A reading system is an ideal tool for teaching your child to read. Essentially, it is a system that has been specifically formulated and used to teach a child to read. It is useful because it would take into account and fix any problems you might encounter, and more specifically, you don’t have to solve anything yourself.

However, not all reading systems were created equal. Let’s take a look at what sets them apart.

Two types of reading systems

There are two types of reading systems that you can use to teach your child to read. One type will be flexible and the other inflexible. Both have their purpose and their advantages and disadvantages.

An inflexible system

An inflexible system will have pre-planned lessons and topics and present the information to you in a plug-and-play way. The advantages of this system are that it provides you with everything you need; you just need to present the lessons to your child.

The disadvantages of such a system are that it does not take into account the interests and uniqueness of your child. If, for example, the subject of the reading material is a rat and your child does not like rats, they will soon lose interest and become bored. On the other hand, even if your child likes the material, there is no guarantee that he will not get bored with it, as it does not change over time.

This can be a real problem when you are teaching your child to read at home and your biggest obstacle will be keeping him attentive and interested.

A flexible system

A flexible system will still give you the method to teach your child to read; however, this material allows you to include your child’s unique interests in your reading material, ensuring that they remain interested even if their interests change.

If your child is interested in motorcycles, Barbie, sharks, animals, aliens, Toy Story, or anything else, you can include this in his lessons for maximum effect and keep him highly interested and motivated.

Using this method, my son approached me with themes and words that Hey he wanted to include it in his reading lesson.

Phonics and sight reading

Make sure the reading method you choose includes both phonetics and sight reading. These two methods are not mutually exclusive and complement each other perfectly to give you a very effective reading system. Phonics, for example, doesn’t allow your child to learn sight words (and there are plenty of them in the English language), but it does teach them how to pronounce words and read on their own.

With the right system, you can teach your child to read easily and have him read independently of you in a few months with very little effort on your part.