By Free Press (Simon & Schuster)·Language Arts · Reading
3 video reviews: 3 positive
Reading Reflex draws enthusiastic praise, though the review base here is narrow: two day-in-the-life videos come from the same homeschool family using it as their core phonics program, and a third reviewer hasn't used it yet but says she's tempted to buy a used copy as a supplement to her current reading program. The family using it describes a speech-to-print ("phonographics") method built around word mapping, word building, and word sorts, and reports a 6-year-old progressing well through the advanced code and genuinely enjoying daily reading lessons. Notably, they adapt the book heavily rather than following it page by page — whiteboards, letter tiles, photocopied word sorts, and a self-invented phase system — and they pair it with inexpensive used American Language Series readers, since the book's own stories are few and the publisher's readers feel pricey for what you get. Quirks to know going in: the book skips the "ar" code, and it advises using print rather than cursive during the reading and word-building exercises.
Synthesized from 3 independent video reviews — every claim sourced from what real homeschool parents said on camera.
A parent happy to assemble hands-on lessons (whiteboards, tiles, word sorts) who wants a speech-to-print phonics method for an early reader.
Parents wanting a fully scripted, open-and-go program with plentiful built-in readers, since reviewers supplement the book's sparse stories and adapt lessons themselves.
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“I picked up all of these used, all of these American Language Series books used, and I have found them to be so helpful and they pair so well with Reading Reflex”
“The one thing I've noticed is that Reading Reflex does not teach the ar code, but I've also noticed my child has been able to sound that out”
“Reading Reflex does have little stories. They're you can use them, but there's not very many. You can also order specific readers from their site, but I have found that these have been excellent. The readers on their site are pretty expensive for what you get.”
“I have been very tempted by Reading Reflex and if I can find a used copy that is in my price range, I may pick it up and see how that might work as a supplement”
“If you'd like to learn more about reading reflex, I did do an entire video on how this process works, but it's been really, really great.”
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Reviewers describe it as a phonographics, speech-to-print method of teaching a child to read. Lessons center on word mapping, word building, and word sorting through a beginning code and then an advanced code, with one family running it as the core daily phonics program for their 6-year-old.
The book has little stories, but a reviewer notes there are not very many, and the publisher's separate readers struck her as pretty expensive for what you get. Her workaround is buying used American Language Series readers (around five or six dollars each), which she finds break up by code and pair excellently with the program.
Not quite — one reviewer points out it does not teach the "ar" code. Interestingly, she found her child was able to sound out words like "farm" on his own anyway. She fills the gap with r-controlled vowel readers.