Explode the Code Reading Curriculum Review
Excellent workbooks in the Explode the Code series help teach reading with a
phonics approach.
Review by Harriet Yoder
When
I started homeschooling, I used various complete phonics based reading programs.
I had the advantage of learning to read with phonics, but I also learned a lot
more about phonics through teaching reading. In the end though, with nine
children in our homeschool, I needed something that wasn't as time consuming but
did the job. Explode the Code workbooks work beautifully for me! Reluctant
readers like this series!
If your younger child needs to learn the consonant sounds,
then
Get Ready Get Set Go for the Code
is what you need. When your child knows the consonant sounds and is ready to
move to the short and long vowel sounds and all the blends, you'll need
Explode the Code. Our listing for Explode the
Code shows the sounds that are covered in each book. For reading comprehension
practice,
Beyond the Code
features decodable stories that follow the phonetic sequence of the series.
I like to use Color
Phonics, a reading software program from Alpha Omega, in addition to Explode
the Code. It provides additional instruction in a fun "child friendly" computer
program.
If you need help with teaching phonics, I suggest using
another phonics program such as
Alpha
Phonics or
The Reading Lesson as your
main program and using the Explode the Code books as your reading workbooks.
Another nice thing about the Explode the Code series in the homeschool setting
is that as you are sitting with your student you can give immediate feedback
about handwriting and spelling mistakes as they are made. For example, if you
notice that your student wrote a letter incorrectly, you say, "Let's make
that letter this way because it looks nicer and anyone will be able to read it."
Chosen by Cathy Duffy as on of her "100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum" in
the phonics, reading, and literature category.
Explode the Code Curriculum
Get Ready, Get Set, Go for the Code
For the child who needs to learn the consonant sounds.
Explode the Code Series Review
See our
review of the Explode the Code Series
Explode the Code For the child who knows
the consonant sounds and is ready to move to the short and long vowel sounds
and all the blends.
Beyond the Code For reading comprehension practice, this features
decodable stories that follow the phonetic sequence of the Explode the Code
series. |