Why Johnny Can’t Read – and What You Can Do About It

WHY JOHNNY CAN’T READ: Chances are it’s not that he’s too slow or too lazy-it’s that he hasn’t been taught properly.

In this angry, practical book, Rudolf Flesch talks to the millions of parents whose children are being handicapped by present-day teaching methods. In the first half of the book, this renowned consultant on reading and writing explains clearly and thoroughly why today’s method of teaching children to read (by word-memorising and guess. ing instead of through the alphabet and phonetics) has made remedial reading so widespread a need.

AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT: In the second half of the book, Dr. Flesch talks to parents with children at reading age now-parents who can’t afford the time to fight city hall this time around.

Dr. Flesch presents complete material and instructions for teaching children to read at home. Here are 70 pages of step-by-step directions and simple phonetic drills that can be used for beginners or for youngsters whose reading ability hasn’t kept pace with their development in other fields.