Reading Eggs

I've been looking around for a phonics/reading program for my 5 year old son. After many years teaching Kindergarten and using ABeka, I wanted to try something different - more for my sake than for his.

I have been given the opportunity to review Reading Eggs and felt that it might help my son who loves anything video related. He is in kindergarten. I also registered our daughter (6th grade) for the Reading Eggspress.

I found it easy to create accounts (one for me and one for each of the children). My account helps me to track and monitor their progress. As my son finished a level, an email was sent to me stating what letters he has learned and how he is doing. The parental pages also offer age and grade level suggestions.

On the first entry, an assessment is given. For our son, he began at the very beginning level one. L on the other hand answered many questions and was able to begin at her reading level.
M, our son, found the program fun, entertaining, and workable. He really enjoyed the graphics and completing the paths. Here's one page of his complete path. what I liked most about his level was the variety of learning opportunities. Each lesson has ten different activities and reading words starts early (without knowing all 26 letters). I did find at times that he was just "playing the game" - clicking on anything to get the answer - instead of really trying to do the work. That mostly happened when I left him alone on the computer.

For L, she had four different areas to work in: the Comprehension Gym, the Mall, the Library, and the Stadium. In the comprehension gym, the obvious work was comprehension. The mall was used to purchase items earned; the library offered books to read and the Stadium area offered games like spelling sprint and grammar skating.

It was a great opportunity for my children to do something different that our usual work and a great reinforcement for reading. Although I wouldn't use it as my only source of teaching phonics and/or reading, it is a great supplement and encouragement for my children.

I tried to post pictures with Print Screen; however, Blogger was having trouble saving them and kept freezing up on me.

I received a free trial subscription through The Homeschool Lounge Review Team in exchange for my review.