when we got to Lesson 60 or so in TYCTR and she loved it! I do underline the words when I read aloud to the younger kids - I’m sure that helped my son, you’re right! Still, he picked up complex phonics and even sentence phrasing without any conscious effort on my part. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your experience!
I love Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons. I never show the child the book though. I have them read all the letters/words by writing them on 3 by 5 cards. I bought the companion reader books from the original Reading Mastery curriculum for the stories so that the child does not need to read from the book.
I didn’t even know that there were companion readers! Currently, my youngest doesn’t seem to mind the dryness. Kids are so unique.
I didn't know anything else was available. I'm looking into this now!!😊
Great review. I'm using the reading lesson with my 5 year old and its working wonderfully for her. 2-3 pages a day.
I had checked put 100 easy lessons frim my library and it was just way to overwhelming and i hated the heavy scripting
Every resource is valuable in its own way, but they def don't all work for everyone! That's why I find these flipthrus so helpful. :)
One year study bible
Anything written by JRR Tolkien
The Narnia Chronicles
Oliver Twist
A Christmas Carol
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Thats all ive got. Should keep you plenty busy.
Thank you! I was considering a couple of these and already own one, but after watching this I am going to stick with that we have.
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
I know this is an older vid of yours but I just found it and am so glad I did! This is exactly the info I was looking for.
Thank you!
You’re welcome! We have loved combining TRL with TYCTR. And my daughter is reading quite well now.
I'm totally intimidated by teaching reading to my little one next year (in two languages eventually!) so this was so great! I've heard a lot about the 100 Easy Lessons book and this was a great look at it and the other options, thanks!
+Our Casa Sweet Casa, between 100EL and TRL, I've been really happy with our progress. I'm adding in All About Reading and the READ worksheet curriculum next year as well, and I think that will provide a nice blend of new and review. I'm going slow and steady so she continuously feels accomplished and brilliant. 🙂 Thanks so much for watching!
I love this! I love Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, but I love seeing the different options and the pros and cons of each.
+SodbusterLiving, between it and The Reading Lesson, I've been super happy with our progress. Thanks so much for watching, my friend!
Not only kids, any one can learn in any level, English...
So I'm not he only one who collects curriculum? Hahahah I have almost all those books plus the full set of Hooked on phonics, happy phonics and three levels of AAR and the book The Three Rs....yet I still think there's another gem out there to be had ;) thanks for making this!
Hannah Costa have u used Logic of english of so how does it compare to AAR for a struggling reader
Nikki King I haven't used LOE, but I do think it looks amazing! They have an essentials program for older struggling readers. You should look into it!
+Nikki King, I'm sorry, I haven't tried that one. I have nothing but good things to say about AAR, however. We will be using Level 1 with N4 next year and I'll do a video then. Thanks so much for watching!
+Hannah Costa, thanks so much for watching! I'm glad we're all curriculum hoarders over here. 😜
@@ProjectHappyHome hi I wasn't able to find your review video for All About Reading level 1. Did you end up using it? I'm actually trying to choose between AAR and The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. Can't find any YT videos directly comparing the two. Any thoughts? Do they both teach the child to memorize the Phonics rules by heart? Will they both get the child up to 3rd grade Reading level by time program is complete? Would love your feedback, Tanya. Thanks!
Thank you. Loved seeing the differences between the books. :)
Hi, friend! I learn so much from flip-through comparisons as well! Here, I though my thrifting madness could help out some other mamas. :)
I think I have that same thrift problem, but who's judging. LOL
Lol!! :)
You found those at the thrift store?!!!! That is so nice. I have not been able to find any curricula at the thrift store.
We have a lot of homeschoolers in our area, so that may be the reason. 🤓
@@ProjectHappyHome that is great to hear! You must find some awesome stuff. =)
I have a 7, 4, and 2 year old my 7yr old is struggling and my other 3 are not reading the 4th child is 9mos. I believe my oldest have a disability such as dyslexia and I want to help him read like the other children as he wish
This has been so helpful as I start picking out things for my newly turned 4 year old, thank you!
You’re welcome! We’ve had great success using a combo of TYCTR and The Reading Lesson.
We love the reading lesson book best! Like you said not intimidating. Nice video.
+Maria A, thanks so much for watching! I love that is makes my daughter feel so accomplished. Between the 2 books, I'm really happy with our progress.
I would love to have a suggestion for a reading curriculum for a wiggly kid. 🙂
+Autumn L.- Seasonal Living, we are incorporating All About Reading this year, and it involves lots of different short activities, so it's been working for my littles. But even making short word cards with actions to act out can be helpful (read "cat" and meow, read "hop" and hop, read "slow" and move in slow motion, etc). Charades help as well! They can read the work and you can guess it or visa versa.
You went through great comparison.
+Precious Years, thanks, my friend!
Thanks for the reply tanya
I love TYCTR in 100 ☺️ thanks for this informative video and sharing your thoughts
Thanks for watching! 💚
great comparison video!
+Momma Schmooze Reviews, thanks, doll!
Thank you so much. Amazing video.
very nice review thanks
+Kids Fun Science, thanks so much for watching!
As a person who learned to read easily and without phonics, I have yet to present phonics lessons to a child (granted, only two of them) that they have not been very confused and persisted in that confusion. I'm still in a quandary. My oldest son was very frustrated by phonics, could do the lessons, but could not apply the learning. I sent him to a private school after that, and after a couple months of an hour long tutoring session once a week, he was reading everything he could get his hands on, and could read or attempt words that I knew he hadn't learned, but he had the vocabulary to guess at them in their context. It was amazing and I'm only sad that I wasn't able to see the sparks going off when he realized he could do it! I think confidence has a lot to do with it. I almost forgot to say that what I suspected was the problem--he learned much better using whole language word games instead of phonics! Somewhere along the way, the decoder switch was flipped! Blessings along the path, Tanya! Thank you so much for all you share.
+Emily Ruegg, I think my son learned the whole word way as well. I think the phonics way is working well for my daughter, but maybe the decoder switch will just flip at some point for her as well. I'm taking it really slow and easy right now so it stays light and fun. #slowschooling Thanks for all your support, Emily. It means a lot.
My son is turning 5 next month. I can hardly get him to sit still 5 min for reading.
I'd try reading aloud while letting him play alongside you. I had a very wiggly one as well at that age. :)
Thank you, very helpful video
Thanks for watching!
Is it possible to deliver in Pakistan
Excelent move. ❤🥰❤🍀👏💫
How can i get this book is really need one it's so have to teach my son to read
I bought most at thrift stores, but they are available at Amazon and used books sites like Thriftbooks.com as well. And curriculum sites like Rainbow Resources.
What would you use for a four year old still learning letters and sounds?
Any of these books would be good, but I’d also recommend looking into Rooted in Language and/or Logic of English programs.
Super helpful
Thanks!
Have you tried hooked on phonics?
No, mostly because I had a friend who was a horrible speller and she blamed it on HOP. Lol!
Greatly appreciate this review... TY so much! (=
Happy it helped!
Where can I buy that book
Amazon has all of them, but sometimes you can find them on thrift sites like Thriftbooks or Abebooks or Book Outlet (etc).
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Did you have to teach your child the A-Z alphabet before starting the lessons?
Yes, these are designed for the next stage after they master the alphabet.
How does Phonics Pathways compare to All About Reading?
I did not end up using Phonics Pathway, but several friends have had great success with it, particularly in the case of dyslexia.