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What Is Easyread?
Easyread is an online course for children
with reading and spelling difficulties. It has
been specifically developed for children
who:
 guess when reading
 can read a word fine on one page
but not the next
 have atrocious spelling
 have difficulty decoding
 struggle with blending
The Easyread System was established in the
early 2000s by David Morgan. One of
Morgan’s earliest memories was his mother
despairing that he would never learn to read
(he later went on to graduate with a Masters
in Engineering). But it wasn’t until two
decades later when his own two sons began
to fall behind in literacy that he turned his
creative efforts towards finding a solution.
Through years of research and empirical
testing in schools, the Easyread System was
born.
The online program uses innovative Guided
Phonetic Reading techniques to transform
struggling learners into confident readers.
 find it hard to remember the sounds
in a word
 can’t hear the inner sounds in a word
 become distressed, angry or resistant
when reading
 lack fluency in reading
 have dyslexia, auditory processing
disorder, or ADD
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How Does It Work?
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The core of Guided Phonetic Reading is Trainertext.
Trainertext is text presented with easily identifiable visual images above the
words. Each image represents one of the phonetic sounds that make up each
word.
Using the Trainertext as a tool, the reader can decode any word, however
irregular or unfamiliar it is. That means that the child can build up a
subconscious mapping of all the grapheme-phoneme relationships used in
English through exposure.
It is an implicit teaching strategy, rather than the explicit rules of conventional
phonics, which so often do not work and lead to confusion for the child.
Here is an example of some Trainertext from the Easyread System:
These three words should rhyme based on how they are spelled, but of course
they do not! Trainertext guides the child.
The images change above the ‘a’ and the ‘s’ from word to word. Instead of
the Ant in Pink Pants and the Snake with a Shake, you have the Octopus Who
Knocked a Puss and the Zuto from Pluto.
This simple little device is revolutionary for the struggling reader. It takes away
the constant fear of facing words that cannot be decoded.
Is It Research-Based?
The Open University ran an independent randomized control trial in 6 London
schools with 100 children roughly 2 years behind their peers. The Easyread System
group progressed in their reading age immediately, reaching the national
standard within 9 months.
The control group started off at a slightly higher level than the Easyread group
due to some children leaving the school. However, when the control group
began the Easyread intervention, they caught up in a mere 6 months.
In the trial every child made significant progress once Easyread and some
children gained over 3 years of reading age in less than a year.
The Easyread Lessons
Easyread exercises include
games like Monkey Jungle
Juggle, which work on
developing phonemic
awareness.
Each 15 minute daily lesson
includes story reading to build
up decoding skills, fluency, and
vocabulary. Lesson difficulty
increases over time until
children are reading chapter
books.
Games like Mushroom Picker
make it nearly impossible for
children to guess. Guessing
decreases over time. After
around 90 lessons children are
reading much more
confidently and ably.
Your Independent
Easyread Tutor
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Every independent Easyread tutor has been certified through a rigorous training
process. Easyread tutors can provide:
 Expert advice on why your child may be struggling
 Consultation throughout the course
 Flexible tutoring schedule – either in person or online depending on
distance
 Mix of tutoring + home-based use
 Extra resources and games for use outside of the course