A method and system for teaching reading to children and adults with or without learning disabilities. The reading teaching method and system employs a strong boy and a weak boy character to respectively represent the strong and weak vowel sounds, most commonly referred to as the long and short vowel sounds. The strong boy holds a straight barbell over his head to represent the strong (long) vowel sound and the weak boy holds a sagging barbell over his head to represent the weak (short) vowel symbol. The association of the strong boy to the strong vowel and the weak boy to the weak vowel and the overall strong boy/weak boy concept are applied to decoding words and learning to read.
Strong and weak vowel method of teaching reading