Learning to read is fundamental to education. Many individuals such Phyllis Schlafly consider reading a prerequisite to formal education. So why then do we spend more money than ever before on students, schools, and literacy programs only to find that our American kids are less proficient every year in reading?
For years, so-called experts who structure public schools and politicians have told us that kids should be able to read by third or fourth grade. Our founder Phyllis Schlafly ridiculed those suggestions as terrible standards. Phyllis always believed that children should be taught to read in the first grade by an authentic phonics system. If reading is the foundation of assembling knowledge, it should be taught and accomplished first. Kids need to learn the sounds and syllables of the English language, and how to put them together.
Unlike the ludicrous and limiting “whole word” memorization method, a true phonics approach teaches children the building blocks they can then employ toward any unfamiliar words they experience. Such a teaching system is not expensive, nor is it mysterious! It’s a basic task.
Do you wonder if your child is reading at an acceptable level? If you’d like to see if your Jimmy or Susie are measuring up to their full literacy potential, we have just the reading test for you. Phyllis Schlafly knew that so-called curriculum experts just aren’t cutting it for our kids, so she developed her own wonderful phonics system called the First Reader.
Email us today if you would like a copy of the First Reading test. Send a message to info@phyllisschlafly.com or give us a call at 1-866-TRY-TURBO. We will be happy to provide you a free copy. It’s a quick and easy test you can print off or administer straight from the screen! See if your child is reading up to their full potential. Request a copy of this free First Reading Test today. Call 1-866-TRY-TURBO or send message either on our website at Phyllis Schlafly.com or via email to info@phyllisschlafly.com.
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