The Reading Remedy: Six Essential Skills That Will Turn Your Child Into a Reader

by Marion Blank

• ISBN13: 9780787982768
• ISBN10: 0787982768
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

It's shocking but true. Forty percent of children experience significant difficulty in learning how to read. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this groundbreaking new book, internationally recognized developmental psychologist and educator Dr. Marion Blank explains why current reading education is failing our children. She goes on to describe her revolutionary new reading system, Phonics Plus Five, which is based on her forty plus years of experience in teaching children from all backgrounds to read. The Reading Remedy offers step-by-step instructions, reproducible forms, and mini-books that parents can start using right away to implement Dr. Blank's system.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part One: Understanding Reading.

1. Teaching Reading: Why Isn’t It Working?

2. What Reading Really Requires: The Six Essential Skills.

3. The Hidden Abilities in Reading.

Part Two: Teaching Reading.

4. Teaching Sequencing.

5. Teaching Handwriting.

6. Teaching Content Words.

7. Teaching Noncontent Words.

8. Teaching Through Books.

Part Three: Constructing the Programs.

9. Sequences in Sight.

10. Letters to Write.

11. Teaching Activities for the Words.

12. Creating the Books.

13. Progress Check and Review.

References.

Index.