--- product_id: 2916083 title: "The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons (1) (The Reading Lesson series)" brand: "michael levin md, charan langton ms" price: "€ 57.06" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sk/products/2916083-the-reading-lesson-teach-your-child-to-read-in-20 store_origin: SK region: Slovakia --- # The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons (1) (The Reading Lesson series) **Brand:** michael levin md, charan langton ms **Price:** € 57.06 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons (1) (The Reading Lesson series) by michael levin md, charan langton ms - **How much does it cost?** € 57.06 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sk](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/2916083-the-reading-lesson-teach-your-child-to-read-in-20) ## Best For - michael levin md, charan langton ms enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted michael levin md, charan langton ms brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Teach your child to read ― in just 20 lessons, 15 minutes a day. The Reading Lesson is the simple, at-home program that has helped more than 200,000 families turn restless preschoolers and kindergartners into confident young readers. And here's the part that surprises parents most: you don't need any special training, and it won't take over your life. Fifteen unhurried minutes a day (less than a bedtime story!) is all it takes. You don't have to know how to teach reading. The book does the teaching for you. Every word you need to say is printed right on the page, so you simply sit beside your child and follow along. No prep, no planning, no stress ― just a few easy minutes that slip into the day you already have. And the payoff is real. While other kids are still learning their letters, yours will be sounding out words and reading little stories, walking into the classroom already ahead. From the very first lesson, your child won't just learn letters; they'll feel the thrill of "I can do this!" That early win is what keeps them coming back lesson after lesson and what gives you the confidence that you've got this. Why parents choose The Reading Lesson Most reading programs are long, intimidating, or hard to follow. This one was built for real parents and real attention spans: ● 20 lessons, not 100. A clear, finishable path from first sounds to a second-grade reading level. ● Uncluttered pages designed to delight young children and hold their focus. ● Your part is spelled out. You always know exactly what to say and do ― no lesson planning, no prep. ● A proven phonics method with simple sound guides that make "sounding out" finally click ― even tricky pairs like b and d. ● Just 15 minutes a day. Gentle, low-pressure, and designed to stop before your child gets bored. What a lesson actually looks like As often as you choose, you’ll sit down with your child for ten to fifteen minutes. Each lesson introduces a few new letters and a small set of key words, then puts them right to work in short stories your child can actually read. Special sound bars under the letters guide your child through blending ― the moment when separate sounds snap together into a word. For little ones, two or three pages a day is plenty; older children can do a bit more. There's no rush. The whole program is built so you can stop the moment attention fades and pick up again tomorrow. While you might worry you’ll “do it wrong”, you can’t! This is the part that surprises families most: you don't need to know how to teach reading. The book carries the lesson ― your job is simply to sit beside your child, follow the page, and celebrate the wins. If a lesson feels too fast, you slow down. If your child isn't quite ready, you set it aside for a few weeks and come back. It's forgiving by design, and impossible to fall behind on. The science behind the program Developed by pediatrician and child psychiatrist Michael Levin, MD, The Reading Lesson is rooted in the phonics-first approach at the heart of the science of reading, with key-word recognition added to build real fluency. It's developmentally appropriate for ages 3 to 8 and has been used successfully with early readers and children who learn differently. What to expect Throughout the program, your child is always reading, not just memorizing. Every new letter and word is used immediately in a real little story. Roughly 300 key words form the backbone of the course, building steadily from single sounds to full sentences. Finish the program and your child will read at approximately a second-grade level. Frequently asked questions ● What age is this for? Ages 3 to 8 ― pre-K through early elementary. We don't recommend trying to teach reading before age three. ● How long does it take? About 15 minutes a day. At this pace, most families move through a lesson every week or two at a comfortable pace. ● Do I need anything else? No. Everything you need is in the book - no extra software or practice books required. ● My child already knows some letters, is that a problem? Not at all. The early lessons turn letter knowledge into actual reading, which is where most kids get stuck. Keep the momentum going The Reading Lesson is the cornerstone of a complete early-learning series. When your child is ready for more, the companion Word Book, handwriting, and early-math titles carry the same simple, parent-friendly approach forward. Give your child the confidence that comes from reading early. Start Lesson One today! