All About Reading is OG and it can be too much thinking about rules and stuff. My daughter didn’t make it through the levels because of this. The teach your child, I just got flash cards to not show the book and you can manipulate the stories out of the book by photocopying and such. It takes some prep work but it’s worth it. I also learned to read as an English language learner from the Distar method which is used in the teach your child book so it’s a very powerful teaching method. The little sounds that are not pronounced actually helped me remember NOT to pronounce it and after a while and much practice I learned the patterns with these combination letters which helped the automaticity of my reading so that you are fluent.
I think it’s easier for younger kids, I started with my 3 year old and she never questioned that stuff. When they are older they know something is different, but by the end it doesn’t have those symbols
Good video. I would like to share my perspective. My sister-in-law, a very successful home-schooler of eight children, used a more traditional approach with a different program, but similar to the one you used. She had the financial resources, patience and time for that type of instruction. I needed something simple, smaller, cheaper and quicker! And I suppose I like new and different things so it was intriguing to me when I came across the 100 lessons book! (What??! Really?) So I used this book 30 years ago and it worked so well. I was working full-time, and needed to have fast progress with each session, with a sense of completion by the end of “100 easy lessons”! My kids read real books, their own books, at 4 and 5, after finishing this. At the beginning I did have to help them sit still, not ask questions, focus… and follow instructions to the T. But then it’s for such a short time for each lesson. The 100 easy lessons book teaches the parent how to do those things, and emphasizes keeping the lesson to under 10 minutes, one lesson at a time, and to NOT EXPLAIN why the orthography is different, just do what it tells you to do. I didn’t have the extra pink stuff in my version of the book- the parent instructions were all separate. And it changes to regular orthography in later lessons. I found it easy and very effective to just closely follow the very specific and simple, straightforward instructions.
@@mujtabaalam5907 good questions! Honestly I don’t remember details exactly but she might have used Writing Road to Reading, Hooked on Phonics, McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers, or more likely a combination of all of those and more. I do remember that she drew from many resources for all of her schooling. She still has all or most of her materials and loves to help others with their home schooling quest, even though her youngest has just graduated from university. As for what books my kids read, we had very many books from picture books to chapter books and were frequent visitors to our local library for them to find more books. They all read prolifically, whatever was of interest to them. We read aloud together, all kinds of books from The Hungry Caterpillar to the Bible to Tolkien. (I guess you get the point!) 😃 They started loving books long before they learned to read. They loved to be read to, to talk about the pictures and tell their own stories.
I am using Phonics Pathways and my kid really likes it. Its so plain. I thought I needed bells and whistles but turns out, plain works. 😀 100 lessons was too busy with all the colors and fonts and stuff even for me.
Thank you my daughter is also like yours and funny enough I did get teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons but when I got it I felt hummm my 4 year old is going to ask waaaay to many questions so thank you thank you!!!
Omg! This is why I binge watch reviews & flip throughs. I’m barely in the beginning of 100 lessons & all the pink text for the parent is so overwhelming. Obviously I haven’t made it further, but I can totally see the confusion with all the extra symbols. Now to search for a used AAR lol
No, there is no confusions at all. She doesn't know how to use this book. All that stops at lesson 76. Those little symbols help the child to remember the rules so they can read and write. If you read the first part of the book before the lessons start (and I mean ACTUALLY read all of it) it will explain the method and even teach you how to use this book properly.
I think I will be changing from the 100 lessons to AAR. Because also for my daughter the symbols helped her ALOT but when she went to read a book without the symbols she would have such a hard time . She did very well in the beginning with 100 Easy Lessons but then the book just got boring for her (and me) and she would loathe it. So we got stuck. Thanks for review. Ordering it now !
100 Easy specifically says not to introduce any other books while doing the program. With good reason. The book utilizes a different orthography on purpose so the child has reading success early, then it sequentially and systematically FADES the funny letters (orthography) and what you get is a confident reader. The National Reading Panel found that 25% of kids will learn to read no matter what way they are taught; 25% will never learn to read without systematic phonics; and the other 50% will struggle and be behind, but may eventually get it AFTER 3rd grade, which is the grade by which it is important to be proficient in reading by because 4th grade is when kids begin to read for content knowledge and is when they begin to fall even further behind their peers.
I use both! I will probably skip the boring parts in the 100 EL book, I kinda know what my daughter likes and what’s too much for her anyways. What I try to focus on is making learning fun
It's imperative that you read the instructions thoroughly before starting the book and NOT skipping anything. This book, 100 Easy, has taught adults who have never read with IQs as low as 30 (very severely cognitively impaired) to learn how to read. If it works for that group well, it will work magnificently for an average typically developing child.
We used this over 20 years ago and my son could read at 4 1/2. I am checking out new things for my granddaughter but I still have Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons and may use it again.
