For a dyslexic child. My DH wants my DD who is 9 1/2 to do video for reading. Not "REALLY" school. just extra phonics practice. She is reading small words like

The pig can dig.

Her specialist is tutoring her in reading and we would like something to reinforce phonics to help with reading.

Now I have never used the DVDs at this level for either, but I have used BJU K and Abeka k and 1st. I have seen the samples of Abeka 1st dvd. My opinion would be to go with ABeka for phonics review b/c they drill, drill, drill. Bju does do phonics in the context of word families. BJU just has a different approach to phonics (I have used REading dvd 2nd grade), but for what you are describing I think Abeka would be better. Not sure if you have time but perhaps you could get the flashcard set and drill him or buy the audio cd which corresponds to one set of phonics flashcards. let him use headphones as he says it along with the cd and follows along on the chart. Then use their handbook for reading for more reinforcement. Oh well just some ideas. Maybe that helps a little.

It's been awhile since I reviewed BJUP's phonics/reading materials, but unless something major has changed (and it could, 'cuz for some reason BJUP doesn't feel the need to notify me of changes and whatnot, lol) ABeka's is more strongly phonics-based than BJUP. I'd go with ABeka for that.

My DD is dyslexic and neither Abeka nor BJU worked for her. I don't feel that either option is good for a dyslexic learner.

Abeka is very strong with phonics, but are very confusing when the begin to address long vowel sounds. It is too much too fast at that point.

BJU is, IMO, slightly weaker with the phonics. They do focus on word families, which are great for somebody who thinks in patterns, but not so great for a dyslexic. It trains them to look at the end of the word first, which is confusing for a child if they already have problems with directionality.

If you are using a special reading tutor, I would opt just for some easy, slow and steady materials to use at home. My highest recommendations are for I See Sam readers and Dancing Bears phonics. Both work great for a dyslexic student and require about 10-15 minutes a day. Recipe for Reading is also a great resource for a dyslexic child.

My DDs biggest improvements have come from using flashcards to drill the phonics sounds and reading a ton. Programs with worksheets never did much for her, despite always getting all of the worksheet correct.

Perhaps you could make a reading center? Mary Pride wrote a book on learning centers, but I can not think of the title.

When my son was needing extra reinforcement learning to read, I set up a reading center for him.

I have used lots of different approaches and the easiest to use, and the one that got the best results for my children has been Explode The Code. (and I do not want to use any secular material because I believe I should support christian companies, but ETC is an expection for me) Now we have not used it that long but my kids have really picked up since starting them.