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Book 1 Of 3 | The Reading Lesson | | Dimensions | 8.5 x 1.1 x 10.98 inches | | Edition | Second edition | | Isbn 10 | 0913063029 | | Isbn 13 | 978-0913063026 | | Item Weight | 2.6 pounds | | Language | English | | Print Length | 448 pages | | Publication Date | April 1, 2002 | | Publisher | Mountcastle Company | | Reading Age | 4 - 6 years, from customers | ## Images ![The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons (1) (The Reading Lesson series) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61tUyFrjCzL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful, straightforward learn to read program *by on Reviewed in the United States June 19, 2024* This reading program is very intuitive, well laid out and straightforward. After listening to the podcast Sold and Story and looking into research on the Science of Reading, I decided to try to teach my daughter how to read phonetically BEFORE starting Kindergarten.I checked out the book "Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons" from my local library. While it was very informative, the heavy scripting was overwhelming and the pages looked too busy to appeal to my child. After watching a YouTube review comparing 100 easy lessons to The Reading Lesson, I decided to purchase this book. Great decision!My daughter just turned 5 and we are enjoying this book. She loves coloring the pictures after reading the pages. We also put a sticker on each completed page. I will say that my daughter already knew all 26 basic alphabet letter sounds and how to blend CVC words BEFORE starting this program. I highly recommend that first otherwise, this program may move too fast for your kid and cause frustration. They are reading short sentences by the end of lesson 1!As of this initial review we are on lesson 13, so over half way through. Here are some additional tips that I have so far:Supplement with Bob books for additional reading practice. They are inexpensive on Amazon and can be checked out at most libraries.Get some magnetic letter tiles and a small white board. It will help you get through the pages with no pictures. I write one sentence on the white board at a time so it's not overwhelming for my child to look at. The small white board is also an inexpensive way to have your little one practice their handwriting. Have them copy one or two sentences from the lesson. The magnetic tiles are great for pages with word families. Dictate (sound out) the word and have the child spell it with the magnetic letters.The reading lesson introduces the MOST common letter sounds combinations first, this helps get your kid reading real books faster. After lesson 11, I added in the revised Mcguffey primer for additional reading practice and we were both pleasantly surprised that she could decode most of the words in the Mcguffey primer lessons because of what she had already learned from the reading lesson. As of lesson 13 she can also read Green Eggs and Ham and other easy reader Dr. Suess books. You can find the Mcguffey primer for free online and Dr. Suess books can be checked out at your local library. She was very excited to be able to read REAL books!Reward systems:I printed off the lesson progress chart from their website and out it on ourrefrigerator. My daughter enjoys putting a sticker on the chart after completing each lesson. I also implemented prizes for completing lessons 5, 10 etc.We will likely take a break after lesson 15 and just focus on Bob books and reading real books. This book takes kids to a 2nd grade reading level and my kid just turned 5 so there's no rush. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Book Works Wonders for Children with Reading Disabilities *by on Reviewed in the United States March 11, 2011* The Reading Lesson is the single best program for teaching children to read I have found to date and I have seen many. I first came accross it while trying to find materials to help my daughter learn to read. My daughter is extremely smart. She is also dyslexic and the way reading is taught in early elementary just did not work for her. As a teacher, I have learned about different ways of teaching, learning and ways to differentiate instruction and I could not understand why no one knew how to work with a child whose brain processed information differently as is the case with people who have dyslexia. I spoke with several colleagues who are SPED teachers and specialists in our school district and was informed that there was no training given to them in how to work with children who had specific reading disabilities such as dyslexia. I decided to find a way. After looking and trying a wide variety of programs, I found the Reading Lesson.It worked. Not only was it simple enough for anyone to use, but the program is built on solid phonics and whole language principles give the best results in the shortest amount of time. The pages are simple and have plenty of white space. This helps simplify reading for children who are unable to see spaces between words and who see letters out of order or inverted. They use phonetic markings but not excessively, and slowly wean the children off of them as the book progresses. Sounds are introduced slowly and in a way that not only makes sense but allows them to begin reading simple sentences from the first lesson. This provides the children with a feeling of success that you simply cannot get any other way. The program also includes a large number of Dolche sight words. The mixture of phonics and whole language is key to achieving fluency and comprehension. It also allows children to move at their own pace, which is extremely important.Years after teaching my daughter to read, I came accross a student who somehow reached third grade without learning how to read despite having had to repeat grades before. The student's self esteem had been severely affected to the point where there was serious danger of psychological damage due to depression. Although I was not the child's reading teacher at the time, I decided to give the program a try. I was not sure which concepts the child had managed to learn through the years and what was missing, so we started the book from lesson one. We worked every day before school for 30 to 45 minutes using the Reading Lesson as our primer and supplementing with other reading material to