Free reading checks

Three minutes with your child. See what to work on first.

Pick the line that sounds most like your child. Each check is free, takes about three minutes, and ends with what to do tonight. Not sure which one fits? Start with the 2-minute finder.

Free · 3 minutesHearing the sounds in words“Cannot tell me the first sound of a word, or cannot rhyme”Leads to Ears First, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check
Free · 3 minutesThe letter sounds“Does not know the letter sounds, or learns them and forgets them”Leads to Eight Sounds That Stay, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check
Free · 3 minutesPutting sounds together“Knows the sounds, but cannot put them together into a word”Leads to From Sounds to Words, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check
Free · 3 minutesGuessing at words“Guesses words from the first letter or the picture, or “reads” books from memory”Leads to Look at Every Letter, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check
🔁Free · 3 minutesMixing up b and d“Mixes up b and d”Leads to Tell b from d, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check
💛Free · 3 minutesCommon words that will not stay“Cannot remember common words like the, said and was”Leads to Words That Stick, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check
🐢Free · 3 minutesSlow, word-by-word reading“Reads slowly, one word at a time, or sounds out every word”Leads to Smooth Reading, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check
💭Free · 3 minutesReading without taking it in“Reads the words but cannot tell me what it said”Leads to Read It, See It, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check
Free · 3 minutesSpelling“Can read simple words but cannot spell them”Leads to Hear It, Write It, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check
🖐️Free · 3 minutesHandwriting“Letters are messy, start in the wrong place or face the wrong way”Leads to Start at the Top, the 10-day plan: $19, one payment, 30-day money back.Take the free check

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Is reading hard for your child, and you are not sure why?

“Behind in reading” can mean ten different things, and each one needs different help. Check off what is true for your child. You will see the one thing to work on first, and what can wait.

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