Watching my oldest daughter learn to read has been a real pleasure! She went into Kindergarten reading “cat” and came out reading at a 2nd grade level. And as I have watched her read book after book this summer, I have been proud of her progress!
But this summer, I also wanted to work with my preschoolers on reading. And help Katie continue to discover the amazing written word. But I am not a teacher nor could my personality ever allow me to be. So when the good people at ReadingHorizons.com approached me to review the Interactive Phonics Program for Children 4 -9, I jumped on it.
Not having any teaching experience or skills at all, I was a little apprehensive, I will admit.
But when I received the kit, my fears were eased as this complete and detained kit had everything I would need to help teach my children and everything my children needed to learn!
The Teacher’s Manuals – there are two – are amazing! With everything from tips on how to prepare your home or room for teaching to suggested time lines to how to have the right attitude to teach, my inexperience was eased. There are even step by step instructions on how to teach phonics, how to add humor to the lesson and even details ideas on how to draw something to help the kids learn.
I may still need help as I go and am so excited that I can attend a FREE Parent Phonics Training Webinar to help me even more!
During my time using the manual, I really started to get into teaching my kids and felt like I really did have the confidence and skills to do it well! Any time I was lost I consulted the manual and found a tip, trick or answer I needed to help my kids!
Inside the kit is also the Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself Interactive book for the kids! I was hesitant to let my kids draw all over ours as I see us using this kit for a long time to come so I flipped the book open to pages I wanted the kids to work on and made copies.
With more complex worksheets like Diagram Practice and fun stuff like Activities and games, Sarah (4) and Katie (5) never lost interest in the work sheets! And that was great for me because I really wanted to help them build skills and learn!
Also included in this amazing kit are four books for the kids to read with 32 stories, phonics cards to help drive home the lesson and posters with even more explanation of phonics, a great T-Shirt and even more! It really is a comprehensive kit that any parent can use to teach their kids to understand phonics and decoding skills!
As I used this product over the last few weeks with the kids I kept thinking of what a perfect asset this would be for homeschooling parents and teachers in school alike! And it is a great way to help kids remember what they learned during the school year during a long and hot summer!
With programs like mine for ages 4 – 9, ages 10 through adult (get your FREE Trial of this program), ESL Learners and Homeschooling packages, ReadingHorizons.com has something for everyone who wants to help their kids and themselves learn and understand reading better.
I really like this program a lot and am not only impressed with how comprehensive it is but how much fun it is to sit down and teach my kids for years to come. I am learning valuable skills that will come in handy during homework time and they are learning that Mommy can teach them too. It really is a win win for all parties involved!
Check out ReadingHorizons.com and see how they can help you both with manuals and software for your reading needs!
And since everyone should have amazing reading skills, ReadingHorizons.com is awarding (1) of my readers the same 4 -9 Interactive Reading Kit that I received!! A $199 value, this will be a program that you will use for years to come! Just enter using the Rafflecopter form below:
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I would love to try this out. My daughter is getting ready to start K and is ready to start learning to read!
This would help me a Great deal with my 7 year old. We are having a hard time with reading.
My daughter is just getting ready to start 5 K and is loving the learning involved with making words!! :) and I am definately not the teaching personality, I get too upset too easily.
My son has a speech delay and so even at 3 we are already working on letters to help him understand the sounds that they make. I think that a phonics program will help him use those letters and sounds that he is learning to form words quickly and easily.
My son just turned 4 years old and this would be perfect to start him on before he learns any bad habits. It is very similar to how he was taught in speech therapy and would just expand on the knowledge he already has.
This sounds great! I have a 4 year old that’s ready to learn, a 7 year old reader, and a 9 year old with
dyslexia. This program sounds like it would be a big help.
My daughter loves to learn and is still pre-K, but I would love to start working with her to engage her in reading even sooner!
I have been working with my 6yr old since he was 4 on reading. He does a really good job. But we can always use more tools.
I am so excited to see this giveaway – we are starting our first year of homeschool in a few weeks. My daughter will be in Kindergarten and our main focus is phonics. There is no doubt that this would be a great asset to our classroom!
This is a great tool I could use with my girls who are 3, 5, & 7.
This looks awesome. Very excited to start using these tools.
This looks wonderful; we’d love it!
This would be so great for my boys!
I like that it looks easy & fun to use. I also like that it will help with spelling and handwriting.
It looks fun, and so simple… My son is now 3 and i’m trying to find some school work to get him started on and this program looks great!
Thanks! Teaching reading has alwsys intimidated me.
I think by making reading fun my 8 yr old might enjoy it more.
This would help my son want to read more, it will make it fun
I think this would help so much with my grandchild getting a quality education – thank YOU :)
It uses the Orton-Gillingham approach, plus there is a forum for parents with any questions to help better improve their child’s reading proficiency.
This will help me start teaching dd to read! She will be starting pre-k and I’d love to have her reading before she starts kinder but I have no idea where to start!
I think having steps ans a plan will help me assist my daughter with reading without frustration.
I think this would help because you actually have a guide to follow, plus an emphasis on phonics will also help my son with his speech.
I learned how to read with phonics, my daughter was taught by memorizing words. So I would love to teach my youngest the way I learned.
I would really love to win this!! We homeschool so this would be a huge help.
I like the Orton-Gillingham approach. This would help my grandsons with phonics and reading proficiently. I like the spelling and handwriting worksheets. Seems like a fun way to support our educators, and spend quality time with children.
I’ve learned to have fun while teaching your child to learn.
I think this would be a great help to my son, who is just entering Kindergarten and would give him the solid foundation he needs in phonics.
This would be so helpful in the coming-up home school year at our house. Reading Horizons seems to do a really great job of helping parents teach their children Phonics.
It will give him a head start on reading since he expresses interest but I’m not the best educator.
These materials will be helpful for me to teach my son. The activities look fun at the same time!
My daughter starts kindergarten this year, and this would totally get her on track!
I would love this to give my granddaughter a head start!!
give my daughter a head start would be nice:)
To help my kids get better reading skills.
To help my boys in getting the extra learning in so they can progress well in school
To give them a head start! It looks and sounds awesome!
I think the program has great scaffolding and would help him learn in good progression.
I recently started reading to my 4 year old son every night. This saounds like it would be a great resource.
My daughter starts kindergarten on Monday. This would be a great resource for her.
I home school my 4 kids and I know this would help y youngest 2.My 9 yr old struggles with reading and is dyslexic while my 5 yr old is just starting out.
Yes, I think this would be great for my 6 year old
I think this would help my daughter (5) read. She can learn how to better sound words/letters out.
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I teach second grade and this will really help pull up those kids who are a little behind!
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My son has a hard time reading and understanding. He is also dyslexic.
my daughter has autism and this would help because her at home therapists could use this in her sessions
Yes, as Rachel is learning phonics right now, so this would be very helpful.
It will help my children do better in school and help me to be able to help them when I don’t know how.
It looks like it could help my kids.
I think this would help my niece to better sound out words.
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