Reading+Eggs

[|Reading Eggs]

Reading Eggs is an interactive online educational program that is based on the most up-to-date research on how children learn to read. It is appropriate for 3-8 year olds as well as students with additional needs. It is set up in a series of lessons which the students can complete with or without help. The lessons are planned so that scaffolding is not a ‘have to’ to see how the student is performing as there is a report that can viewed by both parents and educators to see what areas the student may need additional help. It is perfect for a diverse range of needs class as students can work at their own pace and can even log in at home

. Students learn a variety of reading skills through fun activities and repetition throughout the program. I have personally seen this program being used and used it myself through the two little girls I nanny for (4 and 6yrs). They respond to the program tremendously and enjoy every moment of the program. They have been using Reading Eggs for about a year now and I can easily see the results from using this program. They both absolutely love reading and the 4 year old is quite advanced with letter and sound recognition which is catered for in her lessons. There is a free 14 day trial so it is worth trying this program.

This program could be used in a classroom for students who need to work at their own pace or as it could be used as an ‘extra teacher’ if the classroom teacher wanted to work with students one on one or in small groups as it would provide fruitful content for the rest of the class to work on (again at their own pace). It could also be used to provide extra help to students in a non invasive way as students will look at it as a game rather then 'school work'. It is a great tool to use for students who lose interest in group teaching episodes. It provides much of the foundation work that we need to learn how to read.