Mommy, Teach Me to Read: A Complete and Easy-to-Use Home Reading Program

by Barbara Curtis

No matter what type of long-term education a mother prefers, she can start to give her child a passion for books and a lifelong love of reading at home with Mommy, Teach Me to Read. The easy-to-learn and fun-to-follow reading programs and activities presented here offer a wonderfully rewarding way to spend time with your children before they start school. This at-home educational resource will help any child age 7 or younger become a better, more enthusiastic reader in a world where reading means succeeding.

Genres: Parenting, Education, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

Reviews

[Melody · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fairly basic book on teaching preschoolers how to read. I do appreciate her booklists and pre-reading games, though. It's too bad that her websites are no longer in existence for further booklists and ideas.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of ideas, advice, and lists for parents of preschoolers and beginning readers.

[Sherrese Holder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Teaching is Possible

I really found this book informative. Many of the ideas I am planning on using. I recommend this book of you are interested in teaching your child to read.

[Justine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good enough introduction on how to teach your child to read at home.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: I am not a child educator, I was just curious to understand what's happening in my preschooler's brain as she learns to read. I also didn't spend a lot of time (okay, any time) researching to find which books were best--I just grabbed a couple off the library shelf. But this was my favorite. Curtis gave very helpful, concrete examples, and her methodology made a lot of sense to me (it's based on Montessori methods).

[Newt Sherwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Barbara Curtis provides easy, affordable, mom-friendly, child-friendly ways to integrate language instruction into everyday life at home. I ended up getting a more formal phonics curriculum in addition, but that may have been just first-time-mother nerves; with a little perseverance and confidence, a mom could teach a child to read just with this one book.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gives practical and easy to implement ideas not only to teach reading to your children, but more importantly, to foster a love of reading from birth. I have already used several of the ideas in the book by an experienced homeschool mother of 12. My favorite part is the extensive listing of favorite children's books by age.

[Kameron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fantastic book by Barbara Curtis! So many wonderful ideas. Haven't been able to put a lot of them into practice yet, since Jack is not yet three and we are still working on sounds - but I can't wait to continue to teach him (and other kids) a love for books and learning and reading!

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, so I haven't read the whole book yet, but I read half of it (my son is 2-years-old, so I only skimmed the last half of the book, which is geared toward older kids). Like the other Mommy Teach Me book, it has good, simple ideas that aren't overwhelming to implement.

[Elise · Rating 2 out of 5]

I skimmed through this book to see if there were any tips on working with my 7 year old at home. It contained a few little nuggets of information I've seen before, yet her style did not resonate with me.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book. The author has lots of experience and follows the montessori style teaching. I appreciated her Christian values and positive message of teaching children to read.

[Natalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Goal: Teach Isaac to read.

[Leslie · Rating 2 out of 5]

She has a nice discussion of the montessori method for teaching reading in this book, but other than that there was no new, insightful information in this book.