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The Reading Lesson
The Intelligent Reading Program for Young Children

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Here you will find sample lessons from The Reading Lesson book, story pages, writing practice sheets, Dolch word book and others. Try them. You will see that The Reading Lesson is absolutely the best reading program for your child. Low cost, low complexity, high quality and no gimmicks.

Sounds of letters movie

This movie will teach your child the phonic sounds of letters.

Demo movies from The Reading Lesson CD-ROM.
The letter "d"
Blending and reading
Word Theater

Simple online stories for your little readers.

The lost bird
Meg and the dog
The red bug
The far star
The silly story
The sad bug
A good day
The red sock
The bee
My red bike
I want a dog.
Broken dish
Hop, Skip and Jump look for a home
The Dinner Party
The moon and her mother
more to come....

Try these great resources
Ideas on teaching children to read and websites for parents and teachers

Recommended books for homeschooling
Some of our favorites books for teaching children

Compare phonics reading programs
There are two types of reading programs, the expensive ones advertised everywhere that every one knows about and the lesser-known ones such as ours that are not only cheaper but usually better. Do you really need to spend hundreds of dollars on Frontline Phonics, Hooked-on-Phonics, Leap pad and all? We think not.

Verbal MathLesson
Now brand new concept in developing math fluency in early grades. Math without pencil or paper. We called it Verbal Math. The fastest way to get good at math for young children. Download our samples and see what you think.

Verbal MathLesson K-1 Level
Step by step verbal problems which will help increase your child's ability to solve problems quickly in his head. Truly unique and hassle-free way to teach your child math.

Giggle Bunny games

Giggle Bunny likes carrots
Giggle Bunny likes to hop
Giggle Bunny dances for you
He giggles
He wants to nap. Don't bother him.
Surprise - find the bunny.
Giggle Bunny does word magic
Above interactive files require Shockwave. If you are unable to open these pages, you will need Shockwave Player, which can be downloaded from the link here:

Shockwave Player Download Site

Color the Giggle Bunny drawing sheets

Print and Color me
Color me Bunny 1
Giggle Bunny goes to school
Halloween Bunny
Valentine Bunny

Downloads and other stuff

This section provides you our phonics lesson downloads as well as samples from the handwriting program and other free stuff.

Reviews of the Reading Lesson

Lesson 1 This is complete Lesson 1 from the Reading Lesson book. Try it and see how well your child can read. (a printable PDF file) 

Lesson 2 This is complete Lesson 2 from the Reading Lesson book. (a printable PDF file)

Lesson Instructions How to do the lessons.

Try lesson 3 - Email us.

Teach Me Handwriting Demo This is a printable PDF file. It follows the lesson sequence in The Reading Lesson. The demo has only the first four lessons.

Writing Lesson Demo (Primary Style) These printable sheets are from the Writing Lesson CD-ROM. There are three writing styles on the CD-ROM. This demo contains only the Primary sheets suitable for children ages 3 to 7.

Writing Lesson Demo (Script Style) These printable sheets are from the Writing Lesson CD-ROM and contains only the Script style sheets suitable for children 7 to 9. The CD has all three types. Each style has letters, words and other practice pages.

WordBook  This WordBook contains 500 Dolch words which form the basis of most common reading words in English. If your child can read these, then she is a reader. (a printable PDF file)

Big Words for Little Kids This is a vocabulary enhancement program that also provides handwriting practice. It is suitable for children in grades 3 to 7.  (a printable PDF file)

Math Lessons Lots of math worksheets, Free.
Best on the web, step-by-step and throughly comprehensive.

Little StoryBook  Contains five blank story sheets with pictures. These stories are from the StoryBook CD and are designed for child to write her own stories. Suggested word list is given on the bottom of each page. ( a printable PDF file) The full files with 40 such pages is included in the Writing Lesson CD.

Certificates These certificates can be used as rewards for children doing the Reading Lesson.

Flash cards Cut out the menmonic pictures to help children doing the Reading Lesson remember letter sounds.

Progress Chart For children doing the Reading Lesson. (Put stickers on lesson numbers as you complete them. Use your own or make Giggle Bunny stickers.) 

Giggle Bunny Stickers to make Stickers to put on book pages and progress chart. (Avery labels 6241 or 5160, 3 to a row, with 10 rows.)

T-Shirt Transfer - For fans of the Giggle Bunny. Make a t-shirt for your child with the Giggle Bunny.