An Encouraging Story

An Encouraging Story

I tutored Binh Kim, a child of six years old so that in his first year of being tutored he had learned to read, spell, and write short compositions. He had never been enrolled in a Pre-school or Kindergarten, held a pencil to write with, nor did he know the alphabet. He had only been to Day Care coloring with crayons and playing in gobbely gook. But beyond that, he was a blank slate.

This minority child and fresh out of foster care, not only learned to read and spell all that’s taught in 'How to Teach Phonics" by this author,  but he also learned his colors, to count, add and subtract by rote memory, and learned neat handwriting skills- all in his first year of being tutored.

After only six months, Binhny read aloud, the whole “McGuffey’s First Eclectic Reader” from beginning to end, fluently.  In other words his reading delivery was smooth, eloquent, and with expression. On another occasion at age 7,  he read aloud Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham” to two little girls on their way to bed.

Children, or any age student including illiterates, can be reading, spelling, and writing short compositions in about six months or less with this Phonetic sound and reading- rules method.


This is not too hard or too much.  School children in the early years of our country learned an astonishing amount of knowledge. Much more than this child learned his first year, and much, much more than a child would learn in today's public schools. Phonics is old school Reading and Spelling!  You too can teach your child successfully!