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Recipe for Reading

Educators Publishing Service

Here is a simple presentation in a single book, similar in format to Professor Phonics. It has a clear outline for teaching each letter. The instructions for teacher presentation are excellent for parents lacking confidence.

It uses Orton-Gillingham methodology with word families as does Alpha Phonics, Professor Phonics, and many others.

A valuable extra is an appendix in the back that shows a choice of readers from numerous publishers that would be appropriate at each stage of phonics instruction. The list includes a number of options from their own publisher, Educators Publishing Service, and also the Merrill Linguistic Readers (SRA). The Alphabet Series (see review) is one such set of readers.

Recipe for Reading will probably progress too slowly for the bright child but will work well for average to slow learners.

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Recipe for Reading

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Learning Modalities: good for children with short attention span
Suitable for: 
one-on-one or group
Need for parent/teacher instruction: 
high
Prep time needed:
minimal
Need for Teacher's Manual:  this book is your manual
Religious perspective:
secular

Publisher Info

Educators Publishing Service

PO Box 9031
Cambridge, MA 02139-9031

(800) 435-7728
(888) 440-2265 FAX
www.epsbooks.com

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