How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Days

If your child is ready to learn to read and you want to teach them, there is a book that makes it incredibly easy to teach them to read in 100 lessons.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• The book Teach Your Child to Read on 100 Easy Lessons
• Some paper or a chalkboard

1. Make sure your child wants to learn to read. This method is recommended for bright 3.5 year olds, average 4 and 5 year olds or older children who haven't learned how to read. This method is NOT for children who have already learned how to read but are poor readers.

2. Get the book "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons". Read the parents section and make sure you understand it thoroughly.

3. Set up a schedule to do the lessons. Try to do them at the same time each day and don't let your child make excuses - it only takes 15 to 20 minutes per lesson, sometimes even less if your child gets the lessons quickly.

4. 
   Reward your child for each completed lesson.

   Make a chart with the numbers 1 to 100. Put this up and have stickers to mark off once each lesson is completed. This is a great motivator for your child and will help them be excited to do another lesson (if they need additional motivation).

5. Practice each lesson before you sit down with your child. Make sure you that you can pronounce the sounds exactly as they are meant to be pronounced. Not pronouncing the sounds correctly will make your child mispronounce them and cause more challenges for them when learning to read.

6. Don't skip lessons. Even though the lessons seem really easy at first, they are building a very solid foundation for a strong reader. You can always do 2 lessons in 1 day, but space them apart (1 in the morning and 1 at night). You need to allow your child adequate time to process the lesson they have learned.

7. Have patience! Your child is learning something new and they need your patience, especially if they have never had this type of instruction before. Don't quit if they are stubborn or distracted, just try to get through the lesson and reward them when they are done.

Tips & Warnings

• Practice the lessons! It's so important to know what you're doing before you sit down with your child, it will go much more smoothly.
• Be patient, don't yell at your child.
• Make sure that your child thoroughly understands each part of the lesson before you move on.

Resources

• Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

[loyal123]

on 11/13/2009 Excellent article and great suggestions

[ladym33]

on 7/27/2009 This is great advice, both my older kids knew how to read at 4 years of age, my youngest can read and spell a few words, he is 5. I should start working more with him to get him reading he starts kindergarden in a month.

[keithcs]

on 7/14/2009 Great suggestions. 5* & recommended.

[writegurl]

on 7/14/2009 I started using this book when my daughter was 3. By the age of 5 she was doing 2nd grade reading comprehension books. Now at 7 she devours chapter books in a day or two. It takes LOTS of patience though. 5*

[bailey4]

on 7/13/2009 Great article on How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Days. 5*