Case Studies
Keira: This was the program that changed my life
Keira, now 17, completed Easyread in 2013 when she was 8 years old. This is her story, told in her own words.
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A confident seven-year-old who is reading above his grade level
It has been almost one year since my seven-year-old son started on David Morgan’s Easyread. The other day, I overheard him read aloud a chapter book, unprompted and unassisted, and could not believe how far he has come along with his reading—it is night and day.
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Sebastian was guessing words despite reading practice every night
Sebastian knew some sight words but was guessing any other word, he was really struggling with word decoding.
His spelling was very bad as well, he couldn’t spell even short words.
Leah used to be told that she simply “wasn’t trying” with reading
Leah used to be told that she simply "wasn't trying" with reading The Backstory Before Easyread, Leah and I were both told by several teachers that she simply “wasn’t trying”. The school thought she was being difficult although she was doing well in all of her other...
read moreMia: From discouraged to completely confident!
Mia has gained confidence and competence as a reader and has enjoyed the lessons. We have achieved our goals.
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Monty: from reluctant reader to book lover
Monty was fine for the first few weeks learning to read, but as we added more words, it became evident he was memorising the word and not reading it…
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Anessa: memorising books and struggling with spelling
In the first few years of school, Anessa found reading ‘easy’ but as we learned, she has a fabulous memory and could memorise poems and short stories.
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Annabel: Guessing, muddling up small words – now reading fluently and confidently
We had a 7 year old daughter who had always enjoyed school, loved learning, devoured stories that were read to her and who was described by the learning professionals as “very bright”. However we were noticing that she wasn’t at a reading level that seemed to match this – she guessed a lot of words and sometimes would read the story so it made perfect sense contextually but the words were not the same as on the page …
read moreAlex: he has caught up with his peers and now reads before bed!
Before Easyread, Alex could not really read other than simple sentences and even then he struggled. He was about a year behind his peers in terms of reading. He found having to read his book from school a chore and there would often be tears before bedtime …
read moreFia: She now reads in bed on her own.
Firstly the difference in Fia’s reading from when she started Easyread last summer is amazing. She struggled breaking words down and guessed them and she read in a very broken fashion. Not only does she now know how to break the words down but a lot of the time doesn’t even need to do that, she just reads them fluently, in fact some words I would not expect her to know she just reads with ease …
read moreMaria: Now reading the same books as her peers!
Maria: Now reading the same books as her peers! The Backstory When Maria was struggling to learn to read in the conventional way at school I started to look for alternatives and stumbled across Easyread. I read lots of reviews and watched a video on YouTube. The...
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Máté is now reading on his own.
It was a huge relief, first of all, to actually find a method that seemed to offer a pain-free solution, not only to his reading difficulties but very likely also to his general learning problems. And of course, Máté was so happy to hear that from the moment we start the program, all he will have to do is play, and that, too, only for 15 minutes a day.
read moreGrangger: Discouragement and frustration are no longer a part of his reading.
My son has always struggled with reading, he could read smoothly if it was a level without difficult words but when challenging words would be presented in a text he would guess at the word and if wrong become very frustrated. Discouragement set in not only with his reading but it flowed into his writing and spelling as well. It seemed to me that there was something in his brain that just wasn’t connecting together like it had with my other children and their reading.
read moreMatthew: from reading battles to reading success!
Reading practice before Easyread was a battle! He was aware that he wasn’t as good as classmates at literacy and lost confidence in himself. He was avoiding reading and spelling at home which made homework very challenging. He couldn’t seem to use the ‘phonics’ method of learning to read which was being used at school but was much better when using visual cues.
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Clark: from 2 years behind to all caught up in 100 days
Wow, what a week! My 8 year old son Clark has completed 100 lessons with Easy Read and in the same week he got pupil of the week at school, not for just anything but for his reading skills and finding his love of reading.
read moreElizabeth now reads chapter books and enjoys reading
Elizabeth now reads chapter books and enjoys reading The Backstory Before using the easyread system, Elizabeth was struggling to read picture books and did not read chapter books in 4th grade. She said she hated reading and that didn't consider herself a reader. I...
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Micah: Reading frustration, tears and underperformance in school
Before EasyRead my boy was struggling to learn reading with the methods being taught in his school. He was falling behind his classmates, losing confidence, and so distraught he was in tears.
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Carter: Still struggling at age 10
Carter was still struggling to read and spell at age 10. It was all memorization of rules and he hated it. He was not a phonics learner and no matter how we persisted; Carter persisted greater, to avoid reading at all costs. They did everything in school; one on one, special ed, speech therapy. At home we tried games, apps, every online reading tool. That just made it worse, made him stressed and created a strong dislike of learning.
read moreKayley: Reading anxiety and frustration
Kayley was struggling with her reading and would get anxious when it was time for her to read. She was reading below her age and became frustrated when she did not know a word.
read moreAlicia: From failed tutoring to Charlotte’s Web!
Easyread for Alicia has been a Godsend. Prior to coming across Easyread, Alicia had a private tutor and although she was lovely we could not see any improvement in her reading nor her spelling in the year she had her. We had raised our concerns with the school but they lacked the resources and knowledge to help Alicia. It was by luck that I came across Easyread
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