Hooked on Phonics Master Reader

by Hooked on Phonics

Hooked on Master Reader, created for kids ages 7 and up, uses advanced phonics skills designed to help kids read with speed and accuracy. Like other Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read programs, Master Reader uses a balanced approach, coupling systematic instruction with reading stories and books. Kids learn to break down large words into parts so they can read more fluently and don't spend so much time and effort sounding out each word. Plus, Master Reader has been tested with kids to make sure they love the four levels of interactive computer games, the 64 attention-grabbing stories, and the exciting Strange Museum chapter book series. 4 chapter books, 4 easels, 64 story cards, 4 CD-ROMS, 1 Progress Poster to track Learning Success, 1 set of fun stickers kids love, 1 Parent's guide.

Hardcover

First published December 31, 2003

Reviews

[Young Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Boy, where should I start? These Hooked-on-Phonics books have truly improved my spelling and reading comprehension. It's hard to imagine a life before education, and I'll admit, although it was initially quite tough, I pushed through, and I've been a Master Reader; I believe the official title will be Young Lee, MR, which has a nice ring to it, heh.

People argue that education in America is poor; there is a massive deficit in the funds distributed at the federal level, and it's reflected in the quality of education that the US provides relative to the rest of the world. Hooked-on-Phonics has a good thing going that facilitates masterful reading and writing skills; haha, "facilitate", I'm a little excited to use that word for the first time.

Anyways, I'll keep it short, this is a good book to help you master the art of language (English language though). Keep reading, and shoot for the stars!

-Young Lee, MR

[Skylar Burris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this with my 8 year old. Halfway through, he said, "This is really helping me." The focus is on learning to break words systematically into syllables in order to sound them out, something he really needs as he tends to guess based on a mixture of letters. I like the diversity of the cards' reading topics as well. They are all non-fiction, but on a variety of topics from animals to inventions to famous people, and he much prefers reading non-fiction to fiction. The passages are just about the right length to give him practice without frustrating him by the length. He seemed prepared to tackle the chapter books at the end of each section and was generally positive about using the program.

[Mara Sundwall · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 5-year-old daughter asked me to add this one, but with good reason. I've used it on all four of my kids and swear by it. They are great readers!

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hoo/ked on puh/hon/icks work/ed for me

[Ebookwormy1 · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun program that helped move my students from being capable of reading to be being proficient at reading.