I first used Saxon Phonics K 14 years ago when teaching our second child to read. He has a unilateral hearing loss (deaf in one ear) and at the time was dealing with constant fluid in the other (he wasn't eligible for tubes as there is a risk for hearing loss and he only had one working ear). At the best, he dealt with 50% hearing loss. Sometimes he dealt with a 95% hearing loss due to the fluid in his working ear. This program was AMAZING for him! I remember like yesterday when my son looked at the words 'bad' and 'bat' and said, 'Mommy, they're the same.' I told him to look closer at the last letters.

His eyes grew wide with amazement as he looked at me and said, 'Mommy! They're different!' Thus the beauty of phonics based reading programs! And yes, fellow moms, I did fight back tears.;) After he was able to SEE the differences that he couldn't always hear, his speech improved incredibly, and he became a wonderful reader. I have successfully used this program (K-2) to teach four of our children to read and am currently using it to teach a fifth. All of them are excellent spellers and readers with high Lexile measures. Dell D830 Drivers Win7. Two of our homeschoolers were tested last year.