Let's Read, a Linguistic Approach,

by Leonard Bloomfield, George P. Faust (Contributor), Robert C. Pooley (Contributor)

Let's Read presents a simplified method of teaching reading based on the alphabet and centered around spelling patterns. it teaches the child one thing at a time. Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949), one of the greatest linguists of our time, created these lessons based on firm scientific principles so that he could teach his own children to read.
Let's Read was published for the first time by Wayne State University Press in 1961. It has been reprinted many times, and is a recognized classic in the field of reading instruction.

Genres: Education

Paperback

First published December 12, 1961

Reviews

[Redwood3 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let's Read! is THE fundamental, must-have book for everyone who has anything to do with teaching young or old alike how to read. It was developed and written out of the Harvard Reading Laboratory, and then it began to migrate--to become THE text for The Landmark School and its tutoring system for students who have moderate special learning needs. From there, in my case, it travelled to London and has been used and referred to whilst teaching those same kids with needs, as well as in my classrooms, living room, and online with ESL/TOEFL students.

Have you seen the movie The Book of Ely with Denzel Washington? It would be so easy to make comparisons: I and any number of close colleagues could sit in a blackout and re-construct word for word, diagram after diagram, of Let's Read! and restore that most valuable skill to anyone who could learn. What a valuable book.

Of course it deserves five stars. Not a lot of books do. This one does. Home schoolers, parents, classroom teachers, tutors--anyone who can read and teach should have the series. All the best to you.

[Dianna]

This is a book to teach children how to read, written by a famous linguist. He makes some really good points in the opening essays, and I would love to try this book with my son.

Unfortunately for me, interlibrary loan doesn't always last as long as I'd like it to, and this book had to go back before I was done. Now I have to decide if I want to buy it.