Questions:

► Why do these programs fail some children?

► Why are some students unable to read well?

► Why are some middle-school students unable to read well?

► Why are so many high school students unable to read?

There is no simple answer to these questions.

Could it be that most school reading programs are designed for a typical student and some are NOT typical?

Here are some possible answers as to why some children struggle:

► Some students come to school, not knowing many words and are not ready to read.

► The child has a hearing difficulty and has not heard many words.

Studies have shown that by age 5, some children have heard thousands of spoken words,
while others have heard few spoken words and are not ready to read.

 (Note: hearing TV talk has little effect on word learning.)

Young children (1 to 5 years old) need to hear words spoken by people.
Young children need to hear someone reading to them.
This reading can be in English - or in the language of the home.

• Playing a musical instrument helps brain development.

• Playing a sport helps brain development.

• Physical exercise helps brain development.

• READING helps brain development.

Note: Many children have an added advantage by hearing and speaking more than one language.

Question: Is Intuitive Phonics DIFFERENT?

Yes!

► It helps the student who does not read well.

► It teaches the way a basketball coach teaches.

► It teaches the way a music teacher teaches.

► It teaches the way the brain learns.

Question: How does a coach teach basketball?

Does a coach say to a student who can bounce the ball three or four times, "Great, You are ready for the game"?

No, a good coach says, "We need practice."

Some students are NOT ready when they arrive at school.
They need foundational word practice.
Intuitive Phonics helps provide that practice.

Intuitive Phonics helps build letter-sound patterns.

► It can help a student become ready to read.

► It teaches the way a coach teaches.

► It teaches the way a music teacher teaches.

► It helps the student learn to read the way the brain learns.

• We want the slower learner to practice the basics.

• We want them to begin to see the letter-sound patterns.

• We want them to say words with confidence.

• We want them to enjoy little steps of success.

• We want them to become ready to read.

Question: How is Intuitive Phonics DIFFERENT?

Intuitive Phonics is like the coach that begins with the simple basic running, bouncing, passing, shooting.

It is practice, practice, practice until each letter-sound pattern becomes a part of the brain's structure.

We want the skill to become intuitive.

We want letter-sound pattern skills to become success.

Practice becomes success by continued practice.

Many school reading programs leave the weak student
“on the bench” feeling lost, lonely and left out and thinking,
   ("I hate reading")

Intuitive Phonics trains the brain by practice and more practice with
the student slowly becoming ready to read.

Question: Is your son, daughter, grandchild, or friend feeling crushed, frustrated or saying,
   "I hate reading"?

Please note: Intuitive Phonics sessions are best with a parent or tutor or teacher.

20 foundation lessons: 99 cents

 

How do children learn to read?

(Check the “research” links on right.)

Brain researchers have "discovered" the way the brain learns to read is "By phonics."

Coaches have "discovered" that practice is way a child learns to play.

Musicians have "discovered" that practice is the way a child learns to play.

• Good coaches use the same technique - practice.

• Good music teachers use the same technique - practice.

• Students need to say words with letter-sound patterns.

Teachers (often) look to the experts to tell them the best way to teach reading.

The problem: one expert says one thing while another expert suggests another.

Experts claim to base their best method on RESEARCH.

Question: Why does the RESEARCH point in different directions?

(Could there be a desire by book publishers to sell more new books?)

Question: How is Intuitive Phonics DIFFERENT?

• Intuitive Phonics does not rely on phonics rules.

• Intuitive Phonics uses letter-sound patterns.

• Intuitive Phonics uses practice to train the brain.

The practice begins to train the brain so the patterns become intuitive.

Results:

• Repeated practice trains the brain to see the pattern.

• The student becomes successful by saying little words.

• The student has success saying words, then sentences.

(Each small step is a success step.)

We do not ask the student, "What did you just read?"

(The school's reading program will ask those kinds of questions.)

Note: When saying known words in a planned sequence, the sequence begins to have meaning.

The student may not realize he is reading, but he will begin to see meaning in a word sequence.
 (a gradual process)

• It becomes a success to say words in the written order.

• It becomes a success to see meaning in the sequence.

Allow your student to have the thrill of identifying meaning in his own mind.

• Meaning will come; it will be success for the student.

Strategy:

Please, never say the word, "read" because that word strikes FEAR in many.
Instead use the word, "say" or some other kind word.

Let your student slowly begin to realize that he is reading.

Please, do not rush. Actually Sessions 10 - 20 may take longer for the student to develop intuitive pattern awareness.

Allow your student to feel the success of being able to see patterns and to say words.

Please, do not ask, "What was the story about?" or” "Tell me the story."
(Let the school do that.)

As your student becomes more successful in saying the words,

you will begin to see the understanding of meanings.

(Note: This may take 2 or, 3 or, 4 MONTHS of regular practice.)

Note: Intuitive Phonics is not a "reading" program.
Your school has a reading program.

When you student begins to say words in sequence, he/she can begin to answer the school's question,
 "What did you just read?"

Practice the Sessions 3 or 4 times each week.
It may take as many as 3 or 4 or 5 months of regular practice to complete all 20 Sessions.

Your student can learn to read the way the brain learns.

You can get your student on a path to successful reading for only 99 cents.

Please note: Intuitive Phonics sessions are best with a parent or tutor or teacher.

 20 foundation lessons: 99 cents

Why No clutter? Most reading programs are filled with clutter.

The publishers think that the clutter of color, letter shapes, pictures, or disorder on the page helps generate interest.
That may be true, but the clutter fills the brain with things that do not help develop word reading abilities.

Therefore: No clutter!
No clutter means the brain can focus on the letter-sound patterns.

   20 foundation lessons: 99 cents

Please note: Intuitive Phonics sessions are best with a parent or tutor or teacher.

Why 99 cents?
We want this available to all but can not post it for free.


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