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…elling such as Spanish. But linguists have applied thoughtful effort to improving reading instruction in English, and it is possible with the best materials, for example Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach by Leonard Bloomfield and Clarence Barnhart, http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Linguistic-Approach-Leonard-Bloom... to make great progress in reading English independently in less than one year of instruction. (It's regrettable that more schools don't use superior books like Let's Read for initial reading instruction.) Part of the difficulty that pupils have in school in English-speaking countries comes from suboptimal reading instruction rather than from inherent features of the current English writing system. http://www.amazon.com/Early-Reading-Instruction-Science-Brad... b) The study didn't test "European languages" exhaustively. It may be th…

…od-Coordinates-I-M-Gelfand/dp/0817... http://www.amazon.com/Trigonometry-I-M-Gelfand/dp/0817639144... http://www.amazon.com/Sequences-Combinations-Limits-Library-... and Basic Mathematics by Serge Lang http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Mathematics-Serge-Lang/dp/038796... and The Art of Problem Solving expanded series http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Books/AoPS_B_Texts_FAQ.ph... When a student has those materials well in hand, it is time to work on AMC and Olympiad style problem solving, http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Books/AoPS_B_CP_AMC.php http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Books/AoPS_B_CP_Olympiad.... and also the best calculus textbooks, such as those by Spivak or Apostol. http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098918/ http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Vol-One-Variable-Introduction... http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Vol-Multi…

…not. She is close to being an independent reader. I give her a reading lesson each school weekday, and a math lesson. (My favored materials are Bloomfield and Barnhart's Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Linguistic-Approach-Leonard-Bloom... and the Miquon Math http://www.keypress.com/x6252.xml series.) So I guide my children's activities, but they have a lot of free time and a lot of control over how they spend their time. I like promoting QUIET activities like drawing and reading, because much of my work is done at home.