Despite the fact that Asher has only just turned 5 at the end of Nov 11, he is doing really well on the program. He thinks of Easyread as a treat! He doesn’t need a lot of help, he knows all the easyread characters and knows how to check what he thinks the sounds of the word are by first looking at the letter, then checking with the easyread characters.
He does seem a little slower at sounding out each word (both in the games and the story) – but it doesn’t appear to be due to hesitation though; just longer pauses between saying each sound.
Due to his young age, he still prefers to use highlight mode to help him focus on one word at a time (even after we’ve done the ten and ten). However, his short term memory is excellent so he can sound out a word, then repeat the words previously read to say the sentence.
As with Jaydon, we are so pleased that we made the investment with Easyread. We tell any parent or grandparent who will listen about how amazing it is. And since Jaydon is a bit ahead of Asher, we know what amazing results we can expect in terms of his normal reading in the not too distant future.
Thanks again for everything.
Kind Regards, Shanel