A reading system is an ideal tool for teaching your child to read. Essentially, this is a system that has been specifically formulated and used to teach a child to read. It’s helpful because he’ll take into account and fix any problems she might encounter, and more specifically, he doesn’t have to figure anything out himself.

However, not all reading systems are created equal. Let’s take a look at what sets them apart.

Two types of reading systems

There are two types of reading systems that you can use to teach your child to read. One type will be flexible and the other inflexible. Both have their purpose and their advantages and disadvantages.

An inflexible system

An uncompromising system will have pre-planned lessons and topics and present the information to you in a plug-and-play manner. The advantages of this system are that it gives you everything you need; you just need to present the lessons to your child.

The disadvantages of such a system are that it does not take into account the interests and uniqueness of your child. If, for example, the subject of the reading material is a rat and your child doesn’t like rats, he will soon lose interest and get bored. On the other hand, even if your child likes the material, there is no guarantee that she won’t get bored with it, as it doesn’t change over time.

This can be a real problem when you are teaching your child to read at home, and your biggest obstacle will be keeping your child attentive and interested.

A flexible system

A flexible system will still give you the method to teach your child to read, however, this material allows you to include your child’s unique interests in your reading material, ensuring that they remain interested even if their interests change.

If your child is interested in motorcycles, Barbie, sharks, animals, aliens, Toy Story, or anything else, you can include this in your lessons for maximum effect and keep them highly interested and motivated.

Using this method, my son came to me with topics and words that Hears wanted to include in his reading lesson.

Phonics and sight reading

Make sure any reading method you choose includes both phonics and sight reading. These two methods are not mutually exclusive and complement each other perfectly to give you a very effective reading system. Phonics, for example, doesn’t allow your child to learn sight words (and there are many in the English language), but it does teach them how to pronounce words and read for themselves.

With the right system, you can easily teach your child to read and have them reading independently of you in just a few months with very little effort on your part.