Brief Summary
Lynna Sutherland shares her positive experience with the Pride Reading Program, highlighting its effectiveness, comprehensive approach, and ease of use for homeschooling. She appreciates the program's Orton-Gillingham based approach, the structured yet adaptable lessons, and the inclusion of essential language arts components.
- Comprehensive reading program suitable for homeschooling.
- Orton-Gillingham based approach.
- Structured lessons with varied activities.
- Includes digital teacher resources and training.
- Covers phonics, sight words, fluency, and grammar.
Intro
The video begins with a child showing a book with tracing activities and letter-sound exercises. The child enjoys memorizing how to write each letter and finds the cursive activities fun. The activities are designed to be done at the child's own pace, making reading enjoyable and accessible.
Pride Reading Program Overview
Lynna Sutherland, a homeschool mom and author, shares her experience with the Pride Reading Program. Initially asked to review the program, she found it so effective that she purchased additional levels for her other children. She appreciates that Pride Reading covers all essential aspects of language arts efficiently and in a structured manner.
Why Pride Reading Stands Out
Lynna discusses her past challenges with other reading programs, noting that they were either too overwhelming or incomplete. Pride Reading stood out because it covered all necessary components without being time-consuming or unsustainable. The program's routine and predictability helped her children learn effectively.
Program Levels and Resources
The Pride Reading Program has five levels, with Lynna having used levels one and two, as well as the "Beginning Letters and Sounds" level for pre-readers. She prefers the digital version of the teacher guide for its convenience and cost-effectiveness. Purchasing any level grants access to a teacher training program that explains Orton-Gillingham principles and provides instructional videos.
Key Features of the Program
Each lesson in the Pride Reading Program includes four parts: a lesson overview for the teacher, and three activities for the student: introduction, practice, and reinforcement. The lesson overview includes tips and audio files for phonetic sounds. Online games are also available for extra practice.
Beginning Letters and Sounds Activities
In the "Beginning Letters and Sounds" level, each new letter is introduced with a picture and word association. Daily activities include reviewing letter cards, finger tracing, and identifying beginning, ending, and mixed sounds in words. These activities are broken up to avoid overwhelming the child.
Verbal, Visual, and Active Learning
The program incorporates verbal, visual, and kinesthetic clues to aid learning. Activities like skywriting and palm tracing help children connect letter shapes with sounds. Verbal cues and movements are used to reinforce letter sounds, and sound dictation prepares them for spelling.
Level One and Beyond
The yellow and orange levels follow a similar pattern but are more complex, incorporating actual reading. These levels include online games, letter tiles for tactile spelling, and sound, word, and sentence dictation. Reading comprehension questions are included to ensure understanding.
Fluency, Red Words, and Grammar
The program includes fluency practice to improve reading speed and smoothness. "Red words," or commonly used words that don't follow phonetic rules, are taught with specific routines and progress checks. Grammar lessons are integrated into the practice lessons, covering nouns, proper nouns, and subject-verb agreement.
Final Thoughts and Recommendations
Lynna expresses her satisfaction with the Pride Reading Program and plans to continue using it for her youngest children. She recommends it to others and provides a link to a detailed blog post with more information and resources.
