I was glad to see an article today about an organization called Kids Count which is encouraging parents to dedicate time to helping their children with reading this summer. Lately there have been numerous articles about how critical it is for students to read at grade level at the end of 3rd grade and going into 4th grade.
Today Education News had an article which claimed that 85% of 4th graders in low-income areas are not obtaining proficient levels in reading. The article went on to say: “The evidence is clear that those students who do not read well have a very tough time succeeding in school and graduating from high schools and going on to successful careers and lives,” Ralph R. Smith, vice president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Proficient reading skills are essential and summer presents students that are behind an opportunity to catch up to their peers. It also is important for all students to maintain their reading skills over the summer. Typically student's reading skills regress 2-3 months over the summer. This slows learning when school resumes in the fall and puts students who are behind, further behind.
Reading Horizons offers Reading Horizons At Home for students that need to spend additional time working on reading. It relies on the same method and covers the same materials as the version used in schools. It’s an effective resource for who are struggling with reading or that have a learning disability which makes reading difficult to improve reading over the summer.
Reading Horizons At Home is an effective summer reading program for struggling readers. The reading program typically provides users 2-5 reading level improvements in 3-6 months. This program would allow many students to go back to school reading at grade level and greatly decrease the potential of them falling even further behind. This would be a good resource to refer to parents that have students that are struggling with reading.
Today I found a blog post from a former teacher that taught with Reading Horizons and reviewed Reading Horizons At Home for students. To read the blog post visit: http://www.womenshomeactivities.com/preschool-software-using-reading-horizons-at-home-intensive-phonics/
For more information on Reading Horizons At Home visit: www.ReadingHorizonsAtHome.com