Anyone Tried Hooked on Phonics?

My dd learned to read by my reading to her and her reading a little at a time. We did do some phonics in some workbooks, but it seems like when they're ready, they pick it up and progress quickly. It almost seems like you can't rush it.

We actually did get the hooked on phonics at a garage sale...we did a little of it, but it was a lot of material and rather cumbersome. Apparently the people we bought it from didn't use it either!

I taught my then 4yo to read using the $15 book "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons". It took about 15 minutes per day and by about day 60 my daughter could read all the easy readers at Barnes & Noble:). She went into kindergarten reading chapter books.

It was fun and amazing to see her progress.

I am a certified teacher and it was totally boring so the kids were resistant.

I like to use the Scholastics and Learning Horizons workbooks. They have a phonics lesson in them.

The one we just learned is the hard and soft letters C and G.

Both letter have the hArd sOUnd when the letter comes before the a, o, or u.

Whatever you decide, just work on a couple of pages or rules at one time.

The best way to teach your child to read is to simply read to him and voice-point (follow the words with your finger as you read). I read to my daughter from the day she was born and she was reading at age three.

nah. we did a little phonics play during the learn-to-read period, but i don't have a lot of patience for the rabid educational fads.
my kids learned to read 90% from being read to.
khairete
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I began using it at age 3 with my 2nd daughter. It works! She is 6 now and in kindergarten and her teacher is impressed with how well she reads, writes, and spells.

I followed her lead bc at 3 she preferred the flash cards over the DVD. However, the one DVD with the games was used as a treat when we would completed a segment on the other DVD. We used the progress tracking sheet and she enjoyed putting stars on the areas she completed. As she got older and prepared for school, she was already reading and enjoying it.

It's really a great system!

I bought it for my 10 yo daughter many years ago and she did not like it. As Sally R said, it's cumberson, has many different paper applications. In fact when I tried to figure out how to use it, I gave up.

Five or so years ago, I bought it at a thrift store for my grandchildren. It looked easier to use but they didn't use it either.

I never, ever used any fancy program to teach my kids to read. I just read to them morning, afternoon and night. (We still read together, and my husband still read to me....)First phase, I read, Second phase I pointed each word, and third phase, we pointed words together. We made games with sounds and I repeat, repeat and repeat sounds every time and whenever we went. During trips ( we used to travel very much) we sang and we played more and more, we listened to audio books (fun and age appropriates), and at 4 and half both were already reading very well, later I started spelling words to them (at their time, one is 7 and the oldest is 13) in a very casual way, and then they started to write at 5 and half. i think that worked, and I didn't spend much money.
To me..old school.......parenting is work, but still fun , and when you see your little ones reading and learning so much it is a really nice picture!
Good luck with whatever you choose, just make it fun and enjoy.

**ONE MORE TIP FOR YOU**: Never stop reading in your house, encourage this habit as much as possible; read every time you have a chance and keep books everywhere, that way kids will always have a role model and something good to emulate to. Over time they will get it. After learning to read comes learning to comprehend, and now days it is not an easy task for many children, so keep reading books, classical, interesting magazines, newspapers, etc. it will turn out to be a natural way and your kids will never struggle at school with reading, and writing skills.