Obviously, he’s got a long way to go,
but his confidence has soared in the six weeks
we’ve been working with the Barton System.

I just returned from my 9-year-old grandson’s school, where I tutor him 3 times a week (while the rest of his class has reading groups). We also have another 45-minute session on Saturdays.

We are in Lesson 1 of Book 3, and I am so impressed and pleased with his progress. A week ago, he was happy saying, “I am learning to read.” Now he is saying, “I can read.”

Obviously, he’s got a long way to go, but his confidence has soared in the six weeks we’ve been working with the Barton System.

Today I had tears in my eyes as he finger-spelled, and then wrote on paper, word after word after word. He suddenly knows that he can access this mysterious code that has stymied him for so long.

When I looked into the Barton System, I was a bit nervous about the money. But the Florida Center for Reading Research endorsement and the California Department of Education approval persuaded me to give it a try. It has been such a wonderful gift to me and Charlie. And I now realize the cost is not much, especially when bought one level at a time, over the months

Susan Barton, thank you, thank you, thank you! I wish you could see the change in Charlie’s reading skill and confidence level.