Josephine is doing well. She is definitely not losing interest. She insists that there is no difference reading the words comparing the game format and the story text.
She is rereading the text in the story. She does better the top half of the page than the bottom but that is because she is anxious to “move on” to the next page.
I’ve noticed a new independence in her word decoding in the games. She is more confident that she decoded the word correctly herself rather than decoding it but then asking me if she is right. She also is becoming more verbally animated with the games which to me seem that she is relaxing and not having to concentrate so hard on the decoding.
She also is attempting to decode more words on sign, labels etc.
On her video when she sang the words “I’m a slow reader” I thought that said alot. A few months ago she just would have point blankly said “I can’t read”. Huge mental step!!!!
She coincidently got her codeword APPLE on the same day she won a team indoor rockclimbing competition. A double woo-hoo day!

By the way she is doing very well her confidence is up and just last night she mentioned she’d read a bunch of movie descriptions looking for one she wanted to watch. And she said it was easy for her to read because it was interesting.
Thanks so much for helping create confidence in my daughter.

He is doing SO well and I’m glad to see the words are getting more difficult to keep increasing his exposure to new words. We are happy! Thanks.

To David,

I think the course was interesting and fun. I learned a lot!

From, Martin

Overall we feel that Maria is making progress and her reading is much better. She even enjoys reading by herself in bed. Now she pays more attention to the sounds in words and can put sounds to unknown words. She is also putting a bit more effort in her spelling.

We are happy with the system.

Hi Sarah, I was telling a friend this evening – and was showing them Grace’s eye movements, and was happy to see her tracking has dramatically improved. She is also reading on her own more frequently and higher levels of books. She is doing great and I am very happy with our progress. We will keep at it.. she is determined to earn the remote control helicopter.. thanks!

Hello Miss Sarah (and I like to include Mr. David, since he is a part of day!),

Just a little update since I think you asked about such things a week or two ago.

First off, we are thrilled with the material. We started the EasyRead system when four years of traditional phonics and the some whole language programs did not help our fourth child, a seven and half year old girl, learn to read. We’ve homeschooled all four children, with the older two now in university. The challenges that our daughter presented were perplexing to me, and the school district was not willing to provide services. A friend recommended a website that mentioned EasyRead and now here were are, 40 some lessons in and the progress she has made is so encouraging.

Two months ago, she wouldn’t pick up a pencil to write her name. Now she wants to record all sorts of things and sounds words out as she writes them. Two months ago, she could not consistently read words like “cat”, “sit” or “net”. Even though she knew what each sound was individually, she could not piece them together to make a word. And now she is doing that. She is able to read most of the problems in her math workbook, which is a huge accomplishment. She is becoming more secure in her reading/ decoding.

And her spelling is remarkable. The Funky Monkey Jungle … Game(sorry), is fantastic. I am so surprised that she can do this and her 9.5yr old sister watches over her shoulder on this part to learn her spelling:). I think she enjoys nearly all the games, and I appreciate the variety, with each one seeming to focus on one or two essentials for reading. The time necessary for each day is just about right and I try to take advantage of the extra games when we can.

The rewards are appropriately given and she is always so excited to earn them and then wait for it in the mail! Thank you for thinking of even this:)

As David says, “Well done! That’s it for today!”

I am very pleased with the program thus far. Karl’s reading has made major improvements and is still positive. Thank you!

Allison is in 3rd grade and she had an “A” (top grade) in Reading on her first report card. Her teacher has said she has not seen any problems with Allison’s reading and was surprised to hear that Allison had difficulties in the past.