“Highly effective and deceptively simple, the Easyread System
succeeds in making learning to read fun.”
Rebecca Abrams
Daily Telegraph
Families Columnist
Reading Difficulty
Doing the same thing over and over again, while expecting a different result, was cited by Einstein as a sign of madness. Yet people are often advised to "just do more reading" with their child, even though progress has virtually halted. People only suggest that because they don't know what else to say.
The reality is that most of the children doing Easyread are very bright and have had masses of support at home and at school before starting the course.
We just tackle those underlying causes of difficulty with a short, fun and easy lesson on the Internet each day. It only takes 5-15 minutes and you can experience a free trial of a lesson with your child.
You will get full support from us through the course with videos, coaching notes for the different stages and telephone interviews. We train each parent/teacher to be part of the Easyead team.
Spelling Difficulty
People naturally think that memorising spellings is the right way to get good at spelling. In reality it can be like pushing water up a hill. We often see children who get 100% on spelling tests, but are quite unable to spell those same words a week later.
We find the right way to make spelling easier is usually through changing how someone reads.
The Science
To see the science behind Easyread, have a look at the manuscript to our book. Our approach is based on phonics, but we slide the phonetic knowledge in through practice, not by trying to "teach" it.
You will see that I struggled with reading myself and so did my sons (who both got straight A grades at 16). I know how it feels when traditional approaches have gone badly!
We Are Here to Help Just call us during UK office hours to talk to us about any aspect of it. This stuff can be complex and seem baffling, but there is really almost nothing we haven't seen before and we are here to help.
We cannot help every child, but if the free trial lesson goes well, we are confident of success. That is why we can offer you an unconditional guarantee. You take no financial risk with Easyread.
Discount Option
What we do is unique and I believe we are less expensive and far more effective than any of our competitors. Have a look for yourself. We also offer a unique unconditional guarantee and our network discount option for parents, to reduce the cost even further.
Your Other Options
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You also have the option of doing nothing, but you need to know that 20% of English-speaking children are not proficient in reading by the age of eleven. That is one in five children around the world, in highly-developed economies. Most of them are very intelligent and have received a good education. The truth is that English can be a trickylanguage to learn to read and write.
There are lots of systems that chase quick results. They also often just try to help a child get better enough at reading and spelling to "get by".
We view that as defeatist and short-term thinking. Quick results usually don't stick. Worse still, it is like giving someone a crutch, rather than resetting their broken leg.
We want a child to develop a joy in reading and a deep confidence with their spelling.
There is inevitably a range of results, but we are always aiming for the top half of the class and that is usually possible. Some children do find reading very hard, but we still expect to get them into the normal range for their age.
Here are some typical examples of what people have seen:
At the beginning of the year we had approached the school about getting some assistance because Amy was complaining that ‘reading hurt her brain’and she was struggling to read and spell common words. At her old school she had never reached her age level for reading. Yesterday the teacher told me that using the INCAS testing Amy’s reading age is 9 yrs 9 months (her actual age is 9 yrs and 3 month) and her decoding age is 13 years and 9 months!
So after 4 months using Easyread she has gone from someone who found reading painful to someone who is confident and happy with her reading. This is going to have a positive impact in so many ways.
Thanks heaps, David. We are so grateful for the success - M
The children, staff and parents are all really amazed by the progress the children are making - after finding reading difficult for so long, things are finally working for them.
We really appreciate the messages - especially the eye-tracking diagnosis for Eddie. It makes so much sense.
Thanks again - F
My grandson he is now confident (even a bit cheeky at times) and can hold his own now in his reading with the rest of his class and his handwriting is coming on very well, just as you said it would David. Thanks a million
Best wishes P
I like Easyread so much and I think Easyead is amazing because it is fun and it really helped me learn to read better. I think it is creative, because it has cool stories and I really like the games and mostly the prizes. When Easyread is over, I am really going to miss it alot. And that is all I have to say.
From E
Before the course, school assessed Francis to have a reading age of a few months below his age. When Francis was at Easyread lesson 210, his reading age was reassessed at school and found to be 15 months ahead of his age. We are very pleased with this results. Francis did Easyread every morning before school and stayed motivated through out. So a big thank you to Dave and his team.
We don't chase quick results. Our aim is to give your child the right foundation to be reading and writing confidently over the next 70 years.
Occasionally it is all very easy and takes just 10-15 weeks to get a great result. Most often it is a 6-9 month process. Sometimes it is a lot more complicated and we are working with a child for 18+ months.
The role of each teacher or parent is absolutely critical to our process in every case. We will be training you up as a literacy and Easyread expert.
I am always confident now that we can maximise the end result for each child and get a great result for most children. The top half of the class is our target.
The cost of Easyread is always the same, however long we end up working with a child.
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