First you find out where they are — not by what you notice, but by what gets measured. Then you work on whatever is weak. Then you measure again.
A phase or a delay?
There is a measure for that: reading age. It is the age the child’s reading corresponds to, compared with the one expected for the age they are. The assessment measures pre-reading skills, reading skills and that age — at three moments across the year.
See what the assessment measuresDoes it work?
Two studies are published on this site, with a control group and two assessment moments: one in pre-school and one in year 1. The charts, the minimum critical values and what could not be measured are all there.
Year 1 study — reading words and pseudowords
| Group | Words | Pseudowords |
|---|---|---|
| Control group | 34.1% | 33.7% |
| Intervention group | 58.5% | 61.7% |
What they do
Playing. Six short games, each working one skill: fishing for the fish whose names start with the same sound, finding the odd one out, making bingo with written words. To them it is a game; every answer feeds the report.
See the six gamesMy part in it
No. The report says what is weak and what the next activity is. Choosing what comes next is the methodology’s job, not yours.
See the methodologyStarting today
The six games are on the App Store and Google Play and can be tried right now. The account platform, where the reports live, is being built.
See where to download the games