Alpha-Phonics: A Primer for Beginning Readers - Paperback

by Meg Rayborn Dawson (Author), Samuel L. Blumenfeld (Author)

THIS IS THE 2022 (Latest version) PRINTING OF THE CLASSIC ALPHA-PHONICS

AN ANALYSIS AND CAUSES OF AND REMEDIES FOR DYSLEXIA ARE INCLUDED.

ALPHA-PHONICS WORKS FAST AND IS VERY SIMPLE. THIS BOOK IS COMPLETE. NOTHING ELSE IS NEEDED. STUDENTS CAN BE READING SIMPLE SENTENCES EVEN ON DAY ONE!

Parent need NO special training to use it. Used by tens of thousands for 38 years. Alpha-Phonics is probably the simplest, most effective, REASONABLY priced phonics instruction reading program available. (Please scroll down to see the SHORT EXPLANATORY VIDEOS near the bottom left side of this page.)

HERE IS WHY ALPHA-PHONICS works so well: IT IS SIMPLE! There are only 44 phonograms (Sounds) the child needs to learn in order to read. All 128 Lessons are covered in ONLY 14 pages of instructions. Students begin with short vowels putting together simple words (Like a with m = am or a with x = ax) and progress to the more advanced words. With Alpha-Phonics the beginner can be reading simple sentences by Lesson 3 and that can even be on the first day. Other reading programs try to do too much. They inject grammar, pictures and other material, needlessly complicating the task. Alpha-Phonics teaches reading only. Reading, contrary to what you may have been told, is easy to teach. All you need to do is teach the student to SOUND OUT the words they want to read. At first, they sound the words out loud, later they do it in their head silently. That is ALL there is to teaching reading!

Alpha-Phonics BONUS: You teach SPELLING easily as you go (through simple dictation). Alpha-Phonics introduces over 3,500 words in its simple 128 lessons. Some students have learned to read in only months. Is there a negative about Alpha-Phonics? Yes. In the past 38 years we have heard only one criticism. It is: Some Moms say they think their child can become bored. Why? Parents have been convinced that learning to read has to be fun time. They have been led to believe games, card decks, cartoons/pictures, make it fun. Moms feel they have to entertain the student. But this slows down the process. With Alpha-Phonics the student can actually be READING simple sentences even day ONE! Students do see lists of words in Alpha-Phonics lessons, but they QUICKLY are actually READING those words; they are ACCOMPLISHING instead of being entertained. This sense of success in actually reading quickly overcomes any other consideration.

The lessons for the Student are on LARGE TYPE on 8 1/2 X11 pages meaning you instruct DIRECTLY from the book. Nothing need be copied. Makes everything easier.

Alpha-Phonics is highly recommended by leading Homeschooling curriculum reviewers such as Mary Pride, Cathy Duffy, Karen Andreola.

Alpha-Phonics earned second Place in all phonics programs in the 2021 Teaching Home Magazine user contest.

Amazon has available optional resources to accompany Alpha-Phonics:
A set of Readers and a practice Phonics Workbook to accompany Alpha-Phonics.
1)The Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Little Companion READERS (10 books combined into one handy book): $ 10.95 (ISBN 9780941995344).

2) The Alpha-Phonics and How to Tutor Phonics Companion PRACTICE WORKBOOK: $ 10.95 (ISBN: 9780941995337). Designed to follow along with the Alpha-Phonics book as you teach from it.

3) The Blumenfeld Oral Reading Assessment Test: $ 10.95 (ISBN 9780941995375). You can evaluate your Student's reading level from Grade 3 through 12 in about a half hour. Usable 5 times.