At Last: A Reading Method for Every Child [Spiral-bound]

Mary Pecci (Author)

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 342 pages
• Publisher: Pecci Educational Pub; 4th edition (January 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943220076
• ISBN-13: 978-0943220079
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #717,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book for teaching your child to read., May 8, 1998

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Lynn B. Hocraffer (rural Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At Last: A Reading Method for Every Child (Spiral-bound)

This is great! I used it to teach my severely dyslexic child to read, after the University Reading Clinic had said she never would. They were wrong! The first thing I liked was that this book teaches the alphabet in order, then works with straightforward phonics in seven simple steps. The second was that it uses a normal font and does not attempt to force a child to learn one symbol and then switch to another. I made my own flashcards from the directions in the book. Phonograms are grouped, it uses many of the Orton methods, and drills with sight words as well as using decoding skills. In other words, it teaches in a multi-sensory fashion that reaches all modalities. It does not teach all the phonics or spelling rules in the world: it simply gets the child reading well. After this program my dd was reading functionally, in another year she was reading at 6th grade level, and after another was off the charts. There are optional workbooks which we did not use because we were using a workbook program for homeschooling. I was pleased that this book was easily adaptable to work with other materials.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Title Lives Up to Its Billing!, May 17, 2000

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Kathleen (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At Last: A Reading Method for Every Child (Spiral-bound)

As a special education teacher for 22 years, I highly recommend this book to reading specialists, teachers, tutors, and parents who want the best method available for teaching people to read. I recently started tutoring using this book and am having great success.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Note of Praise, March 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: At Last: A Reading Method for Every Child (Spiral-bound)

Just a note to praise AT LAST! A READING METHOD FOR EVERY CHILD. I was introduced to it last year, my first year of teaching first grade, and AT LAST has since been an invaluable guide. I'm teaching a 1/2 split this year and using this program again. In fact, I've introduced my primary-level colleagues to AT LAST and, hopefully, by next month, all four first grades will be employing a variation on this program. Last year I enjoyed enormous success with AT LAST! and I anticipate even better results this year. My thanks to the author.