Institute of Reading DevelopmentReviews of readingprograms.org

I have 12 year old triplets and after several months of online learning they seemed to have lost their love or learning... I signed them up for the study prep to help them get ready for Middle school this past summer and it has made a world of difference! If I could do anything over in my own education it would have been to learn how to study at a younger age! This course gave my kids a foundation that will last a lifetime! Beyond that in this pandemic education world, IRD revitalized their love of reading as well as learning. I will be forever greatful and you have made a customer for life!!!

Small classroom format was helpful for class participation. My son really enjoyed the books and discussing the questions (i.e. learning critical thinking skills). This is our second lesson and are looking forward to more.

My daughter loves reading class! She has taken several of the classes and the Improvement is remarkable. She started off as a non-reader and now can recognize sight words with more confidence. We absolutely love this program!

Very disappointed ... especially when you try hard to help your child and customer service is not sympathetic with how you feel . I will never again have my kid in this program. First time was fine but God have mercy if you have a complain... They don't care. Yes they call you to let you know that you received an email letting you know that they will be off and the class is cancelled. OK no problem. When that class which did't take place will take place? Oh, yeah I was reminded that last week children had to read 2 books... and they talked about it. Pretty much they covered they bases. Shame on you! You were quick to take the money but not the responsibilities.

My son reads well but distance learning due to COVID-19 damaged his motivation. Reading a book for pleasure was suddenly boring. Although it will take time to undo the damage of months of screens, this program has provided my son high interest books and fun, upbeat, supportive teachers who are inspiring him to keep reading.

The virtual classes kept my child excited about learning and the book selection was great too. My daughter truly increased her reading level and comprehension for the new school year.

I was very excited to attend this program with my son and daughter as they entered first grade.This program is not what I expected it’s really just showing parents how to teach their own kids. The class is a hour and thirty min long once a week and the rest of the week the parent has to work with the child which is not a problem unless you have kids like mine. They didn’t want to read the book because they said it was to long they gave us a website to go on for more learning but it’s not helpful because instead of reading words it’s more reading pictures. My son who got to attend the program twice still has low reading and was held back a grade, as a parent it’s my fault as well but I am not the one to force a kid to read it should be a fun happy experience. I spent 600$ for both my kids and all it showed was for me to teach them not The reading program.

For my kid was so exciting to have this program because in my house everybody speak spanish so he really needs this skills to have a strong comprehension of the English leaguage. thank you so much for this kind of program.