So what is Reading Eggs? It is an online self-paced reading program for children ages 2 - 13 that helps to teach a child to read and reading comprehension skills through a series of learning games and rewards. Depending on your child's skill level there are three levels for reading --
Reading Eggs Junior - created for the youngest readers, your preschoolers aged 2 - 4. It has a variety of alphabet games to help your child recognize letters and the sounds they make. They also have a variety of read aloud books.
Reading Eggs - the focus here is for ages 3 -7 and struggling readers. Your child takes a placement test to start and then continues at their own pace earning golden eggs as rewards as they complete games and activities. The golden eggs can be used to purchase items for your avatar and to play other games.
Reading Eggspress - This part of the program is for your older students ages 7-13 (1st - 6th grades) that helps build their reading comprehension skills and vocabulary as they continue to hone their love of reading. It includes a huge library of online books that also have games and activities to build your child's confidence of reading. You will also take a placement test to see the right place for your child to begin.
MathSeeds - is a math program created for ages 3-9 to help them with their math skills. There is a placement test for this as well and will place your child in their proper spot to practice and hone their math skills. Both my children using the Reading Eggs program love spending time in the MathSeeds area.
The Reading Eggs program uses a combination of phonics and sight words to help build strong readers. There are also spelling, vocabulary, and reading comprehension built into the main program. As they complete games they earn golden eggs to use in games. They can also create an avatar once they begin the program. And as they learn words they will get access to online books they will be able to read on their own with the skills they have been learning.
There are also activity sheets for Reading Eggs, Reading Eggspress, and MathSeeds that are matched to each lesson. Coloring sheets are available also but only for Reading Eggs and MathSeeds. For Reading Eggspress there are comprehension worksheets. Just recently Reading Eggs has created brand new, colorful, printable guides for Kindergarten through 2nd grade. These guides are for a 36 week year for Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies and includes online lessons, books, and assessments to help you fully plan your learning. There are also lists to coordinate with Reading Eggspress reference books in their library.
Our Experience:
When you first start you will take a placement test (unless your child is just starting out - then you could just start at the beginning.) Since my son has been reading for a bit I wanted to see exactly the right place to start him so I had him do the placement test first, but I was nearby so I could make sure he wasn't deducing to answer questions ... he has a tendency to do this and it skews these types of placement tests. Once he finished he was told he would be starting on Map 7 (lessons 61 - 70).
He has asked every day to work on his Reading Eggs and has almost completed the map. Today he will finish that AND then there's a quiz to pass before heading to the next map. There are 12 maps in Reading Eggs and then he will be able to pass to Reading Eggspress. I have recognized that his reading fluency is getting stronger and he has less lag time when reading more complicated chapter books.
Each lesson has between 8 and 13 steps that the child goes through one at a time as they perfect new skills learning words. Once they get to the last step they get an egg and it opens to reveal a new creature and they collect the golden eggs along the way. These eggs can the be used to buy items for their avatar and their house as well as for games. In Reading Eggspress they can use them to collect trophies and digital trading cards.
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| Placement test in Reading Eggspress |
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| Eggspress book |
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| Quiz of the chapter |
There are also some appisodes under the Bonus Material tab when you click Reading Eggsperts! These little appisodes are about 7 minutes long and use phonemic awareness, rhyming, and word play to inspire your child. And don't forget there is a Parent Guide to assist you in getting ALL you can with your subscription to the Reading Eggs program. Reading Eggs can be used online on your computer or on most iPads or Android devices. Just check your compatibility to see if your device will support the program.
Our Thoughts:
These new additions are fantastic and I am so happy about them all. I certainly will be continuing my recommendations of this program to anyone with the need of a complete reading program or as a supplement to help provide extra learning.
Many others of our Crew have also been reviewing the Reading Eggs program so be sure to click the link below to read more about each specific area of the program. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and connect with them at Instagram. And don't forget about the FREE 4 week trial that I mentioned earlier ... you will want to check out ALL this program has to offer, but do that before November 30,2017 when it will expire!
1 comment:
Nice review. This was my first review since I've been back! I loved this program. I was reading your review while I had Forbrain on. lol
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