The Godfrey Method: Top Ten Myths of Reading 6

Myth 6. The schools will do it.

Truth: Instead, parents must spend quality time teaching phonics to their kids. Adults must spend such time with children for their best progress and growth. Not spending enough reading time with the child one-on-one is detrimental. Use the picture-letter phonics cards as often as possible. The minimal amount for success is at least once a week. Much more is recommended.

Studies have shown that a tutor only needs 1½ hours per week to catch up a sick student with his school class. That’s about 20 minutes a day vs. 6 hours in school. Hartman Rector Jr. says that only 14 minutes a day with mom is worth more than 6 hours with a teacher. You are your child’s best teacher. She learns faster from mom (or dad) than others.

What are the 2 most crucial things children need? – parent time and reading skills. One mom, Simcah, says that helping her kids learn their picture-letter phonics cards and reading stories are her favorite ways to spend time with them. It’s a wonderful way to bond and she loves to see their faces light up as they catch on.

Simcah has also said, “My 3-year-old son loves your phonics cards! He already knows all his letter sounds! This book [A Funny Boy Was Prince River] comes with the best phonics cards ever. My kids love the cards, and the instructions for teaching beginners are invaluable. I also love that the phonics letters are in the text of the story book, which teaches the kids to start looking at the text for the letters they know. The illustrations are beautiful and my kids love seeing the letters they know in the pictures on the page, too.”

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Olivia, a young girl in first grade, had a teacher who said she just couldn’t focus and because of this, she could not learn. The teacher wanted her parents to put her on ADHD meds! Her mom knew that Olivia behaved just fine at home. She decided to use TGM phonics at home instead, and Olivia took off with reading. She’s not ADHD at all. She was just bored! The school’s methods weren’t keeping her interest, which was killing her love of reading.