Andrew's First Reading Lesson

I am learning more and more everyday about Charlotte Mason's method of teaching. I have been reading and studying this week about how to teach Andrew to read. I had first thought that I could teach Andrew just like I taught Sierra.
With Sierra I used "How To Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons". It was a breeze. She knew her letters, then started learning the sounds and was reading within 2 weeks. By the end of the book, she was reading on a second grade level and she was only 5 years old. I have always thought that every child should learn to read by phonics. This is because I didn't learn to read this way and I feel that it has caused me some trouble especially with spelling. Of course, this is when I had only ONE child and she wanted to learn to read at an early age and advanced quickly.
However, Andrew is 7 years old and is in Kindergarten. He has some learning challenges that we have to deal with everyday. In addition to the learning challenges, he also lacks a desire to learn. He could play outside all day and be completely content with not knowing how to read or accomplish anything educational. As of today, Andrew stills does not recognize the lowercase "f", and the letter "Y". He knows about half of the letter sounds. So what made me want to teach Andrew to read now? It was because I have been praying for him.
I found a Bible verse last week during my quiet time (Daniel 1:17) and I have been praying that God would give Andrew knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning just like he gave Daniel.
Yesterday, I just decided to see if what I was learning about reading the CM way would work on Andrew. I honestly, didn't expect much. Oh,what little faith. He completely surprised me. Within 15 minutes, he read a sentence. ( I will post the exact lesson on another post.) Today, we had our second lesson. Again, I didn't expect him to remember the words. But oh, I was in for a shock. Not only did he remember, but he could spell each word. I was blown away. I am not an expert in any way on Charlotte Mason. I most probably didn't conduct a prefect CM lesson on reading, but I tried to model what I have been learning and WOW it worked. THANK YOU LORD !!! ANDREW WANTS TO LEARN TO READ!! PRAYER IS POWERFUL!!

James 1:5 "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him." Verse 6 "But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt..."

Thank you Lord for pointing me in the direction of Ambleside Online and for equipping me with the knowledge to teach Andrew. Forgive me for doubting that YOU could do a mighty work in Andrew's brain so quickly. Thank you for giving Andrew the desire to read and expanding his mind so that he could comprehend and retain this knowledge. Please continue to give Andrew knowledge and understanding like you gave Daniel. In Jesus' Name, AMEN.