This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Reading Eggs.
Early childhood education has always been very important to me. Though I’m not an educator by profession, I’ve always been interested in and passionate about the capacity of children to exceed our current educational expectations (i.e. our educational systems’ expectations).
While I don’t believe in drilling my kids for hours on end in a boring, creatively desolate environment oh, wait, I do send my kids to public school, I do provide ample opportunities for them to learn through play. Current technology has given parents a wealth of fun, creative and educational games and programs for our children’s enrichment.
Recently, I was introduced to an online computer learning system called “Reading Eggs”. Reading Eggs is a fun and engaging program designed for kids ages 3-7 who are learning to read. With over 120 lessons Reading Eggs provides fairly comprehensive reading introduction and instruction.
My middle son, “Little Brother”, is about to turn four and has been reading simple three to four letter words for a while now. He is so excited about learning to read and I am eager to harness that excitement and give him something that will teach and challenge him.
Sign up was really simple. You can actually receive a free 5 week trial to decide if you like it before you subscribe. That is really helpful. If your experience has been anything like ours, 5 weeks will give your child a healthy boost in their reading ability.
Once I got Little Brother all signed up I opted to have him take a skills test so the program could start him at his current level (as opposed to starting him at lesson one). After his assessment the program started him on lesson 20.
Here is a view of the home screen where they con see their progress, choose lessons, or play fun learning games.
I have to say that I am very impressed with the program’s teaching style. The concepts are introduced in a systematic way that very effective in teaching children of all learning speeds. Having previously been a therapist and tutor I can also say that the Reading Eggs Program would be great for children with learning delays and autism.
To give you a little bit better idea of the
Reading Eggs Read-to-Cure Challenge
Right now Reading Eggs is doing a really fun fundraiser for the National Children’s Cancer Society, and they’d love to have you and your child participate with them!
- If you don’t already have an account, sign up for a free 5 week trial of Reading Eggs to participate if you don’t already have an account.
- From February 3 to March 7 have your child complete as many books and Reading Eggs lessons as they can.
- Friends and family can sponsor their reading efforts, and all money raised goes to the NCCS.
There are (6) great prizes up for grabs: (3) for the most money raised in the Read to Cure and (3) for the most books and lessons completed in the Read to Cure!
If you don’t have young kids of your own and would like to make a donation you’re welcome to make a donation on Little Brother’s donation page.
To help kick off this great event, Reading Eggs is giving away an iPad Mini!
Here are the details:
- The giveaway will be open on Monday, January 20 and end Friday March 7, 2014.
- One winner will be selected to receive one (1) iPad Mini valued at $299.99,
- To enter the giveaway, entrants must register and activate the 5-week free trial on the Reading Eggs website between 1/20/2014 to 3/7/2014 with their name, child’s name and postal address.
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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Reading Eggs.
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