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Excerpt from the Book
Introduction
The purpose of this book is to show you how to teach someone to read. Teaching someone to read is really quite simple, when you have a plan. I have made that plan for you (see Here’s the Plan: As Easy as 1, 2, 3). Anyone can do it, and that means you can too. Everything you need is right here.
Many parents have told me, “I would love to teach my child to read if I just knew what to do!” There are many different reading programs out there to help teach reading. Some of these other programs are fine and can work if you use them consistently. The problem is that some programs are too complicated, too expensive, not thorough, or take too much time. Parents need an easy way to teach their children to read. My program is simple, inexpensive, thorough, easy-to-use, and has proven results.
I have been an educator for over thirty years, teaching in private schools, public schools and have home schooled my own children. I have taught special education, regular education, English language learners, students who are educationally challenged, as well as students who are gifted. The most exciting and fulfilling teaching I have ever done is teaching my children how to read at home when they were very young.
I have four children, three daughters and one son. Before each child was one year old, I started teaching them the ABC’s, using flash cards. By the time they were 3 years old, they were reading at a first grade level. This ability to read at a young age gave the children an advantage in all subject areas. School work was easy and fun. They were self-confident and had high self-esteem. These children loved reading and learning, therefore they wanted to learn.
The ripple effect of early reading has continued into adult years for the older children. Each of the older daughters went off to a private university at 16 years of age. One was teaching at that university at 20 years of age, and now is an assistant principal of a public high school. The other passed the California Bar Exam and was licensed as an attorney at 22 years of age; she is a business attorney with her own law practice. The younger daughter and son are teenagers and have each excelled in academics and are on an advanced pace.
I firmly believe that if a loving person spends the time and effort to teach a child to read, that person will start the chain of events that will cause the child to be more intelligent than she or he would have been otherwise. It does not matter whether you are educated or not. It does not matter whether you consider yourself smart or not. What does matter is that you care enough for your child to take the time to teach her or him. It only takes about fifteen minutes a day.
A few years ago my older daughters asked me to write this book. They told me that when they have children, they want to teach them how to read just as I taught them. They wanted a step-by-step program to follow. This program is my life’s work. My daughter is now using it to teach my first grandson his letters and sounds.
I wrote this book for them and am now offering it to you. Bless your child and teach him or her to read. Teach a friend to read. Teach a homeless person to read. I have done these things and found it to be very rewarding to make a major difference in someone’s life. The ripple effect of blessings continue forever and will bless you too. I will show you how to teach someone to read, and I will make it simple.
Enjoy the adventure!
God Bless You, Vera Clark
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