At Last reading program

I have seen a few posts from homeschooling parents at vegsource that At Last worked for them when Reading Reflex did not.

I am a ***huge*** fan of Reading Reflex because it worked so well for us. I had earlier looked at and discarded At Last without even trying it because the book did not appeal to me, and I could tell the approach would not appeal to dd either. Reading Reflex made a lot of sense to me when I read it, it was easy for us to do, we both liked it, and dd made big gains with it almost immediately (within the first 3 hours of one-on-one).

It may come down to a matter of personal taste. If you’re unsure, you should get copies of both books from the library (through inter-library loan, if necessary) and compare them. Or, buy both books from your local bookstore and return the one that doesn’t appeal.

At Last appeared to me to be a traditional phonics approach to reading — apparently quite a good one, from comments I had read that led me to buy the book. Reading Reflex, in contrast, takes a really new look at reading. To me, Reading Reflex is the simplest, most straight-forward and efficient way of teaching reading to children, and I much prefer it to other methods I have encountered.

Mary