Liam has been steadily progressing. We do reread the story until fluent, although he can get a bit frustrated with this it does and has enabled him to become more fluent as a reader and now we are having to re-read less as the last two or three sessions have been fluent – lovely to see !

I have also noticed, just as of today that he is now attempting to read things around him e.g. this morning a brand on a bottle in the bathroom and this evening a sign on a shop – this is something he hasn’t done before which again is a great step forward.

Liam mostly enjoys Easyread, as with any boy he would prefer to do other things ! But we don’t have a battle for him to do it and he does enjoy the games at the end especially Letter Quest – that seems to be his favourite!

I also can say that the Jungle monkey game is becoming much quicker, with what would seem less thought having to be put in by Liam.

Liam is also showing progress in his written work, where he is able to spell words easier and therefore I sense less frustration which enables a greater willingness to write – very helpful at this time of the year with Christmas cards !

So all in all positive progress I would say.

– M

I would just like to say what a huge difference Easyread has made to Will so far. Before we started the course Will found it a huge struggle to read basic words and refused to read or write and homework was a real battle. His confidence was low and the children at school had started excluding him from games and activities.

Six weeks into the course he has progressed so much already – he has jumped up three reading levels at school, his spelling has dramatically improved from 0 out of 6 to 6 out of six and he is reading every road sign in sight! His confidence has improved and I am sure he realises how much Easyread is helping him because he is always willing and ready to do each exercise.

There are no battles – he looks forward to it and finds it fun. I have to say it has been like a switch that has been turned on. On my part I have found the support amazing and the knowledge of the team have help me to understand the difficulties Will faced and why he found it hard to retain information. I am so impressed with Easyread that I would recommend it to any parent concerned with their child’s reading ability. I think by starting this now with Will 6 years old this will make a huge difference to Wills reading in later years.

Thank you so much for this amazing course.

– K

Well we had some great news today. Bethan’s reading age before starting Easyread was 4.10 (July 2013). She was tested today and her reading age has increased to 6.4. Although she’s still behind her actual age, she’s made 18 months progress in just 6 months! Her spelling age is also an amazing 7.3 years. Her teacher also commented that her confidence and perseverance has increased ten fold as this term has gone on and she’s confident it is linked to her success with
reading.

As we talked about today, her teacher has also noted that she is still struggling with the longer words, even polysyllabic words with simple sounds in, but thinks this will improve with practice. She also passed her stage 3 keyword book which we haven’t looked at all (and they have to read the word, not sound it out first to pass!).

– J

We are more than happy with Easyread. As I said last week Reuben reading level has increased by two years in these short six weeks on the course which we are overjoyed about. He is attempting to read words all around him on bags, signs etc. which is something he has never done (decoding them).

This week Reuben has been chosen as “Child of the Term” at school so we are going to celebrate Reuben’s success at school on Wednesday.

– L

Lewis is really progressing well with Easyread. He has now fully memorised the characters and is reading each section of the story fluently.

His reading of the Easyread story is much improved over the last couple of weeks and his general reading is benefiting from remembering to fully decode and not guess at the words – we look forward to this continuing to full fluency in due course.

Most importantly he is still enjoying the course and will completes his lessons voluntarily – which is fantastic.

– L

On a positive note, Tess thinks it’s a riot to decode using only the Easyread Trainertext, and really seems to be enjoying it – wanting to ‘do it all herself’ which she’s not quite ready for but I’ve been letting her as much as possible. I always think it’s a good sign when a kid wants to try it without help!

– T

There has been a marked change in Llewellyn’s attitude – he just seems to want to read now. He is keen and willing to try to read station signs, posters, comments on the TV in a way he wasn’t before. And his fluency is much better too. Who he does come across a word he doesn’t know, he doesn’t have the same panic response he used to have, and instead will slowly try to decode it.

Thank you for all of your help.

– M

I would like to say a big thank you for everything you have done to help my son. This time last year we had just embarked on our journey with Easyread, which has exceeded all our expectations.

Our son was at an independent school age 6 and couldn’t read or write. There was no effort on the school’s part to establish why this was the case. It was even hinted that our son was just not capable. After some pressure from us, our son was assessed and diagnosed dyslexic. Even then little effort was made to help him.

We found Easyread through Google. Liked the idea of the characters, the fact that it looked child friendly and felt comforted that we could have our money back if the course didn’t work. Well it has definitely worked!

This time last year our son would not even try and read reception books and now he is reading age appropriate books. What is even more amazing is how much he now loves reading. He has now changed school and is so excited every time school send him home with a new book and reads it on the way home in the car.

The final helicopter prize was a good motivator and my son was chuffed to bits when he received it. I would fully recommend Easyread to anyone and have frequently done so. The prizes are a good way to keep the children motivated.

Our son has frequently showed his friend’s Easyread lessons and they have all enjoyed the games and the stories. So a great big thank you from Robert and family.

– A

Thanks very much for your programme and help. It has been great to watch Ash reading and learning. Fantastic job done by David Morgan and his crew.

– D

I have heard fantastic news today, Reuben’s teacher informed me that they have just carried out a reading assessment. On entry into Year 2 Reuben’s reading age was 4 years and yesterday it was assessed as 6 years.

To say I am over the moon is an understatement! Both Reuben’s teacher and I cried! Thank you Easyread so much!

– L

Elijah wants to tell you:

“I am very encouraged with my reading because today I was reading some lines which I am going to to do in a Nativity and my Mum didn’t need to help me read. Thank you for helping me read.”

His Dad and I were amazed and one of us held back tears! So encouraging.

– J

Joseph has just returned home from school and opened his helicopter. He is absolutely delighted with it especially as remote control toys are his favourite anyway! He sends his thanks too.

Many thanks for your advice during the course. It has been quite hard going at times but that was mainly due to Joseph’s unwillingness to co-operate. He really did enjoy level 4 as the lessons were shorter and the content was easier for him to grasp.

We are continuing to see the Optometrist and we do daily eye exercises with him which I think is having a positive effect.

– V

Amanda is still doing really well with her reading, mostly on the confidence side of things which for me is the most important to sustain at this stage. She is also progressing in terms of her reading and spelling at school. She has been on fish oil supplements for a month or so now and that seems to help a lot too.

Ewan is doing very well, he crept up to book band 2 within a couple of months of starting school and gets a sticker each week for being his teacher’s star reader! He is reading very fluently and his reading record is bulging with fantastic comments.

Yesterday Deborah read a new book I bought her from a charity shop, best 29p I ever spent! She picked it off the book shelf and started reading with only minor mistakes. Very positive results so far.

– A

By the way I know there have only been 2 lessons so far but he loves it and it’s the first thing he does when he comes home from school. Miraculous!! Cheers!

– A

Easyread has certainly been worth every cent! Thank you so much for your support, I will continue to tell anyone with a child struggling to read how wonderful this program is.

– J

Thomas received a Gold Certificate for English reading at his school’s end of year prize giving. We are so very proud of him and very grateful to you and your team.

– S

After 100 lessons there has definitely been an improvement in Ella’s ability to decode words and spell them. I have also found that her decoding skills in Easyread are far more fluent and she doesn’t become deflated if I correct her for the occasional guess now.

Easyread has definitely helped Ella and I am very glad that I found you! Thank you.

– B