Please do look at my book, The Reading Lesson. It is a fully comprehensive course and very child-friendly. I used it with my kids and now use it for tutoring.
Have you tried The Ordinary Parents Guide to Reading? Well Trained Mind recommends this for reading. I'm trying to decide between that and AAR. I heard TYCTR100 has a few gaps that The Ordinary does not. Feel like Ordinary and AAR are a closer matchup.
I am using the ordinary parents guide to teaching reading. My son is 4.5 and tested on a first grade level with reading. We're on lesson 75. We started just before he turned 3. For most of that time we did one lesson a week. After he recently tested at a first grade level and told me I was taking too long we started doing one lesson a day. I was nervous about that because I wondered how he'd remember all of that but he's doing fine. He's flying through now. Even when it's kind of tough he catches on quickly and rolls with it. And we're not awesome. Totally ordinary...
@@franny5295 thank you! How many lessons total in OPGTR? Does it teach polysyllables at some point? I plan to start teaching reading by 3 years old, also.
Thanks. I had been wondering why it would be worth paying $160 for AAR when you can get 100 EL for $14 (retail prices). Now I see. Thanks. Could you share some of the FB groups that you are referring to?
Sorry for my late reply! There is one group I have bought through before linked... You can always search under groups, BST or Resale and then whatever the curriculum name is :)
I did! My daughter is super picky about what literature we use and I felt it was safer to try to isolate the different strands of language arts rather than buy an all-in-one LA program. But I hear LOE is great!
This is the BST FB group that I have used to get AAR levels used. You can get a good idea of asking prices by browsing through current and past listings. Hope that helps! facebook.com/groups/666225050181565
It is clear you really do not understand the "Teach you child to read in 100 easy lessons." Book. First, you can explain why the little letters are little. It really is simple. They are silent letters. Second, cursive connects the letter sounds like c and h. This method helps the child to realize they make one sound and act as one letter. This method is based of through research. It explains all this and more at the beginning of the book. Also, if your child was really writing like that. Well, then that is your fault. You are supposed to show your child how the sentences are really supposed to look. Not to mention it is clear that you did not really use the book at all. This is evident by the fact that your child would not actually be writting that was as it stops those "little letter" and the square spacing on lesson 76. Where it transitions into all same size letters like you would see in a normal book and not "square space" between the words.
This really made me laugh!! I love that you've done all this sleuthing! You must have a lot of time on your hands. I actually have used the book - from start to finish. My mother also used the book with my brothers and I as students. So yeah. I'm QUITE familiar with the program, how it works, and the research behind it. I also know that every kid is different, and not all students will respond to any resource or curricula the same way, regardless of how well-designed said resource is. I still think that Teach Your Child in 100 can work beautifully for a lot of kids and families. It just didn't work for my little over-thinker. We are now wrapping up the final level in All About Reading and I have ZERO regrets about switching over. AAR has given my kid such a solid foundation in reading, vocabulary, spelling, literary devices, and grammar in a way this book never could. Everyone has to find what works for them. You have a great day!
I'm a teacher and homeschooler and I DO NOT like the 'Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons". It is so overpraised and so annoying that they teach the long vowels before the short vowel sounds. Most phonics programs do not teach this way for a reason. I also believe All About Reading is another overrated and expensive program. I use Hooked on Phonics and it works. It's so simple to use, fairly priced, and fun for kids.
@@OdetoAbode They have it up to Second Grade which is level 8. I recommended it to another homeschooler and she's now using it with her Kindergartener and he's already doing the Grade 1 level and doing very well with it. She's got 3 kids so she'll be using it with all of them because it's so simple to implement.
@@adri599 I found a great article that compares the two programs really thoroughly: thebabyswag.com/hooked-on-phonics-vs-all-about-reading/ Based on this, I'm more confident that AAR is the best choice for us. I can definitely see the pros of HOP though!
All About Reading is OG and it can be too much thinking about rules and stuff. My daughter didn’t make it through the levels because of this. The teach your child, I just got flash cards to not show the book and you can manipulate the stories out of the book by photocopying and such. It takes some prep work but it’s worth it. I also learned to read as an English language learner from the Distar method which is used in the teach your child book so it’s a very powerful teaching method. The little sounds that are not pronounced actually helped me remember NOT to pronounce it and after a while and much practice I learned the patterns with these combination letters which helped the automaticity of my reading so that you are fluent.
Glad you found something that worked! I also really like the Dash Into Learning reading/phonics program.
My son is also very analytical. Thanks for the info
I think it’s easier for younger kids, I started with my 3 year old and she never questioned that stuff. When they are older they know something is different, but by the end it doesn’t have those symbols
Age may contribute. My daughter was only 4 when we started with the book, but she's always been the type to question everything 🤦🏻♀️😅🤣
Good video. I would like to share my perspective.
