Thiseasy-to-useappgiveschildrentheabilitytoreadbooksfromAmericanReadingatHome,theaward-winning,school-basedprogramthathasbeenteacher-vetted,parent-approved,andkid-testedinthousandsofschoolsandhomesacrossAmerica.
OurbooksarespeciallydesignedforchildrenlearningtoreadattheKindergartenandfirst-gradereadinglevels.Thebooksworkjustliketrainingwheelsonabicycle.Achildwillgainconfidencebyusingbooksatthe“justright”levelofchallenge;ashe/shedevelopsnewskills,the“trainingwheels”aregraduallyremoved.Becausesomuchofthereadingsupportisprovidedbytheactualbooks,childrencandomuchofthelearningontheirown.Thisprovidesthechildwithtremendousconfidenceandasenseofownershipoftheirownlearning.Italsomakeslearningtoreadfunandenjoyable!
TheAmericanReadingCompanyLevelingSystemisbuiltonthenationalCommonCoreStateStandards.Thecolor-codedsystemmakesiteasyforkidstofindbooksattheir“justright”levelofchallenge:
Booksintheappareorganizedbythefirstfourreadinglevels:
•1-3Yellowbooksusethesamesentenceoneachpageexceptonewordthatchangestoreflectthepicture.
•1Greenbooksusesimplesentences,clearpictures,andthefirst60sightwords.
•2Greenbooksusesimplesentences,clearpictures,andthefirst120sightwords.
•1Bluebooksuse150sightwordsandnewwordsthatcanbefiguredoutusingwordsthereaderalreadyknows,(e.g.,byknowing“all,”thereadercanfigureout“call”or“walls”).