15 Minutes & Reading!
If your child is at least four years old, then you could have them reading in 15 minutes! He or she doesn't need to know the alphabet, and
children will often learn to read our first "book" in about 15 minutes. Most 4 and 5 year old children can read, if given a “book” that makes sense to them.
How do we know this? Children all across the world have learned to read from our series for almost 30 years.
How does it work?
Before a child begins reading they have not had to focus on small objects, such as words, or letters.
By introducing large letters along with pictures in the first couple of books, your child will easily remember the letters.
When the letters are put next to each other, to form words, your child gets the idea that letters have sounds and this is how words are made.
As the child reads the pictures next to the words we slowly remove the pictures until they are only reading the words. Presto, he or she is reading.
The pictures are like training wheels for words.
There are five letters and five words in the first reader. Your child will feel a sense of achievement, because he or she has read a complete book.
As the series progresses, the letters and words become smaller, allowing for more words to be added to each page.
Believe it or not, children who read our series are unaware of the increasing words per page because their level of ability increases, through repetition, and having fun.
What better way to introduce your child to reading. (Here's a more technical description if you're interested).
See for yourself, sit down with your child and Read Book 1 "Bees".
Where did they come from?
Me as a child posing with one of the readers
My father, Dr. Francis H. Wise, wanted to give the gift of reading to all children.
He created a publishing company and we (Mom, Dad and me), printed the Dr. Wise Learn-to-Read series when I was a child. I helped putting
the books in boxes and any other way I could find to help at that age. That was over 20 years ago that I was helping with the printed books and today I've been looking
for a way to share my dad's gift to have children reading and this web site is my first step to bringing his vision to
a reality.
How much do they cost?
There are 20 readers and you can read the first two on the website for free. The books will be available on Amazon starting in February. There will be 5 Volumes, each with 4 books, and each Volume will sell for $29.95.
We are considering making a version that you can download and print out on your computer at a reduced cost. Email us if you'd be interested in this.
On Paper vs. Online
Currently, the first 2 books are available online and Volume I, Books 1 - 4 will be available on Amazon.com by February 18, 2008. See Purchase for more details.
