Phonics Pathways: Clear Steps to Easy Reading and Perfect Spelling

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Genre: Reading skills; Teaching At The Elementary School Level; Phonetic method; Elementary School Language Arts; Education / Teaching; English; Education; Special Education - Socially Handicapped; Phonetics and Phonics; Teaching Methods and Materials - Reading; Education / Elementary; Elementary; English language; Orthography and spelling; Reading; Study and teaching;

Average Review: 4.5 stars

Review: It's like a vitamin - very good for you, but rather dull : I taught my daughter to read with Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. My daughter was very successful with that, and upon completion I turned to Phonics Pathways to continue her instruction. That was almost 10 months ago, and over the course of this year we have come very close to working through the entire book. Pros: Phonics Pathways is very complete. It can take a child that reads nothing up to about a 4th or 5th grade level of reading. It includes more complicated phonics patterns that other books do not cover. It teaches spelling rules and I anticipate using this as a spelling reference as my child gets older. It is very easy to use. We basically read a page a day, repeating if a certain page is tricky. It includes games that could be motivating to some students, although requiring prep on the part of the parent. Con: Dry, dry, dry! My child loved the zany stories in Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. When we started Phonics Pathways, she wanted to go back to her old book because Phonics Pathways is not nearly so entertaining. While she thinks Dewey the Bookworm is cute, his inspirational sayings don't do much for her. If my child was a reluctant reader, I think we'd have to scrap Phonics Pathways and find something else that was more fun. This book does work and is a good reference to have on hand, but like most things in education, it will not be the best fit for every child.