All About Reading Review
Here are a few of the teaching methods utilized in All About Reading:
- Multi-sensory approach
- Built-in review system
- Motivating, hands-on activities
- Mastery-based, building block programÂ
practical help and encouragement for homemakers
by Joy Kincaid 14 Comments
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My "break-through" books were the Ribsy series by Beverly Cleary. Before I was 9, reading was not fun, not easy, not for me. But then I met Ribsy… and I had to keep reading, because there were more books and more stories about that dog and his boy!
Thanks for sharing ~ I'll pin this for future reference! 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing, Finaorlena! My husband said he had fond memories of those books, too, and we do have one of them–we'll have to look for more. Thanks again for helping with my growing book list! 🙂
Thanks Joy for the review. It is always nice to know what is on the market (especially with teaching how to read). My daughter's favorite easy-to-read chapter books for beginners was the Cobblestreet Cousins Series, Grandma's Attic series, Miller Family Series and Captive Treasure and Carolina's Journey (both from BJU). She also like the Mice of the Herring Bone Series by Tim Davis and the Boxcar Children Series (these are series that boys and girls would both enjoy).
Thanks for linking up with the Art of Home-Making Mondays this week! Nice to see some of your pretty pictures again 😉
Thank you so much for the book suggestions, JES! We have the two BJU books you mentioned, so I'll add those to the list, and several of the books you mentioned I hadn't heard of before (I'll look for them). Very helpful, thank you! 🙂
Hi Joy!
I'm thrilled for your new little reader. 🙂
Sometimes when I am at a loss for what to read aloud, I have looked to the reading curriculas from Veritas Press and from Learning Language Arts from Literature. (I don't use their curriculum, I just look at their reading titles.)
Our family really enjoyed The Cricket in Time Square. We discovered a series called The Happy Hollister's, which we have really enjoyed as well.
I've thought of you often this summer and hoping things are well with you and your sweet little family and that your husband is enjoying good health!
I admire your schooling approach and as I work to get away from the workbook heavy style, I have appreciated your posts that are so practical (especially the one about how you prepared for BFIAR) THANK YOU!
Warmly,
Carol
Thank you so much for the book suggestions, Carol! I do have a Veritas Press catalog–I'll have to look through it as I make my book list.
I'm so glad that post has been helpful to you–I love sharing things that actually help or encourage someone else! 🙂
Thank you so much for thinking of us this summer! We've been doing well and staying very busy. My husband has had ups and downs healthwise, but I'm thankful that he's been doing better lately. Health is such a blessing. I hope you've been doing well and having a great summer, also!
♥Joy
We love All About Reading! Started Level 3 this week with my girls. Every level has bren great! Some of our read alouds we've enjoyrd other then ones mentioned were, Caddie Woodlawn, Betsy-Tacy series, Milly Molly Mandy series, Five Little Peppers and my girls havr especially loves Prince Caspian and Horse and His Boy from chronicles of Narnia. We are reading Dr Dolittle right mow and they are loving all the interaction with animals.
Thanks so much for sharing your positive experience, Carrie! And thanks for the book recommendations! We do have Caddie Woodlawn and Five Little Peppers, and we just finished a Milly Molly Mandy book, which she loved (first time we had read it, checked out from the library). I've wanted to get a Betsy-Tacy book, too, I'll have to look for that. Even though I have some of these books, this is really helping me as I make a book list, so thank you! 🙂
We're reading through the Little House series too. We're also reading "Grandma's Attic" and Aesop's Fables together. I'm interested in possibly using AAR with my younger daughters. Thanks for the review.
Oh, yes, Grandma's Attic! We have that series, too. Thanks for reminding me about them.
Loved reading this post! I'm so happy to hear that you were able to find a program that worked so well for her! I purchased a book called Read For the Heart by Sarah Clarkson that you are welcome to borrow. The book is full of lists of whole-hearted books to read that are divided into categories. A website that we LOVE buying books from is Grace and Truth books website. http://www.graceandtruthbooks.com/category/christian-books-for-girls Mrs. Williams recommended all the books from the Moody Family Series by Sarah Maxwell. Hope this helps give you some ideas.
Thank you, Kristin! I'd love to borrow the book you mentioned. I've seen it and wondered if it would be helpful, but I've never had a chance to look at it.
We've also been buying from Grace and Truth for about the past 10 years, and they do have a lot of good selections. And we do have all the Moody series except for one or two. Our older girls enjoyed those a lot, but I should read them to Faith. For some reason I had forgotten about them, so thanks for mentioning them! Very helpful suggestions!
And thanks so much for the clothes–the girls were so happy to have them! 🙂
I love seeing the "light" go on when they learn to read. A whole new world has opened up to her.
(Psst…..I am making another skirt from that pattern.)
I do too, Christy–it's a wonderful experience to be able to teach your child to read!
And I'm so glad you're enjoying that skirt pattern! I've got some fabric waiting to be cut out from that same pattern. 🙂