Age group(s) for which this strategy is helpful:
Preschool and Younger
Elementary School
Middle School
High School & Beyond

Instructions for using this strategy:
You will need a notebook and pen. The learner dictates a story, event, list, plan, set OF instructions, letter, poem, etc., to you EVERY DAY. If practicable, you may transcribe these to a word processing format. The reader reads these dictated writings BACK to you EVERY DAY. This self-generated work becomes the reading "textbook" for the learner. Young people enjoy and benefit from drawing pictures for these entries. Very young children enjoy making and reading books from photographs of themselves, friends, and family members.

What is the benefit to the child with reading problems?
This permits the learner to build a sight word vocabulary. People cannot succeed with reading until they possess this. This also enables the learner to experience the process and flow of reading meaningful material. People who have been unable to learn to read with every and any structured or packaged system can begin to read this way BECAUSE COMPREHENSION DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH FOCUSING ON THE PROCESS OF READING. The material is meaningful and relevant because it is the reader's own creation. This system helps all ages of learners who have been unable to benefit from every other approach. Repetitive reading of old and new dictated material is the key.