The fun, effective, scientifically based literacy improvement software for children learning to read and spell.
My son asks me EVERY day to use it. He loves this program, I love this program, and his reading has DEFINITELY improved.
S. C., Parent.
Fun.
Effective.
Scientifically Based.
Research indicates that the most important factor determining whether a child will become a successful reader is their ability to use letter-sound patterns to 'decode' unfamiliar words. Children must understand that written language is a visual code which represents the way we say words. There are a number of crucial skills which children must develop in order to crack this code in written language. ReadingDoctorâ ReadingSoundsä 1 Pro is designed to teach those skills using our unique, patent pending teaching system. The program strengthens the following important skills which children must develop in order to become confident readers:
Reading Doctor Software
The past several decades of research have provided conclusive evidence that an understanding of the relationship between the sounds in language and the written representations of those sounds is the most crucial skill involved in literacy development.
Research has shown that good readers are very skilled at using letter-sound relationships to ‘decode’ unfamiliar words when reading, allowing self-teaching of new words to occur. Difficulty in understanding that words are made up of sounds and just how sounds are represented by letters is a hallmark of the struggling reader.
Learning letter-sound relationships is difficult for beginning and struggling readers because there is no meaningful relationship between the way letters look and the way they sound.
Designed by a Speech-Language Pathologist and reading researcher who specialises in literacy improvement, ReadingDoctor® Software uses a revolutionary, multi-sensory, patented system for teaching and strengthening letter-sound relationships and other key literacy skills found through research to be crucial in the development of reading and spelling ability.
Letter-sound knowledge
Knowledge of the letters or groups of letters which represent the individual sounds in language
Phonemic awareness
Awareness of the individual sounds in words
Phonological awareness
Awareness of the sound structure of language
Blending
The ability to join sounds together to make words
Segmentation
The ability to break words up into separate sounds
Sight word recognition
The ability to recognise the most common words in written language
Auditory discrimination
The ability to tell the difference between similar sounds or words
Visual discrimination
The ability to tell the difference between visually similar letters or words
Word knowledge
Vocabulary
Articulatory awareness
Awareness of how sounds are made by the mouth and articulators
Fun, arcade style games
Unique, multisensory, patent pending teaching system
Assess and monitor student progress
Key features:
- Research based
- Almost effortless teaching of crucial literacy skills
- Made by a specialist Speech-Language Pathologist
- Unique, patented, multisensory teaching system
- Teaches children to decode and encode words using letter-sound knowledge
- Teaches instant recognition of the 200 most common sight words
- Self adjusting learning support adapts to student needs
- Huge library of learning targets for activities
- Large library of preset games
- All games are fully customisable
- Testing facility allows for easy progress monitoring
- Flashcard printing feature
- Easy to use
- Includes advanced features for literacy specialists
Introducing ReadingSoundsä 1 Pro
Designed to be used by:
- Parents
- Classroom teachers
- Special education teachers
- School support staff (such as School Services Officers)
- Speech-language pathologists
- Educational consultants
- English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers
- Tutors
- Homeschoolers
©2008 LearningScience® Pty Ltd. LearningScience® and ReadingDoctor® are registered trademarks of LearningScience® Pty Ltd. ReadingSounds™ and Rapid Learning Matrix™ are trademarks of LearningScience® Pty Ltd. This software is protected by a pending international patent.
Full customisation of games
Print customisable flashcards
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We had a meeting with Amy's teacher 2 weeks ago, and found out that Amy is in the top reading group in the class...we would never have dreamt that this was possible at the start of the year.
C. C., Parent.
