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Case Studies View All Case Studies Holly: Spelling upside down, vision issues, and tantrums over reading What were the struggles before Easyread? We were first aware of Holly’s vision difficulties at the age of 3 and a half. The problem has been getting her... Jul 17, 2018 | DM Case Studies
Case Studies View All Case Studies Lincoln: severely dyslexic, low on confidence and self-esteem 1. What was reading like for Lincoln before? His reading was extremely slow and problematic. As a grade 4 student he was working at grade 1-2 standard. Despite employing... Jul 3, 2018 | DM Case Studies
Case Studies View All Case Studies Private tutor couldn’t help, now she is a free reader! Before Easyread 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... Jun 18, 2018 | DM Case Studies
Case Studies View All Case Studies Easyread has changed Joshua’s life! We started noticing problems with Joshua’s reading in Year 1. He was not progressing and his teacher noticed that he was guessing many words. He had extra intervention with a staff member... Apr 27, 2018 | DM Case Studies
Case Studies View All Case Studies Ava wins “Reader of the Quarter” at school after 6 months of Easyread Our daughter loved the idea of reading and had gotten an early start with phonics in Pre-K, but by the middle of 1st Grade she started really digging... Jan 19, 2018 | DM Case Studies
Case Studies View All Case Studies Lewis’s Story Lewis made a particularly strong impression to us at Easyread by sending us a piece of writing, called The Great Stink, which got him to the district final of a public speaking competition. It is all about the... Jan 12, 2018 | DM Case Studies
Case Studies View All Case Studies Dr Brunetti describes the turnaround for her daughter Lily When we started Easyread, Lily was 6 and a half and was really struggling with progressing with reading which was odd given she had managed the beginnings of phonics (in year... Jan 5, 2018 | DM Case Studies
Case Studies View All Case Studies Matilda’s self-esteem boost as reading becomes easy 1.What was reading practice and spelling like for Matilda before Easyread? (main concerns, consistent patterns and frustrations) Reading was incredibly frustrating- for both... Dec 18, 2017 | DM Case Studies
Case Studies View All Case Studies Thomas’ Story 1. What was reading practice and spelling like for Thomas before Easyread? Reading practice was slow, hard work for both of us and often fraught. Thomas hated reading and would make many excuses not to do it. 2.... Dec 13, 2017 | DM Case Studies
Case Studies View All Case Studies Rusty’s Story: Auditory Processing Disorder 1. What was reading practice and spelling like for Rusty before Easyread? Before Easyread reading with Rusty was a battle. Our 8 year old would throw tantrums like a two year old and... Nov 30, 2017 | DM Case Studies
1. WHAT THE PAST WAS LIKE Before Easyread, Sophie would get frustrated easily and “shut down.” She knew a lot of words by sight, which for us, meant she would forget them when she was tired. We had lots of mistakes and lots of guessing. 2. PREVIOUS INTERVENTIONS DONE... Nov 8, 2017 | DM Case Studies
1. WHAT THE PAST WAS LIKE What was reading practice and spelling like for Jack before Easyread? (main concerns, consistent patterns and frustrations) Jack was very slow to read words quickly. He would sound out each sound. When he would do out loud reading it was hard... Nov 6, 2017 | DM Case Studies
Our son Jonah is now just over 200 lessons and we wanted to say how impressed we are with not only his progress but also with the support and attention we have received. WHAT THE PAST WAS LIKE Jonah was falling behind fast at school and becoming frustrated with his... Nov 1, 2017 | DM Case Studies
WHAT THE PAST WAS LIKE Alexander struggled greatly with phonics in school. He hated reading and writing in the beginning. He had had a particularly bad case of glue ear and his hearing was badly affected by it between 1.5yrs and 3.9 yrs. Consequently, his speech was... Oct 12, 2017 | DM Case Studies
Before my son started with EasyRead he didn’t progress with his reading in a year. He was starting to say that he was stupid and a bad reader. We had tried at home methods that our other children had been successful at in learning how to read, but nothing... Sep 25, 2017 | DM Case Studies
1. WHAT THE PAST WAS LIKE What was reading practice and spelling like for Gabriel before Easyread? (main concerns, consistent patterns and frustrations) Before Easyread, reading practice was unproductive and often frustrating. He had met all age-related transitional... Sep 20, 2017 | DM Case Studies
1. WHAT THE PAST WAS LIKE What was reading practice and spelling like for Lucy before Easyread? (main concerns, consistent patterns and frustrations) Before we found Easyread we were getting very concerned about the lack of progress in Lucy’s spelling. She spelt... Mar 8, 2017 | DM Case Studies
Before starting: Paul was in Grade 2 in Canada and about a year behind in reading. His progress was slow; his mother says it was like “torture” to practice reading with him, because he was constantly guessing words. His decoding and blending skills were... Mar 2, 2017 | DM Case Studies
Before DM Reading, teenage twin boys Greyson and Taylor’s reading had plateaued. Their parents noticed it initially in their end of year homeschool testing, particularly in the comprehension sections. When doing schoolwork, their mom noticed that though they... Dec 21, 2016 | DM Case Studies, Parent Reviews
We are a family with 3 children of the ages of 17, 14 and 10. My husband is from New Zealand and I am from Germany. Our children were born in NZ where we lived until we moved to the north of Norway at the end of 2009. Our first language at home is English with German...