Hooked on Phonics Master Reader was designed especially for children ages 7 and up who have mastered basic reading skills but need a boost to read with speed, accuracy, and confidence. Master Reader's award-winning system teaches kids how to break down large words into parts so they can read more fluently and spend less time and effort sounding out each word using a balanced approach to reading that pairs systematic instruction with engaging stories and books. Reading success is guaranteed because each lesson is supported with lots of fun and entertaining practice activities and kid-appealing reading materials
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!
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.