Institute of Reading DevelopmentReviews of readingprograms.org

I'm use to paying substantial amounts for my son's private dyslexia, so $350 for six lessons didn't seem outrageous cost at all. And, his instructor was very good. When I registered, the representative suggested I stay in the sessions with my child, to learn tips on how to work with him at home. I also sit with him during the online sessions - I learned too! Doing those two things, plus reading the books too, helped my son get most out of the course. I also like that the online sessions are available for six months, so we can go back through and recap. Overall, quite happy with the program.

My child started in the third grade class. The teacher was professional and on top of everything. After the class, the teacher thought it would be better for our child to be placed in a fourth grade reading class. The fourth grade books are really great and my son enjoyed the books and the learning. We went over the online lessons with together. We found the explanations on how to decode longer words to be quite helpful, even for us adults.

It helped me a lot, I’ll do it again this year.

My daughter thoroughly enjoyed the reading program and the instructor was very engaging. Will definitely enroll her again next year.

This is our second summer in the program and during the school year we took the online class- it’s helpful in teaching me techniques to support my child’s interest in reading and she enjoys is. This summer we signed up to help counter the summer slump and Wordy was fun site word practice. Bookman an equally fun way to kill 15 minutes on a rainy afternoon!

This will be the second summer we are taking this class. He loved it last year and it really helped him to enjoy reading and gave him a good jump start to the new school year

I like this program because it gather all the things the student need in his next steps in a tight formula easy to understand. It affected positively my son comprehension and his writing too from the first time enroll. It is the best programs we ever tried until now. The only thing I wished to have a copy for the materials on line to keep it for student to review it later on whenever he want. It is valuable and great program.

This was the absolute best experience I have ever had with my son entering into first grade. When the flyer came home from his school I was skeptical, because it wasn't endorsed by school. As I continued to do research I made phone calls to the organization and everyone I spoke with was extremely helpful. I knew that my son was struggling with his reading after meeting with his kindergarten teachers and I knew I wanted to do more than put him in some fun classes for the summer. I took a leap of faith and would never turn down this experience ever again because he completely changed entering into his first grade class. After classes resumed in fall I met with his teacher and she told me that the progress he made over the summer was something they have not seen. His first grade teacher, the reading assistant that helped in kindergarten and his kindergarten teacher met together to make sure that he would be okay in first grade. They did an assessment and he blew them out of the water. His teacher stated to me that when he left kindergarten he was at the bottom of his class, and within the first 2 weeks of first grade they realized he was the top reader. Because of this amazing success we have decided to enroll him for this next summer entering into second grade. He requested that he attend with a classmate, so this year his friend will be joining us and their teacher is so excited to see how far these boys will come this year. I feel that every aspect of assistance I received regarding the program and how it is run was extremely helpful and the teachers they have for this must be extremely special because he was able to connect with not only the teacher but also with all of the books. The app was so easy to use even his grandmother was able to help! I recommend this for not only children that struggle with reading but also for any child that wants to learn to be confident in themself entering into the next grade because the skills he learned allowed him to be extremely successful this year! I'm so excited to see how next year unfolds. Thank you