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Teaching a child how to read can sometimes be a struggle, especially for Homeschooling families. Reading is the most important part of a child’s education because it is the basis of all learning. Learning Dynamics and the Learning Dynamics Reading Program is here to help!

For this review, we were gifted the Learning Dynamics Reading Program which comes as a boxed set. It’s not a super huge box but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in product. This box is packed full of everything you need to teach your child to read. It is for ages 4-7. Your child can be reading in 4 weeks with this program.

Inside the box you will find over 50 full colored books that your student will work through as they learn to read. These are thin and small books that won’t stress your child out as they learn to read with them. They fit well in a child’s hand and are not heavy. They are well-written in simple language your child can easily understand and work with as they use the program.

There is also a Lesson Manual packed in the box. It is actually two lesson manuals in one so you will find info for both in this one booklet. The entire manual is 144 pages long. Manual one stops at page 110 and Manual two finishes the booklet. There are 41 lessons in the Manual One section and 14 in the Manual Two section.

Why are there two sections to the Lesson Manual you ask? Section one covers the Lesson Letters. It teaches every letter needed to read and teaches important reading skills while section two covers the blends which are also important for reading. The blends are covered after the letters are learned so it lessens confusion for the child learning to read.

Lessons themselves take around 15 minutes and are paced out to 3 days a week so your child is not overwhelmed and neither are you. The lessons should not be stressful and should be easily completed to encourage the child and make reading fun. There are additional tools to help you with lessons which I will discuss next.

In the box, is a kit filled with additional tools to use for the lessons. Here you will find several sets of flashcards. There is a blend card set, a plain letter set that just features the letters, a larger set of cards that feature images related to the letter and sounds, and a set of character cards that are to be punched out to use for different activities with the program.

You will also find a CD of music that will help you encourage your child to develop a passion for reading. The music CD features the Alphabet Song, a letter song for all the alphabet, the vowel song, extra songs to teach vowel sounds and a song for the two vowel rule. These are fun and help your child memorize the letter sounds they are learning.

The box also includes a student workbook. It is easily held in your students hands and contains around 53 pages to use with lessons. This workbook is consumable and expected for use with one child. You can purchase extra workbooks through the company. The activities are simple and easy to complete as well.

The entire kit works together to really help your child learn to read without a great deal of stress for either you or the child. It’s easy to follow along with and complete the tasks each week. And with a 3 day a week lesson plan, it’s not too much to follow along with in order to complete.

There are over 50 readers in 4 sets of books. The Blue Set is the first set that your child will learn to read with. It’s very easy to follow. Set 2 is Red and a bit harder, beginning blends for reading. The Third Set is Yellow and further builds on learning blends. The Fourth Set is Green and the most difficult of the readers.

This program was perfect for Jackson who is just learning to read. He is full of energy all the time with his ADHD so it’s difficult to get him to sit still for lessons of any kind if they don’t truly interest him. This program’s length allows us to work on reading without taking forever which often stresses him out. He loved the fun songs and completing the short activities was not difficult for him. We will keep working on it to help him continue learning to read.

You can purchase Learning Dynamics Reading Program online for $149. I noticed they also have a payment plan for purchase as well.

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Dyslexia Gold Full Bundle from Dyslexia Gold is an innovative program developed to help your child learn to read and focus better. Many children have challenges with reading and focus in today’s world. This program is designed to help.

Don’t let the title fool you. Dyslexia Gold can be used with most children who struggle to read and learn. In our family, we have two of those. Through this program, you will boost your child’s confidence, help them develop techniques and skills that really work for them, and achieve fluency and other reading skills they may struggle to develop.

Eye Control, Phonological Awareness, Phonics and Vocabulary are all skills needed for reading. Vision training helps your student learn to decipher what they are reading and seeing on a page. By building fluency, your student develops the ability to spell and understand word meaning better.

When you first log-in to your student’s account, you will immediately find a test that will check their skills to see just how fast they read and how well. It’s a simple and easy to complete series of images the student clicks on. It is the first task of the program, and once complete, your student can then access the rest of the program to begin training their eyes and brains.

The program requires 3D glasses for your student to complete some lessons. These glasses help with training the eyes to “see” the letters and words they are learning. This helps build fluency as well as vision training.

I want to note that 3D is great for my son who loves video games and fun things like that but not so great for my children with Epilepsy as 3D can be a seizure trigger. I personally did not notice this detail when I signed up for this review – my own fault for not reading the description thoroughly. Because of this, the program was not a good fit for us, but would be a great fit for other families who don’t have our health issues. I can really see this program helping students who have reading struggles develop and become better readers. That said, let’s continue.

There are four game sections on the student’s page: Engaging Eyes, Fluency Builder, Spelling Tutor, and Times Table Tutor. Engaging Eyes and Fluency Builder both use the 3D technology for vision training. The suggested amount of time for the program is 15 minutes per day of practice to help students build their skills.

