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[KristaBelk]

My (almost 4 year old) daughter is starting to sound out 3 letter words and is reading Level 1 Bob Books fairly well. I was wondering what would be a good reading curriculum starting September 2011.

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Thank You.
Krista.

[KristaBelk]

I am a pretty busy mom, so I am looking for a pre made curriculum.

[hscoach]

I can tell you what I used to teach my children to read but it is not exactly one complete curriculum. It is a combination of several things. It worked very well for us. First of all, I taught them the basic letter sounds (short and long vowels). It sounds like your daughter probably already knows those! I used some little ABeka readers for that, but you can use any program. We liked Starfall too. You may already know about it.

http://www.starfall.com/

Then I used a program called Stevenson Learning also, which teaches using mnemonics like peanut butter and jelly words and layer cake words. (Kids tend to really remember these techniques.)

http://www.stevensonlearning.com/Language_skills/description.htm

And I used some really neat books called "Now I'm Reading" by Nora Gaydos. My youngest son LOVED these books. They make learning to read so much fun.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=now+i%27m+reading
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[KristaBelk]

hscoach,

Thank You. I will check out those links.

[hmschooling]

The Reading Lesson is great for young beginners!

I also like Reading Made Easy as well as Phonics Pathways.

[mom-of-5]

I am currently using ACE curriculum. I love it and so does my 7 year old. I did have her do a online reading last year thru Headsprout. There are alot of other things good out there I am sure. This is the one I know is good.

Good Luck!
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