This is exactly what I am going through with my 5.5 year old. She is reading on a 5th grade/10 year old reading level. Reads anything put in front of her. Even words she has never seen before. However, she can not spell. She can't even spell 3 letter words! I do not understand this. Her teacher doesn't understand this either. She learned to read using a combination of YBCR, LR and Reading Eggs. I have no idea how to over come this. She becomes very frustrated whenever she has to spell or write for school.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for your reply's. We started the YCCR series yesterday. They seem to catch her attention much better then the YBCR series that she bacame bored with!!! So I'll see what happens in a week or so and will know how many words she is learning thrugh the new DVD's.

Does anyone have a lot of success with the YCCR series? It seems much faster compared to the YBCR.

I've been looking into the LR series as well. I've played the samples for her but she seems to get bored with these. She knows all the words in the sample videos and all the words in the LR app on our iPad. I'm assuming that is why she is bored with it?  I'm a little leery purchasing the LR series if she is not really showing interest in the sample videos and app that we have.

Thanks for everyone's advice! I'm going to try the YCCR this week when I order the CD's. I've been making word cards and taping them all over the house on objects also. I'll also look into theotherlinks that were posted.

Does anyone know if the LR is compatible with MAC OS? I only use apple CPU in my house.

Thanks again!

Hi everyone. New here and so glad I found this forum. There is so much useful information on here!

Has anyone had any issues with early reading and an 18 month old? My child has been doing the YBCR since she was 5 months old. She knows most of the words very well and we are now on the last CD #5. There is probably 10-15 words in the series that she still has a problem with and I try to reinforce them daily through books, word cards, writing it out with chalk, etc.

She seems to be getting bored with the YBCR DVD's, books and doesn't want to do the word cards. She will cooppperate if it's an easy word like cat or hat but when we get to a more complicated word she doesn't even want to look at it! She will just get up, walk away and move onto something else. Not sure what to do to get her to learn these words or any other new words at this point? Should I just move on to the next series "Your child can read"? Anyone have any tips on dealing with an 18 month early reader that won't  sit to learn anything anymore!

I should mention that she LOVES reading books and will sit all day readying books with me. She just doesn't want to learn any new words? Thanks!