practice reading from books, as well as the free materials found on the Starfall website. While I was working with the student to re-build the foundation of phonics and sight words found in the Reading Lesson, the reading teacher worked on third grade skills regarding reading analysis using texts appropriate for the student's reading level. In a month the student had made significant progress and had gone from not knowing letters and sounds (pre primer) to beginning to read first grade level texts. The change was also apparent in that the student was participating in class, talking to classmates more and seemed much happier on a daily basis. The student also went from writing complete gibberish when asked to answer questions on paper, to beginning to write actual words with invented spelling based on the phonics the student was learning in the program. The change in the short amount of time was simply amazing. The student continued to progress. While it took time for the student to progress, the foundation provided by the Reading Lesson was key in essentially rescuing a child who had fallen through the cracks and was headed for a very bad future.The Reading Lesson is effective, simple to use, and cost effective. You do not need to be a teacher to use this nor have any specialized knowledge in reading instruction. All you really need is this book to teach your child to read, although the company offers companion programs which are also good (their website has a lot of useful resources). There are also plenty of other resources out there that can be used to complement the Reading Lesson in order to maximize and enrich the learning experience. If you want to help get your child started in reading, or if you have a child who is struggling with reading (particularly decoding words), you may want to give this book a try. It really does work. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It was hard work, but 100% worth it! *by on Reviewed in the United States December 17, 2015* I started this book with my son when he was 3 years 2 months old. After just a month with this book, he is able to sound out and read words and simple stories, and we are only on Lesson 6. So, I am now pretty convinced that young children CAN learn to read as long as they are given the right instruction (this book!). As a special educator who has seen tons of reading programs, costing from hundreds to thousands of dollars, I feel that none of them compare to this $18 book.UPDATE (4/15/16): We have now finished all 20 lessons last week, and I am blown away by how much progress he has made. It took us 4 months to finish, and last night he read me Dr. Seuss' "A Fish Out of Water", which is 68 pages long! Here is what I have learned:It is a great curriculum but it IS hard work for both parent and child. Please do not assume that it will be a breeze.1. Make sure your child knows letters/sounds, can rhyme, and has a 10 min attention span before you start this book. Otherwise, work on those first.2. Set a time every day and commit to it 100%. I even took it on vacation with us and he almost never had a day off. K quickly accepted reading lessons as his new routine.3. The authors recommend 1 page a day for under age 5, but with 400 pages, I realized that this would take me over a year!! (And I don't have patience for that) Because of my work schedule and not getting home till 5pm every day, I eventually settled on 2 pages a day on weekdays, and 2 pages twice a day on weekends and holidays. This enabled us to finish in four months. It usually took us less than 10 minutes to do 2 pages.4. In retrospect, this pace was rather fast and resulted in him not learning some sounds (especially vowel combinations) as well as he should because we rushed through them.5. I sometimes took videos of him reading and he absolutely loved to watch himself read. He was so proud of himself, and it was a great confidence booster. Plus I could show it off to friends and family, who told him how good his reading was, another confidence booster.6. The journey was not always easy or smooth sailing, so mentally prepare yourself for frustration and even tears. K hit his first roadblock around Lesson 4, and he kept saying "I can't do it, it's too hard!" As the authors say, this is perfectly normal and do NOT quit. Persevere!!!7. Nothing wrong with using a little bribery to get through the difficult pages. For K it was usually in the form of: after you finish you can have a Popsicle, play on the iPad, go to the park, etc.8. As we neared the end (around Lesson 15) I started telling him he was going to be an awesome reader and would be able to read books by the time we finished the reading lessons. The power of suggestion worked, and sure enough he really did start picking up books and reading them!!9. Even after we finished all 20 lessons, I continued to have him read aloud at least one book to me every day. There have been some occasions (increasingly more) that I find him in his room reading to himself! These moments have been AMAZING, and made all the time and effort I put in all worthwhile.10. It has been such an amazing, rewarding journey and I am SO glad I decided to teach him to read myself! He has learned not only to read, but to persevere through challenging tasks.Good luck! ## Frequently Bought Together - The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons (1) (The Reading Lesson series) - Teach Me Writing: Learn handwriting, a companion to The Reading Lesson book (The Reading Lesson series) - Learn to Read Activity Book: 101 Fun Phonics Lessons to Teach Your Child to Read (Phonics Makes Readers) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sk/products/2916083-the-reading-lesson-teach-your-child-to-read-in-20](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/2916083-the-reading-lesson-teach-your-child-to-read-in-20) --- *Product available on Desertcart Slovakia* *Store origin: SK* *Last updated: 2026-08-31*