Reading HorizonsReviews of readinghorizons.com

As a 5th grade student that has worked with Reading Horizons I can say that I dislike it and my fellow classmates can agree I have not had a single bit of fun.

I am a second-grade teacher. I have been using Reading Horizons for 2 years. I love the program, and my students love it! Just today, one of my students said, "I love phonics!" It is engaging because the lessons have writing, reading, speaking, and body movement. I feel that my students are better readers because of Reading Horizons. When I am helping my students to decode words, I always refer to the phonics skills that we have learned. My kids enjoy the games. I enjoy the worksheets, decodable readers, homework, and all the many other resources that are available. If we have questions, Reading Horizons has a great support system. They are always willing to help and answer questions. I was happy to learn the phonics skills myself. They have helped me to decode hard words that I wasn't sure how to pronounce. I would highly recommend this program if you are looking for something to enhance your phonics lessons.

Our school serves students who are being educated from home and we have been using Reading Horizons on the virtual platform in our Intervention Program for three years with excellent results. The explicit phonics instruction makes it a perfect fit for our families. We have seen amazing growth in our students from the primary grades through struggling high school students. This year, we are expanding our use of Reading Horizons. We are now using it as a Tier 1 instruction option, for Specialized Academic Instruction for our students with IEPs, and with our English Learners. In my 30 plus years as an educator, I have not seen a reading program that has shown such consistently positive results with learners of all ages and diverse needs as Reading Horizons.

We have seen great improvements in the area of phonics since we have started Reading Horizons. Our teachers love the success their students are showing in the classroom! We love the multi-sensory components of RH and the breakdown of each lesson with the Daily 4. The additional resources on RH Accelerate are great too. Our students LOVE the student online component. An added benefit is the RH Team! They are outstanding and so willing to help answer any questions from our team.

I have been an EL instructor for over 5 years for grades K-7. Since using the Reading Horizon program and methods, we have seen a marked improvement in the reading domains for our students. The dictation portion of the program has been an integral part which I feel has increased our English Language Proficiency Assessments and students exiting from our EL program. I work with our kindergarten students on worksheet portions of the lesson, to better guide them with their letter formation and pronunciation of the letters. The quizzes and chapter assessments are a wonderful tool when determining the actual retention of material. I would recommend this product to any teacher to use in their classroom, but especially TESOL teachers!

Being a virtual teacher this year, this program has been very, very helpful to both me and my students. Everything is online. My students are able to access and work on Reading Horizons from tablets, Chromebooks, or computers, so the program works well with a variety of devices. As a teacher, I can quickly log in to see exactly where my students are and what progress is being made. I use the Course Progression weekly, sometimes even daily. I can also see the last time students logged in, so it is helpful to me to be able to share my screen and say, "Look! You have not logged in to Reading Horizons for 3 days," or "Wow! Look how hard you are working!" Reading Horizons is set up where students can work at their own pace. I have some on Chapter 3, but I also have some on Chapter 1. I am very thankful for this online program during this time of virtual school when I cannot have face to face small groups as I am accustomed to.

Reading Horizons helps me to monitor my students reading fluency for the skills taught that week. I'm able to create groups for specific skills and monitor their progress. I can create reports to see my class progress, group progress, or individual progress. Its kid friendly and great for tier groups. I love using it.

Thanks Matt Hart for your quick responses! Teachers really appreciate this.