Games for early learning
Your Baby Can Read!
for ages 3months- 5yrs
Price varies (basic price around $50)
(go to amazon, link your baby can read)
Tags: great for dyslexia, for ages 3months- 5yrs, early reading program
In the first years of a child’ life, tens of thousands of synaptic connections are made each second in the brain, opening the door for increased learning capacity. The most natural time to learn any aspect of language is during the infant and toddler years. There is a “natural window of opportunity” for learning language where it is easier for children to learn to understand and speak our language at a high level. During this window of opportunity, between the ages of 3 months and 5 years, they can also learn the written word naturally and easily.
Dr. Titzer has developed a new method of teaching reading that could change how and when our children learn to read. Normally, children don’t start learning to read until age 5 or 6 years old, but the natural window of opportunity begins to close around age 4 – BEFORE THEY ENTER KINDERGARTEN!
The Language Tune-Up Kit® Reading Software
Orton-Gillingham Phonics on CD-Rom
Mac & PC
Language Tune-Up Kit For Kids (k-3rd ): $79
Language Tune-Up At Home (k-8th) :$129
Tags: for dyslexia, Ages 6 – adult, Reading & phonetic software, teaches phonics & reading, Orton Gillingham method, multi- sensory approach to learning
http://www.jwor.com/ The Language Tune-Up Kit (LTK®) interactive reading software helps develop skills through engaging exercises. Our software has been used by tens of thousands of families and schools around the world. The Language Tune-Up Kit (LTK®) is a research -based remedial reading multimedia phonics software program. It is highly effective for ages 6 – adult who currently read at grade levels 0 -4. It is solidly based on the Orton-Gillingham principles that still remainas the most successful ever devised to help those with reading difficulties.
Clickn Read Phonics
K-3rd & remedial
$49.95
Tags: for dyslexia, K-3rd & adults, phonetic & reading software, teaches phonics & reading, written by Dr. J. Ron Nelson, multi- sensory approach to learning
http://www.clicknkids.com/Phonics.asp ClickN READ Phonics teaches the entire kindergarten to 3rd grade phonics curriculum taught at USA public schools through 100 interactive cartoon animated online phonics lessons. Children learn english correctly in a phonics game-like environment that is great fun and easy to use. On screen instructor speaks exactly like an expert reading tutor in a live classroom. Your child is taught by Dr. J. Ron Nelson because he wrote every word the instructor says. Instructor speaks perfect English pronunciation.
Parents with children who have autism, dyslexia and down syndrome, among others, no longer need to try to find specialized products designed specifically for a particular disability. ClickN READ Phonics has proven to work for many learning disabilities and special needs with both children and adults. We guarantee it will work, period, or your money back!
Lucid Memory Booster
By Lucid Research Ltd
Price: $29.95 (download)
Tags: for dyslexia, for children and adults, improves memory & cognitive skills, multi-sensory approach
http://www.memory-booster.com/us/indexB.htm Memory Booster automatically teaches proven memory strategies when the children are ready to learn them and then allows them to be practiced with increasingly difficult memory game tasks. The tasks are adaptive so they provide stimulating and challenging practice but not too difficult so that it causes frustration.
Intense Phonics at home
by Reading Horizons
Ages: 4-9
$199.00
Tags: for dyslexia, Ages, 4 – 9, phonetic & reading software, teaches phonics & reading, Orton Gillingham method, multi- sensory approach to learning
http://readinghorizonsathome.com/ Give your children a reading program that guarantees they will make fast gains in reading-grade levels through a tried-and-true research based program. The Discover Intensive Phonics method is a revolutionary approach to teaching phonics. It has been used in homes and schools across the country for over three decades.The easy-to-teach direct instruction materials and self-guided student software make a perfect combination to any reading curriculum. This Orton-Gillingham approach to reading has been used in schools and literacy centers for over 30 years.
Now we are offering it to you at a dramatically reduced price! Get the program that feels like having a personal reading tutor right in your own home.
This easy to use and easy to understand reading program is especially helpful for individuals suffering from Dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Thirty multi-sensory, interactive software lessons, each followed with practice sessions, guide you through the sounds and word patterns of English in a way that is simple to understand and builds confidence in younger & older learners.
Hop, Skip and Jump™ Into Reading
Early Readers 4-6 years old
Price: $189
Tags: for dyslexia, reading & phonetic software, ages 4-6 , builds Phonemic Awareness, Auditory Skills, Flash Fluency & Clear Code Methods
http://www.soundreading.com/ Early-reader-hsj.html Dyslexic reading doesn’t have to prevent your child from reading well… Dyslexics universally suffer from weak phonemic awareness and auditory skills. This is why they struggle with phonics.Dyslexia responds quickly to reading therapy that targets the minor neurological glitches that separate natural readers from those that struggle.
Reading leveled books isn’t enough. Students need practice in phonemic awareness, word reading, fluency and comprehension. Small Steps Reading Therapy™ each level of the reading process is broken down into small steps (mini-levels). Students practice single and multisyllable word reading and fluency combined with Small Steps sentence and story reading.
