Spelling Help - Good Match

Great. That means you definitely fit the pattern that we can help.

Let’s dive into what has been happening.

The underlying problem

We have been helping children with poor reading for about ten years and all those children started the course with very poor spelling. But we were finding that their spelling was dropping into place soon after their reading, without having to work on it directly.

So we tried it with children with good reading but poor spelling. And the same thing happened.

What we found was that most of these children like yours, were very visual children who had been treating the words as pictures, rather than as a code.

To pass a test they had revised the image of each word and memorized it as a picture. Some were able to get ten out of ten in the test. It is really a very clever trick!

But two weeks later those images had faded again. They were then back to what we call “Frankenstein spelling”, where letters are just bolted together (like “woz”, “hrd” and “inuf”).

So the spelling lists had been a waste of time. Sad and tough, because often they had been working hard at it for several years.

The solution

OK, so what is the way out of this situation?

The way we do it is to change the way these children read. We get them decoding words as they read and their brain eventually learns to encode them as well.

Gains in reading too

The nice thing is that generally these are very bright children who could be reading well above the class average. While their reading has seemed okay, it has actually been well below their potential.

How?

The process we use is called the Trainertext Method. We present text with visual images above each word so that it can be decoded, even if it is unfamiliar.

You can check it out on our Trainertext explanation page, if you want to:

How Trainertext Works

The magic is that when your child does a bit of decoding each day it soon becomes a habit and a skill. After around 60-90 lessons you will see their reading changing. Unfamiliar words and place names will start to become a lot less of a problem.

And after about 150 lessons, this decoding practice will have built the right subconscious letter-sound mapping for their spelling to start to crystallize.

Pricing

Step 1: Free Baseline Asssessment + 10 Lessons

The first step of our process is the Baseline Assessment, which includes a detailed analysis of the causes of difficulty for your child.

Then you do ten Easyread lessons so that you can see how the system works and whether your child enjoys them.

This is all delivered free.

Step 2: Subscription

If you feel things are going well, you can then continue with a monthly subscription until you feel we have built the foundation needed for proper spelling progress.

You can check our pricing in your local currency here.

It normally takes 60-90 sessions to get the first key breakthrough with greater reading accuracy. We have had some achieve that breakthrough during the free trial! We then move on to build more and more fluency (with accuracy) in order to see the spelling changes come through. The spelling usually starts to clearly change after 120-150 lessons.

Siblings get a 20% discount.

Holiday Discount Included: The monthly access price includes a discount for normal times away when busy, for weekend trips and even summer holidays. We do not stop and start subscriptions for those breaks.

Financial Assistance

Check out the options we would suggest if financing Easyread is a stretch.

What to expect

So it is important to understand that this is suited to children with really atrocious spelling. If you have a child who gets the odd word wrong, that is something else.

The goal in the course is for you to see 80-90% accuracy in your child’s free writing. At that stage the mistakes will mostly be the odd letter out of place, unless the word is a very unfamiliar one and irregular.

From that base, you will see continued progress beyond the course, towards 100% accuracy or close to it.

If you are unsure of it, I can put you in touch with hundreds of people nearby who have seen it happen. Every child gets good progress. Here is a case study (on our former Easyread System site) of a child going through the process:

Anna's Case Study

Baseline Assessment and free lessons

The first step of the process is to check that your child shows the patterns we expect, via our Baseline Assessment. We also include ten free lessons in this to let you both experience how the system works. If you want to give that a go, click the link below:

Free Trial

Kelly Thoresen Isselhardt

2021-12-24

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As a parent working through the 20/21 school year in distance learning with 3 elementary kids, there were at least some positive upsides. For example, my daughter Laine’s (2nd grade, 8 years old at start) reading ability (when she is such a bright, exuberant, creative, SMART kid) kept me up at night. Something was not connecting. No amount of pressure or more reading was making up for the missing pieces in her ability to read. I was literally awake in the middle of the night, by chance watching Dr. Morgan’s Facebook ad and knew he was talking about my daughter. I started crying and felt I had been given such a gift. By morning in February 2021 she was signed up and on her way to decoding and cracking her reading struggles. It’s not been easy all the time, we have struggled through some lessons with tears and frustration. BUT today, Laine passed her 223 lesson, earned her helicopter (the code words/spy prizes have been a great motivator), and has gone from a 1.5 grade reading level to reading at a 5th grade level with limited assistance in only 10 months. I am so grateful for the Easyread program. Their attention to detail, one on one phone calls and Zoom meet ups, quick response time to questions, and consideration for my kid’s development has made us feel cared for each step of the way. If you have looked into the Easyread program and David’s description of your child’s reading journey hits home, run don’t walk to sign up. It has been one of our favorite blessings of this crazy year and I shout it’s praises to anyone who has a struggling reader.

Laura Stoker

2021-12-21

I was really skeptical about this for my 8 year old, how can 15 minutes a day and video, and games work? He struggled with blending and decoding. He know can use the trainer texts faster then I can figure out the word myself to see if he is correct. The system moves as he needs and the personal support is amazing.

Sara Cunningham-Neuff

What a fantastic programme! Our 8 yr old made such rapid progress I began to doubt myself whether she had had issues in the first place! When we looked at the video recording made at the beginning of the programme, her progress was remarkable within just a few weeks. She asks to do the session every day and complains if I don't have time - a massive difference from a child who used to invent the most incredible excuses to avoid reading before this. She now reads books in her own time and is even starting to get her head around spelling - all in less than 2 months. The personalised support from the Easyread facilitators is much better than I expected from an online course and the prizes are great too! Thank you Easyread!

Jared Amanda Stone

Our daughter has loved the Easyread program. She thinks she is just playing fun games on the computer but she's actually improving her reading and spelling skills. Her Spelling grades have improved from 50% to 90% in only a few months. Thank you Easyread for an amazing program! I would highly recommend your program for any children struggling to read and spell.

Carly Banks

2021-12-14

Wow, this program works! My 9-year old became a more fluent reader within weeks of starting, and she really enjoyed doing the assignments (structured like fun games) every day! She never complained about it once, even 2 months in she was excited to decode the words and play the games in Easyread. And she has so much more confidence now. Thank you Easyread!