Drawing on their own and others' research on decoding, Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness developed a highly successful reading method, entitled Phono-Graphix, in their first book, Reading Reflex published by Free Press, 1998. This reading method has a much higher success rate than phonics, and it is now being used in many schools in the U.S and other countries and by a large number of reading remedial specialists. Unfortunately, once a child can decode a text, there is no guarantee that she will then necessarily understand what she has read, and, to date, there have been few, systematic, research-based methods for teaching comprehension. To develop their path-breaking Language-Wise approach, the topic of this book, Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness looked at a wealth of cognitive development research related to comprehension. Verbal intelligence, they show, requires the following: good vocabulary, adequate memory, a knowledge of grammar, strong logical reasoning skills and some measure of creativity. Carmen and Geoffrey developed a series of approximately forty lessons to help children, from six and up, develop these skills. The lessons are fun and can be incorporated into whatever the child is currently reading. The lessons are also accessible & hands-on so that both parents & teachers can easily implement each lesson plan.