My sister-in-law, a very successful home-schooler of eight children, used a more traditional approach with a different program, but similar to the one you used. She had the financial resources, patience and time for that type of instruction. I needed something simple, smaller, cheaper and quicker! And I suppose I like new and different things so it was intriguing to me when I came across the 100 lessons book! (What??! Really?) So I used this book 30 years ago and it worked so well. I was working full-time, and needed to have fast progress with each session, with a sense of completion by the end of “100 easy lessons”!
My kids read real books, their own books, at 4 and 5, after finishing this. At the beginning I did have to help them sit still, not ask questions, focus… and follow instructions to the T. But then it’s for such a short time for each lesson. The 100 easy lessons book teaches the parent how to do those things, and emphasizes keeping the lesson to under 10 minutes, one lesson at a time, and to NOT EXPLAIN why the orthography is different, just do what it tells you to do. I didn’t have the extra pink stuff in my version of the book- the parent instructions were all separate. And it changes to regular orthography in later lessons. I found it easy and very effective to just closely follow the very specific and simple, straightforward instructions.
@@tinacerda1978 What did your sister use? Which real books did your kids read?
@@mujtabaalam5907 good questions! Honestly I don’t remember details exactly but she might have used Writing Road to Reading, Hooked on Phonics, McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers, or more likely a combination of all of those and more. I do remember that she drew from many resources for all of her schooling. She still has all or most of her materials and loves to help others with their home schooling quest, even though her youngest has just graduated from university.
As for what books my kids read, we had very many books from picture books to chapter books and were frequent visitors to our local library for them to find more books. They all read prolifically, whatever was of interest to them. We read aloud together, all kinds of books from The Hungry Caterpillar to the Bible to Tolkien. (I guess you get the point!) 😃 They started loving books long before they learned to read. They loved to be read to, to talk about the pictures and tell their own stories.
I am using Phonics Pathways and my kid really likes it. Its so plain. I thought I needed bells and whistles but turns out, plain works. 😀 100 lessons was too busy with all the colors and fonts and stuff even for me.
After your daughter finished teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons, what level of all about reading did she do?
We started with level 1. She's now about to finish level 3, and I'll continue with 4. So she'll have done all the levels except Pre Reader.
This is the exact review I needed to see. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you my daughter is also like yours and funny enough I did get teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons but when I got it I felt hummm my 4 year old is going to ask waaaay to many questions so thank you thank you!!!
It's so funny! Every kid is so different. Mine are both questioners though
how can get this book in pakistan
Omg! This is why I binge watch reviews & flip throughs. I’m barely in the beginning of 100 lessons & all the pink text for the parent is so overwhelming. Obviously I haven’t made it further, but I can totally see the confusion with all the extra symbols.
Now to search for a used AAR lol
No, there is no confusions at all. She doesn't know how to use this book. All that stops at lesson 76. Those little symbols help the child to remember the rules so they can read and write. If you read the first part of the book before the lessons start (and I mean ACTUALLY read all of it) it will explain the method and even teach you how to use this book properly.
I think I will be changing from the 100 lessons to AAR. Because also for my daughter the symbols helped her ALOT but when she went to read a book without the symbols she would have such a hard time .
She did very well in the beginning with 100 Easy Lessons but then the book just got boring for her (and me) and she would loathe it. So we got stuck.
Thanks for review. Ordering it now !
I would love to hear an update from you! I hope your reading journey got better.
100 Easy specifically says not to introduce any other books while doing the program. With good reason. The book utilizes a different orthography on purpose so the child has reading success early, then it sequentially and systematically FADES the funny letters (orthography) and what you get is a confident reader. The National Reading Panel found that 25% of kids will learn to read no matter what way they are taught; 25% will never learn to read without systematic phonics; and the other 50% will struggle and be behind, but may eventually get it AFTER 3rd grade, which is the grade by which it is important to be proficient in reading by because 4th grade is when kids begin to read for content knowledge and is when they begin to fall even further behind their peers.
This was so helpful, thank you!!
I use both! I will probably skip the boring parts in the 100 EL book, I kinda know what my daughter likes and what’s too much for her anyways. What I try to focus on is making learning fun
It's imperative that you read the instructions thoroughly before starting the book and NOT skipping anything. This book, 100 Easy, has taught adults who have never read with IQs as low as 30 (very severely cognitively impaired) to learn how to read. If it works for that group well, it will work magnificently for an average typically developing child.
We used this over 20 years ago and my son could read at 4 1/2. I am checking out new things for my granddaughter but I still have Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons and may use it again.