Sound Reading Boost™ Software Tutor
Tags: for dyslexia, reading & phonetic software, ages 6-8, builds Phonemic Awareness, Auditory Skills, Flash Fluency & Clear Code Methods
http://www.soundreading.com/ Reading-Help-Boost.html Dyslexic reading doesn’t have to prevent your child from reading well… Dyslexics universally suffer from weak phonemic awareness and auditory skills. This is why they struggle with phonics.Dyslexia responds quickly to reading therapy that targets the minor neurological glitches that separate natural readers from those that struggle.
Reading leveled books isn’t enough. Students need practice in phonemic awareness, word reading, fluency and comprehension. Small Steps Reading Therapy™ each level of the reading process is broken down into small steps (mini-levels). Students practice single and multisyllable word reading and fluency combined with Small Steps sentence and story reading.
Kidspiration
by Inspiration
Grades K-5th
MAC/WIN
$69.00 each
R107WB
Tags: great for dyslexia, visual learning, grades K-5th, mapping software, visually develops ideas, outlines & concepts
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/kidspiration/index.html
Kidspiration develops thinking, literacy and numeracy skills using the proven principles of visual learning. In reading and writing, Kidspiration stregthens word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension and written expression. With new visual math tools, students build reasoning and problem-solving skills. Across the K-5 curriculum students use Kidspiration to express creativity and thinking with pictures, words and numbers.
Read, Write & Type!
By talking fingers
Grades: K-3rd
Home edition
Price: $79.
K-4thgrade bundle price: $99.
Tags: For dyslexic kids, grades k-3rd, learn to read, write, & type, text to speech feature,
http://www.talkingfingers.com/readwritetype/ The Talking Fingers approach is based on a simple idea: text is speech made visible! We use our mouths to talk, to make the sounds of words. We use our fingers (with a pencil or keyboard) to represent those sounds on paper. When children learn to link speech sounds with letters, they can use the alphabet code to write any word they can say. Their fingers are “talking”.
The best-selling Read, Write & Type!™ software program, for children ages 6-9, offered a radically new approach to learning to read and write, based on a multi-sensory method that combines phonics with whole language and the skills of reading and writing with keyboarding, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
RocketReader
By RocketReader
Price: $129
Tags: for dyslexia, children or adults, helps improves reading , comprehension and memory skills, and expands vocabulary
http://www.rocketreader.com Rocket Reader is suitable for ages 3 to adult, and has 450 graded practice readings with comprehension tests. No matter what your level of reading proficiency, Rocket Reader reading lessons will be tailored to your current reading ability yet provide sufficient challenge.
Dyslexia – Recommended Package.
Come with: PhonicsTutor® Frequent Words CD ,PhonicsTutor® Frequent Teacher’s Manual, PhonicsTutor Classic CD, PhonicsTutor Student Reader, PhonicsTutor Workbook of Spelling & Grammar
Code: PTDYSLEXIA
Price: $250.00
Tags: for dyslexia, ages 4 – adult , phonetic software, teaches phonics, reading, & spelling, builds phonological awareness, uses the Orton-Gillingham method, multi- sensory approach to learning
http://www.phonicstutor.com/ : PhonicsTutor method of instruction teaches students the common sounds for an extended set of Orton-Gillingham phonograms with spelling rules. Beginning with single-letter phonograms and single-syllable words and progressing to multi-letter phonograms and multi-syllable words, PhonicsTutor allows students to gain phonemic awareness without the frustration of memorizing a large set of phonograms and associated spelling rules before reading words and sentences. Most lessons end with dictation of sentences. PhonicsTutor is easy enough to use by a 4-year old with supervision and is self-teaching for children ages 6 and older.
BBC Science Simulations 1
Kindergarten – Grade 2
TF-2255
$59.95
Tags: good for dyslexia & Lds, science software, grades k- 2nd
http://www.turningpointtechnology.com/ Were you ever curious if a plant would grow if it were never exposed to light? Or how about what would happen in the food chain if there were no predators? Well you can explore this and more! Each simulation provides pupils ages 5 to 7 years with the opportunity to select variables, control time and view the results of their experiments as animations and/or dynamically generated tables and graphs that chart the results of each combination of variables over time. 7 interactive simulations are provided each with dynamically generated tables and graphs, including Exercise and Health, Plants and Growth, Food Chains, Changing Materials, Using Electricity, Forces and Movement, and Light and Dark.
Speedy Keys
By Granada Learning
Grades K-2nd
$39.95
Code: TF-2041
Tags: For dyslexia & Lds, Grades K-2nd teaches typing & basic spelling to young children,
http://www.turningpointtechnology.com/ Basic typing requires students to recognize letters, then find their location on a keyboard. This takes practice. Different users need to practice different skills, and progress at different rates. The program provides a variety of configurable games which are entertaining, but at the same time educate the student on basic spelling skills and pre-typing skills….
