The Reading Remedy: Six Essential Skills That Will Turn Your Child Into a Reader

by Marion Blank

Book Overview

It's shocking but true. Forty percent of children experience significant difficulty in learning how to read. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this groundbreaking new book, internationally recognized developmental psychologist and educator Dr. Marion Blank explains why current reading education is failing our children. She goes on to describe her revolutionary new reading system, Phonics Plus Five, which is based on her forty plus years of experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047174204X
• ISBN13: 9780471742043
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

What you don't know...

BUY THIS BOOK! I bought the book after looking at the page where I had to decode Greek letters into English sentences. I was afraid that it was a gimmick and nothing more. I WAS WRONG. As a baby, no one taught you to talk or walk. And actually you didn't learn to read because of phonics. You learned to read in spite of it. In the last 6 months I have read John Dewey's "How We Think", John Holt's "How Children Fail", and watched a National Geographic Special "Brain Child" that referred to the Carolina Abecedarian Project (http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~abc/) at the University of North Carolina, I began to suspect that there was help for my children ages 6 and 10. I believe this book will play a major part. My children's school taught them phonics with its hundreds of rules and exceptions but excluded hand writing just as Marion Blank writes in this book. With 40 years of teaching she has explained something that I've long suspected. Children learn the rules without having to hear or read them. At the Children's Museum in Indianapolis (www.childrensmuseum.org), I read this quote, "If we taught children to speak they would never learn." I found the quote in John Holt's book. Marion's explanations helped me see that reading is much the same way. What children need are the skills to learn. Then they will learn to read automatically. I REPEAT, "BUY THIS BOOK!"

Amazing!

"The Reading Remedy" is wonderful. For the first time, I can truly understand why my daughter was having problems in learning to read and what she needs to succeed. After using the Phonics Plus Five techniques for just three months now, I can already see a major difference in my child's skill and self confidence. If you're a parent and you're concerned about your child's success in school, I urge you to read this book.

book review

FInally, a book that makes sense on reading. As a speech language pathologist, I see so many children who struggle with reading. I have used the techniques outlined in the book and had tremendous success. This book can help so many children reach the success they dream of.

Personal Experience

I know from personal experience that any parent who wants to improve a child's reading ability will enjoy and benefit from this book. I used Dr. Blank's easy-to-use reading program with my son and it worked wonders. It is great to see her making her ideas available to all parents.

Turn Your Child Into a Reader

I highly recommend "The Reading Remedy." The Phonics Plus Five reading system explained in the book is the only solution that makes sense in a world of misleading information and false promises. This book is a real eye opener. It is easy-to-read and it offers so much promise to parents who are seeking answers about helping their children to read.