Free Preschool Reading Success in Just 5 Minutes a Day by Louise Moore

INTRODUCTION
    Before age 3, our children were reading
short words on billboards, signs, and on passing trucks. They had not memorized
them from TV ads as their grandmother had surmised. They were reading on their
own. One day my mother who had been a school teacher, and was caring for my 3
year old son could not wait to come home to tell me that he was reading signs.
The words that he read were only three letters long, but it was definitely a
great start. She said "I was so excited that I almost drove off the
road." Several years later, my son's kindergarten teacher commented to me,
"You do realize that your son knows how to read." Yes, of course I
knew. I taught him by using the simple methods described in this delightful
little book. It is so much fun, and I know that you too will discover this same
rewarding result.
    My son was tested for reading just as he
turned 5 years old with kindergarten 6 months away, and he was almost at the
third grade level. I had the same success with my daughter, and her teacher had
the same glowing remarks about her reading ability. Yes, of course, I knew that
they could read many words by kindergarten as they understood basic phonetic
sounds.
    Because of this ability, their elementary
school teachers judged them to be very bright, and my children lived up to this
wonderful expectation. They felt great about school, and about themselves. This
one ability paved the way to enormous success all through their schooling.
    Their elementary school principal was
astonished when I said that I had easily taught them to read at home. It is not
hard. It is simply learning the basic “noises” that each letter contains in
silly, happy, energetic and fun words, and then combining/blending these noises
into words. My children never remembered learning how to read because it was as
natural and effortless as breathing and sleeping, and it only took 5 minutes or
less a day. Yes, there is 5 minute a day parent involvement, but you have to
talk to them about something other than disciplining them. And this happy talk
creates a joyful connection between the two of you.
    When my children were preschoolers and now
with my grandchildren, this learning routine was an integral part of our
everyday lives, and  I know you will experience our same happy result.
    Now in 2015, I am observing that schools
require a child to be quite proficient in reading by the first grade, and this
can be overwhelming. I recently heard this anxiety from a mother who was well
aware of this, and didn’t know what to do. Of course I told her about my ideas,
and she couldn’t wait to hear them.
    My granddaughter was just tested in the
first grade, and the results are that she is reading 125 words per minute with
100% comprehension, and is the best reader in her class. We were thrilled, and
the method described in these pages is the reason. She is 6 years old and has
been reading for several years. My four year old grandson is also well on his
way to becoming a good and happy reader too, and will easily move into
kindergarten and the first grade with this ability.
    Boys who tend to mature later will
definitely be helped by having this skill naturally taught to them. If you have
their reading well on its way during their early years, their attitude to their
future schooling will be a wonderful experience for them as they have passed
this first very big and significant hurdle in their education. If not, their
sense of accomplishment and confidence will suffer, and their joy and
enthusiasm for going to school will diminish.
    If children have
difficulty learning to read in a school environment for whatever reasons, they
can believe that they are not good enough or smart enough or that something is
wrong with them on a conscious or subconscious level. Let’s erase any chance of
that. For them to think later that they need to catch up if they have trouble
with reading isn’t a solid or confident