32 Years of Wisdom from users of Alpha-Phonics A Primer for Beginning Readers

Alpha-Phonics easy to teach, phonics reading instruiction that is effective, simple and inexpensive

Learnwisdom from Moms who taught their own children to read with Alpha-Phonics a longtime favorite of Homeschoolers to teach Phonics reading

A TREASURE TROVE COLLECTED FROM REAL USERS OF THIS WONDERFUL PHONICS TEACHING PROGRAM

We collected the best advice from Parents Who Taught their Children to Read with Alpha-Phonics

Tips from our 32 years of experience – before you start the

Lessons – to make Alpha-Phonics work better for you:

Dear Parent or Teacher May 2018

We have published Alpha-Phonics since 1986, 32 years. With almost no changes, it is the same book as in 1986. It has not changed because there is no need to change or “update” it. It is a systematic, intensive phonics reading instruction program that is timeless. It is SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE!

Over the years we have had direct contact with thousands of users of the program and have discussed with them points that will help you in obtaining the best results from it. We would like to share these helpful points before you begin the actual instruction program with your student:

THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO TO TWO PARTS:

FRONT: LESSONS FOR THE STUDENT that are in LARGE TYPE that is most suitable for little beginners’ eyes.

BACK (Begins at page 131) INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARENT/TEACHER that are in standard size type.

At the beginning of the Instruction Section are 6 general pages (131-137) about our alphabetic language and other interesting information. Starting on page 137 is the ORDER OF LESSONS beginning with Lesson 1. There are a total of 128 lessons and they are covered in 14 surprisingly short pages. But in these 14 pages you have all the Instruction you need to teach the corresponding 128 STUDENT LESSONS in the front section. Those 128 Lessons cover all the 44 phonograms, or sounds, that comprise the entire English Language! Lesson one is the longest, taking most of a page. After that Lessons are short; only about a paragraph each.

THERE ARE ONLY 44 SOUNDS TO TEACH; IT IS THAT SIMPLE: Teaching reading really is surprisingly easy. The student only needs to learn 44 sounds. You teach them easily as you progress through Alpha-Phonics. Take a look in the instruction section in the back of the book: Pages 154 & 155. “The English Alphabetic System.” Those two pages contain the essence of the whole program.

DO NOT TRY TO TEACH THE SOUNDS FIRST BEFORE BEGINNING: You do not need to worry about teaching the SOUNDS to your Student in advance before you begin with Alpha-Phonics instruction. Doing so does not help. The reason is that the entire program is based on teaching the 44 sounds as you progress through the 128 Lessons, one sound at a time as you go.

HOW TO TEACH THE LESSONS: You will find it best to read the Lesson first yourself and then turn to the corresponding Student lesson in the front and try it out for yourself. Even try several lessons for yourself prior to showing the first Lesson to your student. This way you will see how simple and easy it is. Hundreds of thousands already have experienced this.

DO NOT MIX INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS: Doing this can confuse your student. Stick with one program. Put aside any preconceived notions you might have about what you should do, how fast your child might learn, how long it might take, how long to teach each day and all the other things you have previously read or heard. Just do what

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