Teach a child to read! Why the Reading Kingdom works

Teach a child to read and you have imparted the most important skill a child will ever learn. All educational success is dependent on it. How can our children learn history, appreciate literature, and grasp complicated mathematical and scientific concepts if they can't read? Really, reading is a NECESSITY.

But did you know there are flaws in the traditional methods used to teach a child to read? Why is this? What are the flaws? And how can we combat these flaws?

Current reading education typically teaches a phonics approach, a whole language approach, or a combination of the two. But the simple fact is that the vast majority of words in the English language cannot be sounded out. This is true even in a classic phonics book such as Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" which begins with:

• The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play.

• So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold wet day.

In this text only 8 of 23 words (the bolded words) can be sounded out. The other 15 (or 65% of the total) cannot. In order to overcome the problems inherent in sounding out, phonics relies on children memorizing almost 600 rules, such as the "silent e" rule, the double vowel rule, the consonant combination rule and on and on. Remembering nearly 600 rules is impossible for a child - or even an adult for that matter. What's worse is that the rules themselves are riddled with exceptions. For better or worse, in English, irregularity is the rule. To put it simply, if phonics worked as advertised to teach a child to read it would be spelled "foniks".

It's because of these problems with phonics and whole language that schools across the nation show only 30% of children reading at a "proficient" level, while a staggering 35%-40%, across all socio-economic backgrounds, are failing to master this crucial skill (Source: US Dept. of Education) and those who are succeeding are taking longer to learn than they need to.

So what is the answer?

The answer is the Reading Kingdom a "phonics plus" approach to reading instruction that incorporates the best parts of phonics while teaching additional skills required for reading and writing success without requiring kids to learn any complicated rules.

In fact, the Reading Kingdom is the only system that teaches these six skills. When children are taught all six skills, they easily master both reading and writing. By focusing on these skills, Reading Kingdom teaches children 4-10 years of age how to read and write at a third grade level. So teach a child to read today and give the gift that lasts a lifetime.

To learn more about how the Reading Kingdom is fundamentally different from other reading systems available today in both what it teaches and how it teaches, download this PDF.

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