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Rudolf Franz Flesch

Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do About It Library Binding – April 1, 1993

by Rudolf Franz Flesch (Author)

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The classic book on phonics--the method of teaching recommended by the U.S. Department of Education. Contains complete materials and instructions on teaching children to read at home.

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222 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Buccaneer Books
Publication date

April 1, 1993
Dimensions

6 x 1 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

1568491387
ISBN-13

978-1568491387
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Publisher : Buccaneer Books (April 1, 1993)
Language : English
Library Binding : 222 pages
ISBN-10 : 1568491387
ISBN-13 : 978-1568491387
Item Weight : 1.01 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,709,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,087 in Language Experience Approach to Teaching

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Seaneen Hebert

This is such a fantastic read! I pulled my 9 year old son ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2015

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This is such a fantastic read! I pulled my 9 year old son with autism out of school because he couldn't read and they said that they couldn't help him anymore. So in our first year of homeschooling, we worked on reading A LOT, it was a really slow process, but we were making progress, which was better than before, but not enough to catch him up to grade level. Then I came across this book. This changed my whole way of teaching. I was able to go back to the beginning and teach basic phonics from the beginning. Within a couple of months he was reading at grade level. This is something the public school said he would never be able to do.

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Tamara

Can't Live Without This Book

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2015

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I have copies of this book coming out my ears. I used it to teach my sons to read and I use it for the students I tutor. I've examined 20+ reading and phonics programs, and this is the best by far. The lessons are at the end of the book, and while the rest of the book is interesting (and still applicable to schools today), it's not necessary to read it to use the lessons. Teaching reading is not rocket science, and it's a disgrace that children and adults read no better than they do. These lessons resolve the issue. They organize phonetic "rules" (not presented as "rules") into the most logical order I've ever seen and simplify the process of learning to read while also taking the learner further than any other program does. I taught my sons to read when each was six and never taught reading again. From that point, it was merely a matter of making sure they had increasingly challenging reading material. At six, they were smoothly reading my Reader's Digest. On the other hand, I did modify the program a little. The lessons are just word lists. I ask students to use words in sentences a lot. We play with words -- have fun with them. When lessons introduce multiple rules at once (e.g., ee and ea as a long e), I make separate lists for each and when those are mastered, we move on to the combined list to practice. I also wrote little books for my sons along the way, using words I knew they could already read, and I do the same for my students. It doesn't take long before that is unnecessary. My greatest piece of advice about using this reading program is to trust the order in which it's presented. It's not like others, but it works far, far better. Flesch taught his granddaughter in one summer. That's probably a bit aggressive for most six-year-olds, but 6-9 months is certainly reasonable.

29 people found this helpful

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Priswell

This is the book you want for teaching reading.

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2018

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My husband and I used this book first to teach our oldest son, and then to start a literacy class. We've given it a real work over. Any parent that comes to me asking about either homeschooling or how to teach reading gets a copy of this book. I keep a hard cover on my shelf, and recently bought a digital copy to have handy on-the-fly. This book explains why people can't read anymore and how to dig your kid or student out of that hole. The first half is the explanation, the second half is the primer with instructions.

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Amzn Customer

Best way to really teach a kid how to read.

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2018

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It help me understand why many kids are having trouble to learn how to read. My son was 5 when i got this book, he has being diagnose with ADHD and I decided to help him to learn how to read, I followed all the instructions from this book and he was reading at third grade level by the middle of first grade, by the end of first grade he was able to read everything, now he reads faster than me, he gets a chance to calm down and stay still with the books witch is not a easy thing for a child with ADHD, it is amazing how helpful this early reading skills are for the whole family, I know he has a better chance now to succeed at school specially with his condition. The content of the book is really old but it doesn’t means that it is invalid, it works as a charm. Totally recommended. If you want your child be able to read at an advance level quickly this is a good start, with a little bit of patience, perseverance and discipline you can make it happen, if my hyper never stop moving son was able to do it, anyone can. :)

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annabanana

Use this book to teach someone to read

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2019

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This book is great. You can use it t to teach anyone to read using phonics. It contains pages and pages of words...CVC words...to practice sounding out simple words. A CVC word has a consonant vowel consonant such as : cat, pal, lid, pet, hot, fun, ham, run. You also need to get some simple books that use these CVC words within a story. Look at comicphonics.com for some simple story books.

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Jeff Guenthner

Reading really isn't that hard. Great tool!

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2017

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This is an excellent book. It is more than just learning to read, it is writing and spelling too. Those who have trouble reading, this is the book for you.

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Jamie

Could just as easily be called "Why Rylie Can't Read"

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2015

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Because this is the answer I've been looking for! This is what's wrong with my daughter! It's a problem given to her by our school system. For the last year now I have been doing TONS of reading about.... reading. It didn't make sense to me that my bright daughter couldn't read. I found out about dyslexia, I had heard of it but didn't know anything about it. I focused my research on dyslexia, this was what was wrong with her! So I read about how people are born this way and different things you can do to help them. Then I find this book, Why Johnny Can't Read, and wow! I was only skirting around the answer. This explains that the word method that kids learn now is giving them dyslexia and it tells you how. Rudolf Flesch talks about every problem my daughter has with reading and explains WHY she has these problems and it makes total sense! I am shocked that the book with all the answers is 60 years old! It's sad that the answers have been around this long and still, most people don't know. I just started phonics today with my daughter so it will be a little while before she learns how to really read but I have total faith that it will work!

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Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2016

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I bought this book to use for my grandkids. I taught both my son's how to read using this method before starting preschool almost 30 years ago. They both became Naval Academy grads, one is now a nuclear submarine engineer officer, the other a U.S. Marine Captain in Space Operations. Now it's my grand kid's turn.

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Dr. Kevin White, Sussex University

An American classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2021

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Johnny Can't Read set the debates on dyslexia in motion in the early 1960s. This is a later edition, but it is essential reading for anyone involved in teaching special needs or students with learning difficulties.

park3r

This book is really good and many children and parents can benefit from phonetics.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2019

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Clear and concise. There is some extremely good and important information about how we learn to read contained within.

Shaun Thomson

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2017

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Very good!

robin brown

Best tool for any parent who wants to teach their kid reading using phonics.

Reviewed in Canada on December 7, 2015

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Best tool for any parent who wants to teach their kid reading using phonics. Unlike most textbooks, this one explains WHY the method should be used, why it works and why the alternatives do not work.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in India on January 3, 2017

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A great book for those who want to learn all about phonics!!

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