Institute of Reading DevelopmentReviews of readingprograms.org

I liked this program. This is really good for kids to improve their reading and comprehension. They can really do good in school after taking courses here. It's online and class room program.

The classes were resceduled form Thursday to Satuday 9:00 without our agreement. Because of my work scheduled, my child was able to attend classes only two times. However, the teacher was wanderful and very knowledgeable.

My 5 year old took the first grade reading class. By the end of the class she was reading more confidently. My only criticisms is I wish the class lasted longer than 4 weeks. Hopefully in the future they can develop a math version to accompany this course as well. My family had a superb experience.

I enrolled my 4 yr old in this program without expectations because I’m thinking he is young anyway and if he learns he learns but if not then I should be okay with it. My friends/coworker is telling me that kids learn to read anyway so why even bother enrolling my kid in this program. One thing that I should say is how surprised I am that he actually learned how to read simple sentences. Learning the sight words was helpful and the program gave parents tips on how to support the kids so they can bolster the reading. My child loved the online assignment and a bonus to doing this program too is my child is learning how to focus, dexterity and eye-hand coordination since he needs to work on a laptop, and following instructions on how to do the assignments independently. I showed a video of My child to my coworker and she was very impressed and told me that he is advanced compared to even some kindergarteners she knows

Great program for maintaining or improving grade level reading skills over the summer. The teacher was great and made the learning fun. My child was an average or slightly below average reader going into the program. I think if someone was really struggling they might require more attention then they could get in a classroom setting like this. However for a slightly below average grade level reader (or advanced reader) looking to maintain and slightly improve reading skills, this program is perfect!

This was a great program. I registered my son because at the end of K he announced that "since school is over I don't have to read anymore". Well, that was all I needed to hear! The 5 Sunday's was just the right amount for him to enjoy and the online sessions were entertaining for him to truly enjoy and ask to work on them each week. I would highly recommend this to any parent.

This program worked well for my child. It provided good motivation for us as a family to make sure we were reading each week. My son enjoyed completing the online portion. The books were somewhat more difficult than expected in terms of the length and the number of words on a page - my son found the books a little overwhelming at first but was able to succeed with some co-reading and extra encouragement. He really enjoyed the in-class portion (more than I expected) and seemed to look forward to going to the class each week. The size of class was perfect and he benefited from seeing other students at a similar reading level. I hope that this confidence will carry over to the school year.

Program was awesome !!