Reading HorizonsReviews of readinghorizons.com

I am so grateful to have this program. I moved from 3rd grade to 2nd grade. With the pandemic, 50% of my students are below grade level. I am hoping this will help to bring them to grade level!

Reading Horizons has changed my phonics instruction! Never have I used a program that had such a systematic and explicit approach to phonics instruction. RH helps develop routines and procedures that provide meaningful support for various types of learners, including kinesthetic and auditory learners. Learning to identify the 5 Phonics Skills and using the marking system helps my students as we tackle increasingly difficult text. In 2nd Grade most of our students come with the knowledge of RH phonics so we use beginning lessons and little books to provide intervention while we review and practice all RH skills through dictation and daily reading passages as a whole group. I am thankful I have had the opportunity to use Reading Horizons in both my 1st and 2nd Grade classrooms!

This is my 14th year teaching either first grade or kindergarten. I first heard about Reading Horizons 3 years ago because my son came home from first grade with marks all over his papers and when I asked him what the marks were he could explain it in detail. When he got to the c & k lesson and could tell me that “c takes i and e, k takes the other 3” I suddenly realized that my first grade son knew more about phonics than I did and I had been teaching phonics for 11 years! I decided right then and there that I was going to figure out what this amazing program was. I’ve been in love with Reading Horizons ever since, and so have my students! My students are so engaged and we all love it. Teaching phonics is hands down my most favorite part of my day, everyday! I love how explicit it is and how easy it is to implement. There are so many games and activities that can be paired with the program and their staff is amazing. The trainings are fun and informative and their website is packed with amazing digital and supplemental materials. I feel so empowered using Reading Horizons; I highly suggest the program to anyone interested in using it!

I have been teaching primary grades for 12 years now and have always struggled with teaching phonics and spelling. So when I found Reading Horizons I was hooked. Now I understand why things are the way they are and it makes sense to my students as well. The lessons, the software and spelling all go hand in hand and provide a review so that you can I have been teaching primary grades for 12 years now and have always struggled with teaching phonics and spelling. So when I found Reading Horizons I was hooked. I love how now I understand why things are the way they are and it makes sense for my students. The lessons, the Discovery software and spelling lessons all go hand in hand and provide a refresher of the skills taught. I feel like I can't say enough good about Reading Horizons. I'm impressed how they provide so many professional development trainings to help teachers be successful in teaching the program and understanding phonics. Jenna is the best and is always willing to answer my questions no matter how weird they may be. My first year teaching Reading Horizons, I had a little boy who only spoke Russian and was just learning English. So when I started using RH with him, I was able to see him pick up things so quickly and point out the blends, and digraphs out in stories or whenever he saw them. By the end of the school year he was reading almost on grade level, was writing words phonetically, and excited about the daily RH lessons. I know that I owe that success to using the Reading Horizons program and the tools that I was given to teach it. I look forward to seeing the impact that teaching the Reading Horizons has on my students this year who are part of the Covid19 soft closure this past spring. Melinda Littlewood 1st grade Teacher

Reading Horizons is by far the BEST program I have ever used to teach phonics! Using Reading Horizons makes reading make sense! My students every year make huge growth using this program and become excellent decoders. I myself even learned things about reading after using it. I honestly and truly feel like this program helps ensure students don’t have “holes” in their phonics learning and become strong readers. Before using this program, many of our school’s first grade students were not performing well on the DIBELS test. After implementing this program our scores have drastically changed and our students are much stronger readers. I am so grateful to use this wonderful program!

I have been a primary teacher for just under 10 years. I have experienced various phonics programs throughout this time. Nothing compares to Reading Horizons! Like the program states- its explicit, systematic, sequential, and multisensory! The content builds so well. As a teacher, I feel confident in my instruction, and my students are never cognitively overloaded with content. It's my favorite part of the day, as well as for my students!

I am the Supervisor of Reading in a large suburban school district. We are a high-performing district, but there is a wide array of needs across our 10,000 students. After tracking early literacy data and seeing 25% of our students lacking foundational skills, we began looking for an explicit, sequential program that would lead our students to develop a stronger foundation. We piloted RH and another well-known program and saw many advantages of RH. Teachers loved the simplicity of implementation, how manageable the resources are, and the PD provided by the consultants. We decided to plow ahead this year with full implementation K-2, and despite the many bumps in the road we are experiencing during the pandemic, we are making inroads already. Matt and Jen are great to work with and they really want our teachers and students to be successful with the skills. Our reading specialists are confident that this level of instruction will help to close gaps after many years of being persistent!

I have used Reading Horizons as a classroom teacher and reading specialist for six years now. RH has changed the way I teach phonics. I love that this program has taught me “the why” behind why we pronounce certain words or letter combinations. I wish I had this program during my early teaching career and even as a reader myself. The lessons are organized and laid out in a manner that is easy to follow. There is a clean purpose behind each lesson and each lesson has activities that are worthwhile and engaging. There are actions, games, chants, and visuals that help students remember what they are learning. The sequence of lessons flow smoothly and build on one another making it easier for the students to retain past skills. Students at any grade can learn the phonics and decoding rules to improve their reading. My students have learned how to attack unknown words by proving them and putting the phonics rules the have learned to practice. They are no longer afraid to try to figure out a word. I have also seen improvement with my students looking at the whole word before reading instead of just seeing the beginning of the word and then taking a guess. This change has improved reading accuracy as well, which in turn boosts comprehension.