Publisher: Dennis Brooks
Pages: 114
Source: Review Copy from Author
Genre: Educational, Reading
Dennis Brooks has come up with something that is not
necessarily new, but something that works.
He shows the importance of teaching phonics to kids. As a former elementary teacher, I remember
teaching these to my students. True, this was a private school. Today kids who don't catch on fast enough get
passed over. I loved the way Mr. Brooks
shows the phonetic spelling before the correct spelling. The progression from vowels to blends, to
short sentences makes sense. The
instructions were easy to follow. There
is a section for working with gifted students as well as what parents can do to
help them.
Our math teacher asked for this book since he is working
with his daughter. He said he knows math
but he needs all the help he can get with helping his daughter with her
reading. The funny thing is I've had
this book review since probably May. I
thought I had posted it. I found it this
weekend in last years school calendar. I
called the math teacher and asked him if he had used the book with his daughter
and if so how it had worked. He said he
and another teacher at school have the only two kids in their kindergarten
class reading already. He said it is
because they spent this summer working with their kids using this book
together. Their kids are in the same
kindergarten class. I was really glad to
hear that he thought the book was the reason the two kids learned to read so
early. It just goes to show that you
still can't beat phonics. I see the
effects every day of kids who have not been grounded in phonics. I have sixth graders who barely read at a
second grade level. I will definitely
recommend this book to other teachers and parents.
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