"A simple to use, step-by-step, Reading Program for use by parents and teachers to help children and adults master the basics of education. This is the first in the series of five learner's Reading Books accompanying the Teaching Guide in the series "TEACH any child or adult to READ." The course has been specifically designed for use by teachers without prior reading training, parents or any literate person who have no experience in teaching. No specialised training in teaching or remedial education is required. Although many teachers use the Program, anyone who can read and who has a reasonable command of the English language, can expertly teach reading the proven Rebecca Ostrowiak way. The method is effective with such a wide age range because the key to success, (whether learning remedially or initially) is contained within the approach: • THE POSITIVE TEACHING PHILOSOPHY outline reinforced throughout the series overcomes negative attitudes in the pupil or teacher/parent. • THE COMBINATION of LONG ESTABLISHED METHODS has been successfully tried and tested with thousands over many decades. • THE SIMPLICITY OF THE LANGUAGE USE enables anyone who can read to teach confidently without ever wondering. ‘What do I do next?’ • THE METHOD IS A SPRINGBOARD to the learners’ own life, becoming school or job-related. • THE UNIQUE WAY IN WHICH THE SPELLING CODE IS RELATED to reading leads the learners to fearless, independent understanding of school books, job-related material, newspapers, magazines, computer instructions, story books, novels. • THE CAREFUL STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM makes it self testing so that every pupil, regardless of age or stage, must start Lesson 1, Book 1 and continue to the final lesson in Book 5 to ensure a thorough foundation. • THE EMPHASIS ON ‘PLAYING SCHOOL FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS prepares children happily for school. Research locally and overseas proves that children who have parental stimulation and can read before school have a head start that never leaves them. • THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ASPECTS make it universally successful: a) Multi-sensory and inter-sensory: The simple explanations of how to write and speak simultaneously strengthen perceptual skills. b) Multi-skill: True literacy is achieved through the simultaneous teaching of: Reading, Writing, Spelling, Comprehension, Pronunciation, Vocabulary practice, Memory training, Thinking skills c) Multi-method: The person with a high IQ who cannot read properly is a tragic figure whose wasted talents are an incalculable loss to society. Rebecca Ostrowiak’s re-arrangement and synthesis of all methods has enabled thousands to master the art of reading in spite of others saying ‘they would never ….’"