We have finished All About Reading Level 4! I am so glad that we started using this program from All About Learning Press. It is hands-down the best if you want to teach anyone to read. This last level goes over the rare teams, unexpected phonic sounds, and words that are borrowed from other languages. The break down of each lesson is amazing not only for the teacher but the student as well. The games incorporated make it really intriguing for the student. I absolutely love the little readers that come with each level.
The lessons are perfectly spaced out so that it isn't too much at one time. I love the way the teacher's manual is done. As a dyslexic teaching another dyslexic I couldn't be happier with the teaching method. A lot of the things taught in all 4 levels of All About Reading I learned for the first time. I had never learned them in public school but am so glad I am able to teach them to my own kids. While most American adults read at a 7-8 grade level my seven year old is already reading at an eighth grade level.
The games are really easy to set up and fun for the students to do. I actually cut the pieces, laminate them, and then cut them. That way I can reuse them as much as I like and keep them in great condition. Almost every single lesson has a game to go with it. You can even redo games from older lessons to make sure your child has retained the information. Even lessons where you are just reading the story there are games or some activity to do.
The readers on their own are wonderful to use even if you don't use the whole All About Reading program. After every phonics lesson there is a story to go with it. That way the child gets to practice everything they have learned. Words from previous lessons will pop up but the company has written the stories so that they only words they have learned how to read. Just brilliant!
I will always and forever recommend All About Reading to anyone who is wanting to help their child with reading or wants to teach them. Having so many people come to me and say how impressed they are with my daughters reading and asking me what I did to teach her is an amazing feeling. However, seeing how excited she is and how proud she is in her reading ability is the greatest accomplishment. When I was a child, I never wanted to read and absolutely hated it. My own daughter stays up late to read and sometimes I even hear, "Mama, I finished this book can you swap it for another?" The hard part now is finding books that are on par with her reading level but still appropriate for her age.
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