Engaging Eyes begins with some 1 Minute Reading Speed tests just to see how well your student can comprehend and read. There are 16 levels for your student to work through to help them train. It’s very easy to do. There is also a fun Whack An Alien game that your student is rewarded with, plus it helps with vision training too.

In Fluency Builder, you can set a student’s reading level: Easy, Medium, Hard. You can change this per lesson and you can give the program an English or American accent. Lessons depend on the level you choose to start the student on and are self-paced to follow along as they develop skills. Very easy to follow and learn through.

In Spelling Tutor, you can set the session length to either 10, 15 or 20 minutes increments. You can choose from 4 accents: English, American, Australian or Scottish and you can set your time zone. You begin by typing the word you hear and follow along as directed in the program itself. It’s great for dictation and fluency.

In Times Table Tutor, you begin with a quick test to see what tables you already know. This helps the program know where to start the student. Once this is done, your student begins activities to help them learn more about the tables and grow in their understanding. This also links math to reading and helps the student see that reading skills are important across the board. This game does take you to a different site so please be aware if you try to log-out and back in, you are no longer on the Dyslexia Gold page though this a part of the program.

All of these programs work together to help your students build important skills that they need to be able to read proficiently and fluently. It’s very easy to follow, fun to complete, and doesn’t require a great deal of work on your part to have your student work through and complete. There are reports to help you see how well your student is doing. The program can be used for homeschooling or public or private schools alike. We received a family license for our review. It can be used for multiple students as well.

There is a screening tool available as well for a small fee.

The Dyslexia Gold Full Bundle with family license costs $55 a month. Paypal is accepted for payment.

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For this review, we were given a digital copy of Jump In, 2nd Edition from Writing with Sharon Watson. I thought this would be a great course for Emmalee to take a look at as she has taken a recent interest in writing. She really has my passion for words and stories, but the average curricula tend to bore her.

I wasn’t sure about Jump In, 2nd Edition at first. The available sample download only gives a glimpse at the actual curriculum but it does offer some insight. However, with Emma’s tastes, I wasn’t sure if this would fit well for her but I thought we’d give it a try anyways.

I was not disappointed. Jump In is a wonderful, well-written curriculum for middle school students and those in high school who may need a review for Composition. In many states, composition is required for middle school ages and this course is simply perfect for that in my opinion.

It’s completely student guided. There is a teacher’s guide but it’s really just to help you, the parent, to answer any questions your student may have as they work through the course on their own. It’s the perfect course for your student to gain some independence in their education. It would be great for a student who is learning on their own for the first time as the workbook is completely self-directed and easy to follow along with.

Jump In, 2nd Edition Teacher’s Guide

This is a guide for Middle School Composition. I received a digital copy. It is 123 pages in length and prints on regular copy paper to 8.5×11 size. There is a Table of Contents to help you easily find your way around the guide.

The guide begins with helping you in setting up a one, two or three year schedule for your student to use. Find the fit that works best for your student. If they need more time and are just learning composition skills, then 3 years may fit best but if they’re determined writers then a one year plan may be more to their tastes. I let Emma work at her own pace.

Through the rest of this guide, you will find helpful tips to guide you in the process of guiding your student. An explanation of the Steps of Writing, a checklist of completion to help your student write better, and information galore about the writing process. You will also find grading guides to help you grade your students work as they learn.

Jump In, 2nd Edition Middle School Composition Workbook
Digital Format

The student workbook is 292 pages in length. It can be easily printed. I used front and back formatted printing for Emma’s copy.

There is a Table of Contents at the front of the guide to allow your student to easily find things within the guide. The lessons are very easy to understand and follow along as your student works. We chose to allow Emma to work self paced on her course.

You waste no time jumping right into the coursework. It isn’t a heavily structured format and lessons flow like reading a fun activity book. There are fill in questions that your student answers, checklists of questions to check off, and loads of other fun activities that get your student creating content right away. And it really is fun, not mundane tasks being completed but challenging, though-provoking learning that gets your child writing.

There are 98 Skills lessons, and an additional 19 Skills that are checklists and written assignments to be completed. Lessons vary in length from 5 to 20 minutes to completion, depending on how your child does. The course teaches writing sentences and advances to teaching how to write 9 different types of essays, and a research report complete with citation work. Proofreading is part of the learning experience as well. Your student will need a separate Grammar program to use along with Jump In. Writing assignments vary in word length by assignment.

We have really loved and will continue to use Jump In, 2nd Edition for Emmalee and for other students in the future. It’s a wonderful course that really keeps Emma motivated to write and learn more. She truly loves it.

You can purchase Jump In, 2nd Edition as a digital download for $40.
You can purchase Jump In, 2nd Edition Teacher’s Guide as a digital download for $10.
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