“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!”

“I have tried several highly recommended and expensive reading curricula in an attempt to find a fit for our family. I teach four, ages 5 – 11, one of which has always struggled with reading. My teaching and prep time are limited. Finally! This program fits. It works! It is truly open and go. No flash cards to fumble through, no lost workbooks to find, no pictures to encourage guessing, no silly activities to dumb down the subject for the older student, no games to learn or prep (games are great for learning, but not during my valuable and limited teaching time). It is completely adaptable for any age or level. I am learning new definitions as well. One book works for all four children and the same book will work until they all read and spell fluently. One book! And the best part is that my children enjoy it too. As the author suggests, the conversations about word definitions lighten the mood of our lessons. The patterns set the learner up for success. The order of letter introduction is well thought out and brilliant. The time I am able to spend with each child is completely relaxed and melt down free. I am encouraged, my children are encouraged. The author has been so helpful with my questions. I can’t say enough good about Reading and Spelling Pure and Simple.”

“When I first started homeschooling it was very hard to find a curriculum that worked for my children, but with Reading and Spelling Pure & Simple I was able to help my eight-year-old son really improve his ability to read. He now doesn’t have to even think about the large words that he once struggled to comprehend. My son is a second grader and he just finished lesson seventy-two in this book. At first he felt a little overwhelmed because when we started this curriculum he didn’t know how to read. He thought he would never learn, but as time passed, he began gaining confidence and started to enjoy his lessons. Personally as a homeschooling mother I have enjoyed it as well because it is simple, inexpensive, and easy to keep a record of my children’s progress. I can honestly say that it only took about two weeks to see the big improvement in my son’s reading and that Reading and Spelling Pure & Simple has truly been a blessing and I highly recommend it.”

“I want to say a thousand things about this wonderful program and the very dedicated woman the authored the book and took the time to communicate one on one with a concerned grandmother about the program – but then people might be tempted not to a long review. So, I am trying to keep this short so you can use your time to look at the book itself and the method. It is well researched, and it works! I am thrilled that it teaches reading spelling and comprehension all in one clean simple uncomplicated program – and the price is incredible for all that it covers and teaches. The beauty of the reading and spelling combine is fantastic, and I cannot tell you how much I love that the vocabulary is built in – and in a way other programs just don’t. (And I have used other programs) What other method would have exposed my granddaughter not only to the word “tam” but also given us the opportunity to discuss culture and various traditions of other countries (since a “tam” is a Scottish hat that opened up the opportunity for some great discussion and learning for us). I thank God that I found this program and am grateful that I can use it with my both my granddaughters.”

“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.”

“We started long vowels today (Lesson 33). I gave my first grader (Rebekah) the explanation of the vowels saying their name and the silent e as you described in your notes. And we started reading “cap, cape, gap, gape” etc. She didn’t skip a beat. She got through Roman number I and I was praising her, telling her how hard that could have been, but how she did it so wonderfully. She got a glint in her eye and said, “Want me to do another section?” I told her she could keep going, but I had to go upstairs and change Abigail’s diaper. I could hear her reading while I was gone, but not clearly. She came to me in a few moments and said, “Mommy, I got carried away and read the whole page! Except the challenge words. Can we please not spell them all today?” We will go back and read them again when I’m with her, and she will spell them bit by bit. But I am just so pleased how seamlessly she’s moved to long vowels! Pretty exciting.”

“My son had to repeat kindergarten because he was not able to read the 50 words required to be promoted to the first grade. We started Reading and Spelling Pure & Simple in July and my son loved doing the lessons. He started school about two months later. The second day of class, | was called by the school to be informed that my son was doing so well in class that he was no longer eligible to be in Special Ed. This is very exciting!”

“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.”

“If your children are having trouble in reading class this book will definitely help. Not only did my child’s reading improve but the communication between he and I also improved. I strongly recommend this book.”

“We’ve used Reading and Spelling Pure and Simple from kindergarten to third grade so far. My daughter isn’t AFRAID to pick up ANYTHING and read it. We are currently in lesson 60 and are still having fun! This book not only has helped my daughter be confident in reading but has added a vocabulary richness to the world around her. She gets excited when she recognizes words she has learned in books, clever worded bill boards, the newspaper… You name it! Her favorite thing to do is act out the words, write sentences and poems using her newly learned words. The best part for me is that this program is well written with explanations along the way, making it easy to teach! It is so fun to watch your children grow!”

“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.”