“This is a highly effective reading program. It is being used to instruct all level of students, including those diagnosed with learning disabilities, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, and autism spectrum. I have found it effective for ESL and ELL students. Students enjoy learning the patterns and all of the vocabulary words. In addition to guiding students into becoming accomplished readers, the program ensures that students will successfully pronounce, spell, and comprehend word meanings.”

“My students reading scores in December were the lowest of the five kindergarten teachers in my school.  My class started doing these lessons in reading group in January.  The students began to run to reading group with enthusiasm.  Several of my kindergarteners were confidently decoding two and three syllable words by the end of the semester.  It was an amazing turn around!”

“Last summer I worked for only a few weeks with a 5^th grader who was struggling in school.  We only had time to complete 30 of the 90 lessons.  He is no longer struggling with reading in school.  In September, I started tutoring a third-grade student once a week for an hour.  In February, she took her second practice test for the state required test and increased her scores.  Seeing such dramatic results and experiencing real success, she comes to do her RSPS lessons with enthusiasm and a smile.”

“I have two students [ELL, English Language Learners] from Burma in my classroom and couldn’t be more pleased with their progress. I started them off in the Pre-Unit in Reading and Spelling Pure & Simple.  I can tell they are gaining in confidence.  Before they were silent and solemn; now they are laughing and joking. They were so proud to tell their mother that they could read (and spell!) seven words in English after only their first lesson.”   

“I’ve been a teacher in the public schools in Oklahoma for some thirty years.  The school assigned me an aide for thirty minutes a day during spring semester.  I asked the aide to use the lessons in Reading and Spelling Pure & Simple with several of my students who were not proficient in reading.  After only three weeks my students jumped in their SRI [Scholastic Reading Inventory] scores two to four grade levels!  The lessons are really easy to teach.  I’ve been sharing news about this program with other teachers I know.”

“This book has been an absolute blessing for my 13-year-old autistic son! With all Deede’s tips and guidelines outlined clearly in this book, we have taken a nonverbal non writing boy to writing and reading for the first time. I highly recommend this book!”

“Wow, just wow. I picked this book up and wow. Clean, organized, simple and EVERYTHING is in this ONE book! So, before this book, I was buying several different programs for three different age groups for both phonics/reading and another for spelling. No more. This one book has all | need to meet the different levels of my three kids. | have no idea why this little gem of a book is not front and center on every homeschooling website, book store and blog. It’s really the have all end all right here – one book – three kids (all at different levels) – no lesson planning.”

“My son had completed the sixth grade but could only read at a second-grade level. | started doing the lessons with him over the summer. When he went back to school in the fall, the teachers noticed how much he had improved (his test results showed that he had jumped 4 grade levels with only a few months of lessons)! He’s a totally different kid today—he actually enjoys school and is making A’s on his report card. | can’t say enough good things about this program.”

“My stepson refused to read out loud and needed help in reading. At a friend’s suggestion, | started tutoring him with Reading and Spelling Pure & Simple. He loved doing the lessons. He couldn’t wait for school to start, so that he could read out loud in class. He’s now vying with another student to be the best reader in his second-grade class.”