ReadingDoctor® is evidence-based* software that helps children to crack the code in written language!
* Evidence-based means there is independently conducted research showing that it actually helps kids learn to read.
ReadingDoctor® teaches foundational word-reading and spelling skills through explicit, systematic synthetic phonics. This is a method of teaching reading and spelling with very strong scientific support, especially in the early years and for struggling readers. The program is designed to strengthen crucial skills that facilitate reading and spelling acquisition, such as phonemic awareness, letter-sound knowledge, blending, segmentation, decoding and sight word recognition. It provides a strong complement to your existing phonics program, and to rich oral language, vocabulary, background knowledge, fluency and comprehension instruction!
Trusted by thousands of schools, speech-language pathologists, tutors, homeschoolers and parents since 2003.
Key features:
Suitable for K-3 students and older students with reading difficulties
Designed by a leading speech & language pathologist
Backed by scientific evidence
Fully customisable and complements your school’s existing phonics programs!
Includes thousands of words, sentences, images and audio recordings to help students build word knowledge and reading comprehension skills
Explicitly teaches students to
recognise over 100 spellings of the 44 phonemes (speech sounds) of English
blend, decode and understand the meanings of thousands of English words with common spelling patterns
segment, encode and spell thousands of English words with common spelling patterns
recognise and understand the meanings of over 200 of the most common ‘sight words’
+ much more!
Please note: ReadingDoctor® helps children build the word-reading and spelling skills they need to decode words accurately and read more automatically. For best results, it should be used alongside rich conversations, vocabulary learning, background knowledge building, reading aloud, fluency practice with real texts and decodable readers, comprehension support, and regular assessment by a teacher, tutor or clinician!
ReadingDoctor® is recommended in:
The Primary Reading Pledge, an evidence-based framework for schools
“To reduce to near zero the number of children who finish primary school unable to read by providing primary schools with the resources and training to provide effective assessment and intervention.”
