Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by sn9 on Monday April 17, 2023 @06:06PM (#35607263)

Fans of "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" might wish to check out "Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach" [0]. It uses a similar phonics approach but uses basic pattern matching to teach kids in a much simpler format. Be sure to check out the reviews for the original and newer edition.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814311156?psc=1

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Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by gnicholas on Monday April 17, 2023 @06:24PM (#35607457)

Whoa, this book appears to be $50-$500?

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Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by sn9 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @07:44PM (#35622116)

That's for out-of-print copies.

I snagged a used copy for $70 because I wanted to compare it to the newer 2nd edition which is way more affordable [0].

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Read-Linguistic-Clarence-Barnhar...

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Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by gnicholas on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @10:59PM (#35623767)

Ah, gotcha. Confusing that even on that link, it shows that there's a newer version (which is triple the cost and is from 1969!).

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