Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.
Having three kids on three completely different levels of reading has it's challenges, so I have reluctantly been opening up to different online programs. Most recently we've been given the opportunity to try out a Reading Unlocked subscription from Reading Unlocked. I can say this is by far is one of the best structured online reading subscriptions I've come across.
The interface is so simple and clean that even young hands who are still learning to use a mouse or trackpad can do this program without any problems.
Reading Unlocked uses a variation of see it, hear it, say it, find it, write it, read it, all without being to redundant. This program is absolutely worderful for visual learners, I especially love how they color code long vowels with their silent partner and the vowel blends are paired as a unit. This all worked seemlessly for Krissy who is my 6 year old, however my older child who has auditory issues and while he is a visual learner the auditory aspect of this program would not have been clear enough for him. So if your child is deaf, hard of hearing or has problems with auditory processing I would make sure to stay near by so you can repeat the words for them.
Our favorite part of our day was reading the last passage together. It's a neat reading drill where the student reads the red words and the parent reads the black words. This drill is great for keep attention, practicing tracking, and helping create a rhythm for poems. The stories were usually funny, sometimes we got mixed up and read the wrong color which just made us laugh even more. It was always the most fun and most looked forward to! Here's a clip of us reading together:
Our favorite part of our day was reading the last passage together. It's a neat reading drill where the student reads the red words and the parent reads the black words. This drill is great for keep attention, practicing tracking, and helping create a rhythm for poems. The stories were usually funny, sometimes we got mixed up and read the wrong color which just made us laugh even more. It was always the most fun and most looked forward to! Here's a clip of us reading together:
After our together reading passage was the "ta da" your done page, and you can see your progress, once you hit finish it logs you out. The lessons take about 15 minutes each to complete. The student cannot skip things, it goes in a specific order and the "next" buttons do not pop up until the activity is done. For the section of writing I had Krissy use a dry erase board, he'd write the word and then erase for the next one.
Like I said in the beginning this program is very simple and clean, there are very little things to click on, even as a parent the photo below is the only tracking/progress you see. For some reason it didn't track everything very well though, I think by my calculations we had finished our 20th lesson in this screen shot but it says only 15 days. In the beginning we might have done a partial day here or there which might have thrown off the count.
Like I said in the beginning this program is very simple and clean, there are very little things to click on, even as a parent the photo below is the only tracking/progress you see. For some reason it didn't track everything very well though, I think by my calculations we had finished our 20th lesson in this screen shot but it says only 15 days. In the beginning we might have done a partial day here or there which might have thrown off the count.
We truly have enjoyed this Reading Unlocked Subscription, but don't just take our word for it other families from the Homeschool Review Crew reviewed it as well so be sure to check out their reviews by clicking on the banner.
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