We are using a great book entitled ‘Teach your child to read in 100 Easy Lessons’. This book is working very well for us and got excellent reviews on amazon. See the link:
http://www.startreading.com/
My daughter is 5 and will soon to start kindergarten. I want her to have the advantage of being an early reader just so she can start off with that extra edge and feel confident in her academic abilities right from the get-go.
A 5 year old has a very short attention span. She squirms all over the place in my lap and is easilly distracted. I must work hard to keep her amused and tuned in thru this dry black and white text book. Also a lot of praise. The 20 minutes lesson we do each day is difficult. She sabatoges the lesson by either getting overly playful or by arguing with me. But if I shut the book and say, “fine, if you don’t want to do this today – we’ll just stop now”. She will say “nooooo! I want to do it!”. So even though she fights me, I know she really is enjoying it and it’s getting better with time.
If you don’t have lots of patience, don’t attempt this, leave it to the teachers.
