Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Paperback – June 15, 1986

I used this book to teach my oldest son. He did very well with it! The lessons are simple and straight-forward, and give lots of detail for the parent on how to present the material. You don't need a teaching background to use this book, and it doesn't require any kind of prep work, so is great for families that want an open-and-go approach to learning to read!

Well, it worked for us. My child was reading level one phonics books in a couple of weeks. It doesnt take up much time, and though it feels it is going slowly, it just seemed to click with my 4 year old. He is now reading reasonably confidently! On the minus side, it is very boring for the adult, Im afraid....but IT WORKS...so...

I am teaching my 4 year old daughter to read with this book. We are up to lesson 60. In two months she went from reading single letters to reading paragraphs. This book is extraordinary, and easily delivers on its promise. I don't know how I would have approached this huge task otherwise. Many heartfelt thanks to these authors. Best $20 a parent will ever spend.

Very handy book for my 3-year-old’s phonics learning at home. Words you should say as lines are in red, but I don’t know why there are quite a lot of words which you should say are not in red though.

I bought this book upon the recommendation of a friend who was using it with her own son. My daughter was then 4 years old (now she's 5), and had started to show interest in reading by sounding out 2 to 3-letter words that she'd see around her. She already knew phonics and liked to do alphabet workbooks even before I bought this book. What I liked about this book is its structured and easy-to-follow program. It does entail a lot of patience and effort from the parent. Being a full-time working mom (incidentally, I teach English to pre-schoolers), this book worked best for me and my daughter. We spent about 10 to 15 minutes each night for each lesson, and as we progressed, same time for just half a lesson. My daughter's favorite part is the story text, which gets longer and more difficult as you go along, and the accompanying picture comprehension. You don't have to follow the script word for word (I did not), and you could skip some nights if your child is not up to it (I did). It took us 7 whole months to finish the book (just before my daughter's 5th birthday), but it was well worth it. My efforts, as well as my daughter's, paid off. Even before we finished the book, my daughter was able to read "early readers" books. I'm glad she has become a voracious reader. Now SHE reads to me before she goes to bed every night, instead of the other way around! I do highly recommend this book.

これから読みを学ぼうとする4歳～5歳向け（ネイティブ）、とても頭のいい子なら3歳半～と本書に書いてあります。本書にも書いていますが、1回のレッスンは約30分です。うちの娘は人並みなので3歳半の時に試しましたが、集中力がもたず中止。4歳になってすぐ始めました。最初は一つ一つの文字が持つ音から始まります。徐々に単語の読み方、文章へと進んでいきます。最初のうちは集中力が持たずに1レッスンを半分にわけてやっていました。4歳半をすぎると1レッスン集中力が持つようになり、文章も読めるようになってきました。lesson47まで行きました。今ではFrog and Toadの本をところどころ私が手助けしながらも読んでいます。フォニックスのルールでは読めないサイトワードも読めるようになってきました。特殊な記号を使って読めるようにしてあります。レッスンが進むにつれて、その記号が消えていき、きちんと読めるようになります。これを使わないで、4歳児がどうやって読めるようになるのか？って思うくらい、とてもいいです。この本には、レッスンで親が言うセリフがすべて書かれているので読むだけでレッスンができますが、英検2級くらいの英語力がないと難しいと思います。親が手本として聞かせないといけないので、発音に自信がない人はレッスンを進めていくのは難しいかもしれません。

2歳ごろからはじめれば一番効果が得られたのではないかと思います。ママのセリフは誉め言葉も含めて全て書いてある通りに読めばよいので、英語育児を始めたばかりのママにもとてもよい教材です。毎日1レッスン15分程度（2歳児ぐらいの場合）で終わらせることができるでしょう。英語の読みへの導入に素晴らしい本だと思います。

The contents of the book itself are great, but it was very disappointing to receive a brand new book, at this price, with some damage to it...