Matthew is doing fine with his easyread lessons and still does them without much prompting. I think he is doing really well and in his school report this year his reading has been brought up to what is expected for his age. I know school have put a lot of effort into his reading, but the de-coding method used in his easyread lessons are undoubtedly helping tremendously. He is finding the lessons quite easy now, though I have noticed you are introducing longer words and he is managing to de-code these quite quickly and I can see his confidence growing.
As for the next Prize of “fart machine”. I think it is a great idea and Matthew would never forgive me if I was to turn it down. You obviously know what 8 year old boys like and what it takes to motivate them. Keep up the good work.
-PAULA