It’s a great tool to complement the Davis reading strategies, including Davis Spell-Reading, Sweep-Sweep-Spell, and Davis Symbol Mastery.
Age: There are experience with children as young as 7 using the software. The starting age depends on the comfort level of both child and parent/teacher in working with computer software.
Benefits:
Increases willingness to read;
Improves reading ability;
Boost self-esteem;
Helps to build the whole word visual recognition skills;
Helps by the comprehension of words and text;
Helps to focus on the current word, phrase or paragraph, rather than being distracted by all the other text on the page;
Allows the student to experience reading with a minimal of supervision and support;
Helps teachers to strengthen the reading skills of all young learners (including dyslexic students) in a computer lab environment;
Useful to parents who want an interactive learning tool to improve and monitor their child’s reading skills;
Useful to follow-up individual progress;
Easy to customize each student’s needs.
Features:
Is configurable, and a multi-user software program;
Can be customized to suit any reading or interest level, by entering text that is appropriate for the individual user;
Can be customized, and those settings can be saved for later use;
Personalized settings and individual progress are recorded on an ongoing basis;
Word, phrase and paragraph are highlighted to remove any distraction from the surrounding text while reading;
Can be customized to read words, phrases or paragraphs out loud;
Each letter of a word is named and highlighted, before the whole word is read;
Voice pitch, speed and volume can all be adjusted.
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