Stresses the importance of careful diagnosis for each child, concluding that by working with such related skills as listening comprehension, spatial relations, and auditory association the overall effectiveness of a reading program for spanish-speaking children may be increased significantly. (RB)

Examines basic attitudes of the teacher toward teaching reading. (RK)

Evaluates some of the 100 different teaching approaches to beginning reading and reading theory. (Author/RB)

General conclusion is that children of 5 to 7 years of age seem unlikely to be able to respond to teaching methods based on the grammatical structure of sentences. (Author/MB)

Article is a record of author's experience in developing ways of integrating children's beginning reading into the total process of learning and living. (Author/MB)

Describes a tutorial method of individualized, programmed reading instruction that doesn't require and sophisticated materials for its implementation. (AN)