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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (TYC) is a complete, step-by-step program that shows parents simply and clearly how to teach their children to read. Twenty minutes a day is all you need, and within 100 teaching days, your child will be reading at a solid second-grade reading level. It’s a sensible, easy-to-follow, and enjoyable way to help your child gain the essential reading skills. 100 lessons, fully illustrated and color-coded for clarity, give your child the basic and advanced skills needed to become a good reader. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons will bring you and your child closer together while giving your child the reading skills needed now for a better chance at tomorrow.

The second 2022 edition (TYC 2.0) includes:

  • NEW Practice Guide
  • REVISED, UPDATED lesson exercises: Blending, Reading with Expression, Seamless transition to traditional print
  • EXPANDED what to do after completing 100 lessons
  • NEW Supplemental Materials

For more detailed features of TYC 2.0, see: https://startreading.com/faq/

View a TikTok clip of noted tattoo artist Kat Von D teaching her child with Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons here. 

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What is a Peer Coach?

Peer coaches play a critical role in sustaining strong implementation of Direct Instruction (DI) at the school level. Selected during the first year of implementation, peer coaches are classroom teachers who demonstrate strong instructional practice, effective communication with colleagues, and a willingness to support others. Because they teach the same programs as their peers, they bring practical expertise and shared experience that help build trust and collaboration across the school.

As implementation progresses, peer coaches extend the impact of NIFDI consultants by providing ongoing, school-based support when consultants are not on-site. Their coaching is non-evaluative and focused on improving student outcomes. Peer coaches reinforce effective teaching practices and guide colleagues to make targeted adjustments that directly impact student performance and behavior.

Peer coaches participate in a structured, multi-year training sequence through NIFDI. Over the course of two to three years, they are trained to analyze student performance data, conduct both brief and extended classroom observations, and support data-driven problem solving. Advanced training prepares them to lead grade-level meetings and contribute to broader instructional planning with school leadership.

By developing peer coaches, schools build internal capacity to maintain and strengthen DI implementation over time—ensuring continuity, supporting new staff, and driving sustained student achievement.