Reading Readiness Q & A
What is Reading Readiness software?
Reading Readiness software is a reading intervention solution that increases processing efficiency and builds critical reading skills so districts get the most from their existing instructional approach.
Who should use Reading Readiness software?
Reading Readiness software is for K-12 education institutions and clinical specialists worldwide whose students are reading below grade level.
What are the Reading Readiness exercises like?
- Coaster: A haunted coaster ride, this exercise helps students develop letter-sound association skills and builds an initial understanding of the alphabetic principle.
- Houndini: Works his magic cards to show students how to associate letters with sounds to develop phonological awareness skills, including phoneme analysis and phonological working memory.
- Hungry Tummy: Engages students to feed the hungry bear and follow verbal instructions. It improves verbal decoding and working memory skills.
What kind of results can students achieve with Reading Readiness software?
Learners can realize achievement gains of 1-2 years in as little as 8-12 weeks and maintain an accelerated rate of learning even after the programs end. Longitudinal research shows that the increase in the rate of learning is permanent over time, closing the achievement gap.
In addition, students often exhibit enhanced self-confidence, better communication, greater interest in learning, and improved mental agility and alertness, after working on Master Readers products.
How do I know Reading Readiness software is working?
Master Readers receives real-time monitoring of your child’s performances on the Reading Readiness exercises.
Parents receive weekly progress reports via email.
Why does Reading Readiness software work?
Just as physical exercise increases muscle strength and efficiency, Reading Readiness software exercises the brain, increasing its ability to learn better and faster. Each of the brain fitness exercises targets and develops the processing efficiency needed for successful reading and learning.
How does Reading Readiness software work?
Reading Readiness software uses proven brain science principles to develop essential learning skills in the four key areas of memory, attention, processing rate, and sequencing. These are the underlying skills required for reading and learning.
The learning principles behind the exercises—frequency and intensity, adaptivity, simultaneous development, and timely motivation—are maximized by state of the art technology that is based on more than 30 years of research on how the brain learns.
- Frequency and Intensity—Research demonstrates that completing a set of learning tasks in a frequent, intensive timeframe accelerates learning.
- Adaptivity—Exercises adapt with each key stroke to individual skill levels and responses, keeping students continuously challenged but not frustrated.
- Simultaneous Development—Exercises develop major cognitive and reading skills simultaneously to produce lasting improvements in learning.
- Timely Motivation—Tiered rewards are designed to maximize motivation from start to finish.
