At a Glance:
Product: Reading Eggs
Ages: 4 to 7
Form: Online Educational Computer Program
Use: To teach reading, reinforce literacy
Price: 12 month subscription is $75.00, 6 month subscription is $49.95, monthly subscription is $9.95
What is Reading Eggs?
Reading Eggs is an online program to help children who want to learn to read become successful. The program is intended for children ages 4 to 7. Reading Eggs begins at the beginning, so your child can start her first reading lesson on Reading Eggs. Reading Eggs will access your child’s level to be sure to teach at the appropriate level.
Stepping Stones Reading Lessons:
The Stepping Stones Reading lessons are the core of the Reading Eggs learn-to-read program. Each lesson builds on the previous one to build skills in the five key areas needed to become a good reader: phonemic awareness and phonics, sight words, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. The lessons are presented in three broad levels with 40 lessons in each level.
Level 1 Starting Out for absolute beginners, lesson 1-40.
Level 2 Beginning to Read for emerging readers, lessons 41-80.
Level 3 Building confidence for early readers, lessons 81-120.
You can try a sample lesson on the site and a free trial period for your child.
What I thought:
The program is fun for kids. I like how it assesses the child and then provides the proper lessons. I also like how it keeps track of progress. It is repetitive which is often necessary for learning new skills. It does seem to focus more on memorization than phonemic awareness. However, my child did learn and gain confidence from the program. There is a portion where the student must determine the correct sentence after it is read to her. My daughter, who struggles with reading, did amazing on this and that helped boost her confidence in reading. I also liked the game that read a sentence and the child has to put the words in the right order. The game switches up different approaches to reading. Like I said, the emphasis seems to be more memorization as opposed to phonics. You may want to assess that for yourself and see if this will be a good fit for your child.