The 4th Edition of Writing Road to Reading is the one that spawned the Grammar Works program written by Jay Patterson. Although he has updated his books to include references to the 5th edition, I think you will find this edition indispensible. It is more clearly laid out and closer to what the Spaldings had in mind when they wrote this book. I totally believe in the concept as laid out by the Spaldings in Writing Road to Reading, although I imagine there are few who have figured out how to implement this wonderful program on their own, especially few home schoolers. I highly recommend purchasing a 4th edition before they disappear, the Grammar Works program from The Works People and using these as your only Language Arts program. It is a shame that so few schools are using this method, but without Grammar Works to explain what to do and what is being said in Writing Road to Reading, I can see why. If you do decide to use Grammar Works for Language Arts, take the complete one week seminar! You will be glad you did as it will save tons of preparation hours and frustration. The program the Spaldings developed is amazing. The results speak for themselves. When kids can't read, they become adults who can't read. We can never become all that God intended us to be if we can not read. The is no place you can not travel when you can read: into the past, into someone's life, into the future, faraway places, philosophical journeys, learning a new trade or craft are all within the reach of a good reader. Studies show that illiteracy rates are extremely high in prisons! We need to see the connection between reading and how a life unfolds to help not just the individual reader but the world as a whole. This story needs to be told. Help someone you know to become all that they can become. A Home School Mom in MinnesotaRead full review
FINEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN CONCERNING PHONETICS! I have used this text for 25 years and the principles Romalda Spalding saw have been borne out again and again! She experienced her remedial students doing better than her normal students....thereby, developing this method for normal students! I have found it to be the same with my K thru Gd. 2 classes. PLUS, ESL students do remarkably well and finally come to understand English in a brand new understandable way! As far as I am concerned, this is the finest program ever written to develop the important language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) in children!
This method, bar none is the best learning to read method there is. Phonics is good and this is even better than standard phonics methods. It also has kids writing from the beginning and can prevent some dyslexia before it gets started. It is instantly transferable to books kids like. Forget worksheets or boring readers. Start reading with a child's favorite book. The method adapts to the child and the book. No more forcing squares into circles.
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This book is very in depth. I can see improvement in my sons reading already.
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had this before, wanted it again
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