May 17, 2013 | DM News Blog
Fact: Recent research shows that playing Tetris can help resolve a problem for some children — lazy eye, or amblyopia. The usual treatment for lazy eye in kids is wearing an eye-patch to correct the alignment of the wayward eyeball. This can take a long time to...
May 17, 2013 | DM News Blog
Yusuf used to hate reading anything whether books for school or newspapers but now he is more enthusiastic to read. He has even started his own diary which he writes in every night. His gift of a notebook has come in very handy because now he can write in this book....
May 15, 2013 | DM News Blog
Getting your kids to eat more fruit We’re just launching a new blog series called “Recipes for Life and Learning”, which will feature fun ‘recipes’ for afterschool or educational activities, insightful ‘recipes’ about how to be the best parent...
May 14, 2013 | DM News Blog
Our eyes are perhaps the most important, yet often neglected, aspect of our healthcare regime. After all we only have two. Without even one of them, the world changes. Without both, our life changes radically. While the general perception of optometry is that it is...
May 14, 2013 | DM News Blog
Whilst its early days yet I think Sebastian is developing more of a ‘Can Do’ approach to reading. As regards the Easyread story he he is much more fluent, when the words are there he can read fluently so we do not tend to re read, but I do make him do this...
May 10, 2013 | DM News Blog
Charley Boorman is a world-famous motorcycle enthusiast who has made several travel documentaries with his friend and actor Ewan McGregor. As a TV personality, he has taken audiences around the world by motorcycle: from New York to London, from John o’Groats to Cape...
May 10, 2013 | DM News Blog
Thought we might give you an up-date on Hannah. We are really proud that she has passed the 100 lesson mark and her enthusiasm for each lesson is still great. She is happy to read through the story at least twice, and we have noticed the reading with the words is...
May 8, 2013 | Child Reviews, DM Case Studies, DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
Closing the literacy gap: how artistic Alice’s reading went from stop to go, go, go! The Problem Alice loved stories. From a very young age, mum and daughter started the routine of sitting down together each evening to devour a bedtime story. Katherine, Alice’s...
May 7, 2013 | DM News Blog
I spend a number of hours each week in my vegetable garden. To keep my 5 year old and 2 year old interested, and happy to come out with me, I introduced them to gardening from the time they were babies. I involve them in all of the activities I do in the garden. A...
May 3, 2013 | DM News Blog
Fact: The U.S. State of Arizona has passed a law that will be implemented next year mandating that all third graders must pass a reading test or risk being held back....
May 2, 2013 | DM News Blog
We love kids here at Easyread. We love working with them, hearing from them, and watching them take-off and start flying with their reading. We also love a good giggle over some great kids’ quotes…Here are a few we’ve collected from different places!...
May 1, 2013 | DM News Blog
I asked Izzy what she’d like to email to you, David, and she just said that she can read now and so Easyread was worthwhile doing and she’s pleased she can read. Sorry, my daughter is a lady of few words, especially when she has friends waiting at the door to...
May 1, 2013 | DM News Blog
Amelie’s reading has improved heaps! She no longer resists having to decode words for she has discovered that in fact it works better for her to do it that way! For us – that is a major break-through!!! No more guessing! Amelie’s confidence in...
Apr 30, 2013 | DM News Blog
Does your child struggle with attention problems? Does homework take longer than it should? These can be signs of a vision disorder. Even if your child has passed vision screenings, this article is for you. Passing a vision screening means your child can see the...
Apr 26, 2013 | DM News Blog
Sally Gardner is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. Her most well-known book is I, Coriander, and most recently she has received praise for Maggot Moon. And due to her dyslexia, Sally couldn’t read until she was 14 years old. Sally struggled...
Apr 24, 2013 | Child Reviews, DM Case Studies, DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
Mum Belinda knew all too well the suffering her dyslexic son was experiencing. But just when they thought they had asked all possible questions, Easyread provided the answer they never expected or dreamed of… The Problem Cameron was a late talker, being almost 3 by...
Apr 23, 2013 | DM News Blog
How can parents promote literacy and language development in young children? It is currently the trend in education to emphasize drilling sight words and pushing young children to read and write in Kindergarten and even preschool. While there is inherently nothing...
Apr 19, 2013 | DM News Blog
As of one year ago, the 10 most literate countries in the world didn’t include any countries you might expect… Before reading this list, see if you can guess which ones made the cut! Literacy is usually defined as percentage of males and females who can...
Apr 18, 2013 | DM News Blog
A lot of the kids that come to Easyread for help with their reading have poor spelling as well. Sometimes the errors can be quite endearing (although, of course, our ultimate goal is to help kids become great spellers!), and we quite enjoy receiving writing samples...
Apr 16, 2013 | DM News Blog
“What does Mrs. Jones mean we will be bent tomorrow?” I thought to myself. “I don’t get it?” I asked my friend. “We are presenting tomorrow?” she responded, laughing as she walked away after the bell. “Oh,...
