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Please Note: The Center does not endorse any specific program, speaker, product, or instructional material. (See bottom for full disclaimer.)

 

The following software programs have been critiqued by the Center for Dyslexia staff and can be used as a supplement to reading instruction, not as a replacement.

Blue's ABC Time Activities - (ages 3-6)

Humongous Entertainment www.humongous.com
Purchase at: Walmart / Target, computer store, etc.
Cost: ~ $20
Computer requirements: Windows 95/98; Macintosh (16MB RAM)

upper and lowercase letters;
alphabet recognition and sequencing;
rhyming; simple words


Dr. Seuss ABC ('Living Books') - (ages 3-7)

The Learning Company www.learningco.com
One Athenaeum Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
Purchase at: Walmart/Target; computer store; etc.
Cost: ~ $10
Computer requirements: Windows 3.1/95/98; Macintosh

sound/symbol/word connections;
learn ABCs and words for each letter;
good to use with the Dr. Seuss ABC book (increases generalization)


Learning Center 'Phonics' - (ages 4-7)

(previously published as Kid Phonics 1)
Davidson & Associates, Inc www.davd.com
100 West 190th Street, Torrance, CA 90504
Purchase at: Walmart/Target; computer store; etc.
Cost: ~ $10
Computer requirements: Windows 3.1/95; Macintosh (8MB RAM)

listen to sounds;
differentiate letter sounds;
rhymes; word-building


Learning Center 'Reading' - (ages 4-7)

(previously published as Reading Blaster Jr.)
Davidson & Associates, Inc. www.davd.com
4100 West 190th Street, Torrance, CA 90504
Purchase at: Walmart/Target; computer store; etc.
Cost: ~ $10
Computer requirements: Windows 3.1/95
Macintosh (8MB RAM)

decode sounds and blends;
match letters and sounds;
word-building; dictionary skills
reading comprehension


Reader Rabbit's - Reading

The Learning Company www.learningco.com
One Athenaeum Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
Purchase at: Walmart/Target; computer store; etc.
Cost: ~ $25 each
Computer requirements: Windows 3.1/95/98
Macintosh (8-16MB RAM)

Also: Reader Rabbit 1 - reading & phonics
Reader Rabbit 2 - reading & phonics
Purchase at: computer/office supply store
Cost: disk only ~ $10 each

(made for ages 4-6)

(made for ages 6-9)
making rhyming words;
making compound words; blends;
reading; comprehension

(made for ages 4-6)
(made for ages 5-8)


Ready to Read with Pooh - (ages 3-6)

Disney Interactive, Inc. www.disneyinteractive.com
500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521
Purchase at: Walmart/Target; computer store; etc.
Cost: ~ $20
Computer requirements: Windows 3.1/95; Macintosh (8MB RAM)

learn the ABCs; match sounds/letters
upper- and lowercase letters;
rhyming; making simple words


Fisher-Price ABC's - (ages 3-5)

Fisher-Price, Inc. www.education.com
636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, NY 14052
Purchase at: Walmart/Target; computer store; etc.
Cost: ~ $15
Computer requirements: Windows 3.1/95 (4-8MB RAM)

letter recognition; rhyming;
simple words; reading readiness


JumpStart Reading

Knowledge Adventure, Inc. www.KnowledgeAdventure.com
4100 West 190th Street, Torrance, CA 90504
Purchase at: Walmart/Target; computer store; etc.
Cost: ~$18 each
Computer Requirements: Windows 3.1/95/98
Macintosh (8-16mb RAM)

'For Kindergartners' (ages 4-6)
learn letters (upper- and lowercase);
match/sort letter sounds; make words

'For First Graders' (ages 5-7)
long/short vowels; blends/digraphs; word and sentence building;
reading and comprehension

 

The Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia supports efforts to provide individuals with dyslexia with appropriate instruction and to identify these individuals at an early age. The Center, however, does not endorse any specific program, speaker, product, or instructional material noting that there are a number of such which present the critical components of instruction, as defined by the Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia and the National Reading Panel.

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