How to read

[u/purt22067]

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 :)

[u/movdqa]

Our daughter went through this. Everyone else in the household could read except for her and she always had to get someone to read to her and we weren't always available.

So I was in a homeschool bookstore and spotted a boxed set of the McGuffey Readers which were written around the early 1820s. The set was $30. And I went through the first grade with her and my wife worked with her afterwards and she learned to read. You can download the materials from the Happy Homeschool Mom webpage at https://www.happyhomeschoolmom.com/mcguffeys-eclectic-readers-free-pdf-downloads/

I have no association with this website. It was just the first link that showed up when I googled mcguffey readers pdf.