I am tutoring my daughter and we’re made it halfway through level 4. The strides she’s made decoding and spelling startegies are incredible.

A year ago I was so frustrated with her because I didn’t know what was wrong.

Thanks to Susan Barton’s discourse on dyslexia, all the pieces of the puzzle have finally clicked into place!

At an IEP meeting, I was told that I needed to understand that some children were not capable of learning to read, and that I might need to resign myself to the fact that Kyle wouldn’t ever learn how to read – despite his high IQ.

I began the Barton System in July. At that time, Kyle, who is 11, could not read a simple book such as the Berestain Bears. Simple sentences were frustrating because he guessed at so many words.

We have just started Level 4. Now he can read Magic Treehouse books independently. His reading is still slow, but he can sound out the long words. He is very proud of his achievements.

We actually have not tutored for a few weeks because he is enjoying spending time reading by himself.

He is now working more independently at school, and we are having fewer days when he complains about headaches and stomachaches when it is time to go to school.

I also want to add that this system has saved us lots of money. I have tutored him myself. Compared to the cost we thought we would have to pay for brain training, private tutoring, and vision therapy, this has been so simple and far less expensive.

Sebastian was SO excited to read a “story” yesterday. He has a younger brother who is reading stories every day, so he has been waiting to be able to read one himself.

Then today he told me, “Mom, this is a great program. I’m really becoming a good speller. The finger spelling works great! I’m so excited. I can’t wait to read another story.”

He’s quite a talker, so this is a paraphrased version, trying to show how happy he is with this program, how confident he’s becoming, and that he ‘s now ENJOYING working on reading.

Thank you again for all of your help, and for this wonderful system that moms and dads can pick up and give as a gift to their children.