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Blast of to Reading by Reading Specialist of Long Island uses 50 Orton-Gillingham based lessons for struggling readers and those with dyslexia. The recommended age is 7-13. This is in full color. If you have an older child you may want to try this one . It has less color for a more "mature" look. I have a video at the bottom of this review comparing the two. This phonics program is meant for the parent to be involved and work with the child. It is not a hand-to-your child to complete on their own type workbook. Blast of to Reading lessons consist of 2-4 pages sometimes 5 depending on the lesson. Each lesson usually consist of a new topic. Your child will review a list of words and sentences and then complete some exercises. Starting with lesson three at the end of the lesson you are instructed to do dictation. All the dictation passages can be downloaded and printed at the Reading Specialist of Long Island website. What's neat is it's all on audio as well, so you ...

Last week I received Blast Off to Reading to use with Lance. I can't wait to get started with this. It looks like a fun way to learn the rules of reading. We did start but only completed two days because we have a lot going on with right now with fixing the house from hail damage, getting the kids ready to fly out to California, and just busy in general. My hubby is working on four properties right now plus his job so, yeah, it's busy. I'll have a full review later but wanted you all to be able to check it out. I know some are getting ready for the fall. The site has lots of free downloads and online games as well. Hopefully after a week or so Lance and I will do some "summer" school and I can share a little bit about that. We are going to take the rest of the week off from school.

Word Hunt 1, 2, and 3 is part of the Dyslexia Games series. I LOVE these books. Simple yet very effective. I am using these with my kiddos. Actually right now two are using the Fun-Schooling Spelling Journal but once done they will use Word Hunt 3. My kids also use Dyslexia Games so they eventually use all three Word Hunt books.   Your child does NOT have be dyslexic to use Word Hunt or Dyslexia Games. Every child (I believe) should use Dyslexia Games. I love the logic, art, and creativity of DG.  A five minute video walking you through each book, enjoy! Purchase individually from Amazon (affiliate links): Word Hunt 1 (ages 5-8) Word Hunt 2 (ages 8-12) Word Hunt 3 (ages 10+) Fun-Schooling Spelling Journal (ages 5+) and Review Sarah is explaining why Word Hunt from her popular Dyslexia Games series is so important ~this also applies to her Fun-Schooling Spelling journal as well. Sarah is a wealth of information, she needs to be speaking at conventions, getting the word out...

Janice Campbell from Everyday Education sent me Perfect Reading & Beautiful Handwriting to review for you all! What I received: Perfect Reading & Beautiful Handwriting Bundle -Print & eBook Bundle . You can also purchase on the print or only the eBook as well. What is really unique about this program is it not only teaches your child how to read but write in the beautiful Italic handwriting. There's a total of 60 step-by-step phonic lessons! I didn't realize that the typical printing taught to children have only six letters that are made with one stroke. Italic has twenty. The book teaches your child the strokes, then gives many practice pages (as your child is learning to read), at the end of the program (Chapter 6) it shows how to join the italic letters for cursive writing. This is something I wish I had started all six of my kids with. Maybe they'd have beautiful handwriting as teenagers! The first chapter in Perfect Reading & Beautiful Handwriting p...

Not Consumed has allowed me to review a few of their products! I'm excited to share the Reading Journal. Ethan has been using it a few times a week. This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure. I received a digital download which is great because I can print as many reading journals as I need. I'm normally not a fan of digital books but this one I like. If you prefer though you can purchase a physical book through  Amazon . This is recommended for grades 2nd-6th. Your child chooses the books making it a perfect on "grade" level reading. What I LOVE about this Reading Journal is it works with any book which is wonderful because your child can choose what he wants to read. The Reading Journal has 30 lessons that are repeated six times throughout the year. The lessons include vocabulary, summarizing, comparing text to text, and character traits to name a few! The lessons are great for reluctant readers and those allergic to pencils because all they ...