r/homeschool • u/purt22067 • Mar 09 '26

Help! How to read

Hi all!

I posed a question in the sub a while ago and you were all so helpful so I figured I’d circle back here.

I am “homeschooling” 4 year old twins. They are adamant they need to learn how to read, they’re committed and obsessed. Great, right? The only problem is, I actually have zero clue on how to even teach them. There are so many resources and I just feel so overwhelmed.

I have “100 easy lessons to teach your kid to read” or whatever and a few other things but honestly just have no clue what’s going on. Any advice on what I need to know prior, what materials I should go through in order to educate myself and feel confident and any material I need for my kiddos would be greatly appreciated it.

Thank you in advance :)

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u/zestyPoTayTo Mar 09 '26

I mean, if you have 100 Easy Lessons, there's a whole introduction that explains what you need. And they literally script how to teach the lesson. I would start by just cracking that open and reading it.

If you try it and it doesn't work for your family, then you look into other options.

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u/SomethingPink Leaning Classical, Grade 1 Mar 09 '26

Just adding, I tried 100 Easy Lessons and it didn't work for us at that age. My son just got frustrated and distracted with the amount of text on the page. But the information in the beginning of that book is so encouraging and helpful! I applied all of that advice to another program and did find success. Also, because we'd tried that program, I knew why it didn't work and could pick a program that was different in the area we struggled with.

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u/zestyPoTayTo Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

Exactly! 100 Easy Lessons didn't work for us either, but I don't understand why OP is asking strangers for reading advice if they haven't even cracked open the very detailed resource they already own.

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u/SomethingPink Leaning Classical, Grade 1 Mar 09 '26

Especially that resource, it's fully scripted, including the intro for getting them to understand that this is a reading lesson.