Parents Can
Create Early Readers
by Carl Peterson
Talkative parents provide
more models for vocabulary.
Families that discuss current events
stimulate early reading.
Families without TV
can replace the time
with reading and discussion.
Many parents spend
one or two hours reading each day.
Their children are likely
to copy the parent model.
A child reading or listening to 100
children's books in a year
has subvocalized or pronounced
over a million words PER YEAR.
Early readers have more years
to practice word recognition
and speaking skills.
Early readers have had hundreds
of hours of practice
at pronouncing words.
They can easily pronounce
many thousands of words
after seeing the printed symbols.
-------------------------------- HOW GOOD ARE
Early READERS? Good readers easily consume
the equivalent of 100 to 200
children's books per year.
How many words is that?
100 thirty-page children's books
containing 10,000 words equals
one million words per year.
200 thirty-page children's books
containing 10,000 words equals
two million words per year.
Example:
How many years have the competition
been good readers?
1 yr - 1,000,000 words recognized
and pronounced
2 yrs - 2,000,000 words
3 yrs - 3,000,000 words
4 yrs - 4,000,000 words
5 yrs - 5,000,000 words
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CAN YOUR OLDER CHILD
EVER CATCH-UP WITH THE EARLY READERS?
UNLIKELY but you can help to
close some of the gap.
You and your student
can make up
for a large part
of the pronunciation gap.
The program includes:
-250 hours of Peterson Reading
chorusing at 12,000 words per hour
equals 2.5 million words pronounced.
-250 hours of Accelerated Thinking555
to practice organizing,
speaking and writing.
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GUARANTEED READING
IMPROVEMENT
2 hours per day 5 days per week
1yr 2,500,000 words - catch-up
2yrs 5,000,000 words -
still catching up with the competition
3yrs 7,500,000 words -
going slightly ahead of the competition
4yrs 10,000,000 words -
staying ahead of the competition
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PARENTAL CONCERNS
Our procedures are different
from what many parents have thought
about reading.
Here are some of the reasons
for our success.
1.
Motivating children
with high speed successes.
2.
If students think they can
do something they will.
3.
Thousands of successes
until they know they can read.
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READING SUCCESS
Children want to be readers.
They are happy to read
when they can be successful.
We use a rapid pronunciation program
and fast-paced classes.
We use reward management
to keep the child on task.
Students attend 3 to 5 days a week.
and solve the problem
in the minimum number of months.
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