Yep, my mom used it with me too! It definitely can work
You literally said in your video that this method was not how you learned to read
I loved how you showed the comparisons.... what about alpha phonics? what's your views on that
Thank you! I actually have not used Alpha
My kids already know how to read but I’m enjoying your videos so I watched anyway 😄. Great job!
Thank you 😊
Please do look at my book, The Reading Lesson. It is a fully comprehensive course and very child-friendly. I used it with my kids and now use it for tutoring.
Thanks for sharing!
Have you tried The Ordinary Parents Guide to Reading? Well Trained Mind recommends this for reading. I'm trying to decide between that and AAR. I heard TYCTR100 has a few gaps that The Ordinary does not. Feel like Ordinary and AAR are a closer matchup.
Very good point! I've heard all of that too! I need to look more into TOPGTR
I am using the ordinary parents guide to teaching reading. My son is 4.5 and tested on a first grade level with reading. We're on lesson 75. We started just before he turned 3. For most of that time we did one lesson a week. After he recently tested at a first grade level and told me I was taking too long we started doing one lesson a day. I was nervous about that because I wondered how he'd remember all of that but he's doing fine. He's flying through now. Even when it's kind of tough he catches on quickly and rolls with it. And we're not awesome. Totally ordinary...
@@franny5295 thank you! How many lessons total in OPGTR? Does it teach polysyllables at some point? I plan to start teaching reading by 3 years old, also.
I use it and absolutely love it
Thanks. I had been wondering why it would be worth paying $160 for AAR when you can get 100 EL for $14 (retail prices). Now I see. Thanks. Could you share some of the FB groups that you are referring to?
facebook.com/groups/666225050181565/
Sorry for my late reply! There is one group I have bought through before linked... You can always search under groups, BST or Resale and then whatever the curriculum name is :)
I'm debating LOE, did you look at that program as well?
I did! My daughter is super picky about what literature we use and I felt it was safer to try to isolate the different strands of language arts rather than buy an all-in-one LA program. But I hear LOE is great!
Hi 👋 what is a good price for used AAR level 1?
This is the BST FB group that I have used to get AAR levels used. You can get a good idea of asking prices by browsing through current and past listings. Hope that helps! facebook.com/groups/666225050181565
I am curious…what curriculum did your mom use to teach you how to read?
We used the 100 lessons book and Hooked On Phonics
It is clear you really do not understand the "Teach you child to read in 100 easy lessons." Book.
First, you can explain why the little letters are little. It really is simple. They are silent letters.
Second, cursive connects the letter sounds like c and h. This method helps the child to realize they make one sound and act as one letter. This method is based of through research.
It explains all this and more at the beginning of the book.
Also, if your child was really writing like that. Well, then that is your fault. You are supposed to show your child how the sentences are really supposed to look.
Not to mention it is clear that you did not really use the book at all. This is evident by the fact that your child would not actually be writting that was as it stops those "little letter" and the square spacing on lesson 76. Where it transitions into all same size letters like you would see in a normal book and not "square space" between the words.
This really made me laugh!! I love that you've done all this sleuthing! You must have a lot of time on your hands. I actually have used the book - from start to finish. My mother also used the book with my brothers and I as students. So yeah. I'm QUITE familiar with the program, how it works, and the research behind it. I also know that every kid is different, and not all students will respond to any resource or curricula the same way, regardless of how well-designed said resource is. I still think that Teach Your Child in 100 can work beautifully for a lot of kids and families. It just didn't work for my little over-thinker. We are now wrapping up the final level in All About Reading and I have ZERO regrets about switching over. AAR has given my kid such a solid foundation in reading, vocabulary, spelling, literary devices, and grammar in a way this book never could. Everyone has to find what works for them. You have a great day!
I'm a teacher and homeschooler and I DO NOT like the 'Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons". It is so overpraised and so annoying that they teach the long vowels before the short vowel sounds. Most phonics programs do not teach this way for a reason. I also believe All About Reading is another overrated and expensive program. I use Hooked on Phonics and it works. It's so simple to use, fairly priced, and fun for kids.
Thanks for sharing! I keep getting ads on my phone for Hooked on Phonics 🤣
I'm curious... It looks like Hooked On Phonics teaches the content of the first 2 levels of AAR... Does it go further than that?
@@OdetoAbode They have it up to Second Grade which is level 8. I recommended it to another homeschooler and she's now using it with her Kindergartener and he's already doing the Grade 1 level and doing very well with it. She's got 3 kids so she'll be using it with all of them because it's so simple to implement.
@@adri599 good to know! Thank you
@@adri599 I found a great article that compares the two programs really thoroughly: thebabyswag.com/hooked-on-phonics-vs-all-about-reading/
Based on this, I'm more confident that AAR is the best choice for us. I can definitely see the pros of HOP though!