Picture It
by Slater Software, Inc.
Mac/ Win
-Grades 1-3
$295.00
Tags: good for dyslexia & Lds, aid for teachers , visual learning for young children
http://www.donjohnston.com/ Picture It is the easiest way for teachers to create picture-supported documents for students who have difficulty linking images and words. Any curriculum can be adapted using Picture It, because materials can be presented at a level that the individual reader can understand. Includes over 6000 pictures and the library can be expanded by importing your own.
Simon S.I.O.
MAC/WIN
Grades PK-3 & remedial
$149.00
Code: P37WB
Tags: for dyslexia, for grades: PK- 3rd & remedial, phonetic & spelling software, teaches phonics & reading, multi- sensory approach to learning
http://www.donjohnston.com/ Students who fail to attain foundational phonics skills face inevitable academic hardships as they move beyond the early grades. Simon S.I.O., developed in collaboration with Dr. Ted Hasselbring, Vanderbilt University, uses a personal tutor to deliver individualized instruction and corrective feedback to ensure students acquire the critical skills they need to become readers.
Early Learning Suite
MAC/WIN
Ability Level-Grades K-3
$150.00
Code: R108WB
Tags: good for dyslexia & Lds, grades K-3rd , visual learning for young children
http://www.donjohnston.com/ The Early Learning Suite contains 16 popular activities from Early
Learning I, Money Skills and Early Math Skills. This software takes
your students from identifying colors up through subtraction and
making change.
BrainWare Safari
by Learning Enhancement Corporation
MAC/WIN
K-12
$250.00
J85WB
Tags: good for dyslexia & Lds, aid for teachers , Grades K-12, builds Cognitive & memory skills
http://www.donjohnston.com// Cognitive skills are the building blocks by which all learning occurs. BrainWare Safari is the most comprehensive tool that improves students’ cognitive processing skills. Research has shown that BrainWare improves core skills such as attention, visual processing, auditory processing, sensory integration, memory and thinking.
Branch
Grades K-13, Inclusion
TF-2145
$49.95
Tags: good for dyslexia & Lds, science software, Grades k-13,
http://www.turningpointtechnology.com/ Students are encouraged to sort and classify information as they formulate “yes” or “no” questions to divide and subdivide information. Banks of words, pictures and sounds make the program fun and imaginative. Simple mouse clicks add information to the database, and easy steps lead users to categorize entered data. The result is a logical structure that can be saved or printed out for projects, bulletin boards, and work away from the computer. Zoom in and out, view work as a map, or edit questions through a clearly designed tool bar. Students have full control over their branching databases. An inspiring tool for any academic subject.
WordMaker
MAC/WIN
Ability Level-Grades K-3 • Interest Level-Grades K-8
$149.00 each
P31WB
Tags: for dyslexia, Grades: K-3rd & remedial, phonetic & reading software, teaches phonics, reading & spelling, multi- sensory approach to learning
http://www.donjohnston.com/ Students who lack proficient decoding skills struggle to ever achieve fluency and comprehension. Using varied activities, WordMaker provides a systematic and interactive approach to teaching word attack and spelling skills. Created in collaboration with Dr. Patricia Cunningham, author of the Four-Blocks Literacy Model, WordMaker enhances her proven Systematic Sequential Phonics They Use through technology to provide individualized instruction and extended practice for students who struggle or need computer access.
Earobics
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology
MAC/WIN
Grades K-6
$65.00
Tags: for dyslexia, Grades k-6th, phonetic software, teaches phonics, speaking, reading, & spelling, builds phonological awareness
http://www.donjohnston.com/ Earobics is an award winning research-based program that builds phonological awareness, auditory processing and phonics skills. Developed by language-learning and literacy specialists. Earobics teaches the skills necessary to learn how to speak, read and spell. Use the automated data collection tools to monitor students’ progress, print reports and guide remediation. For each activity, Earobics automatically generates IEP-formatted goals.
Edmark Reading Program
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology
Ability Level-Grades K-3 • Interest Level-Grades 1-6
MAC/WIN
$429.00
Tags: for dyslexia, Grades k-6th, reading & phonetic software, teaches phonics, speaking, reading, & spelling, builds phonological awareness
http://www.donjohnston.com/ The Edmark Reading Program teaches basic reading skills to the most struggling readers and non-readers. Through short instructional steps, students are taught recognition and comprehension of words. Carefully planned introduction of words and evolution of sentence structure promote language development. The content is appropriate for students of all ages. Student progress is automatically tracked, and single-switch scanning is supported.
Edmark House Series
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology
Grades K-2nd
Each: $89.95
Tags: good for dyslexia, early learning, Grades K-2nd, learn to read books, learn math, science, tell time & more!
http://www.donjohnston.com/
Choose from : Bailey’s Book House, Millie’s Math House, Sammy’s Science House, Trudy’s Time & Place House
Learn More about Words
$99.00
IT-LW01
Tags: for dyslexia & Lds, reading & spelling software, visual learning, teaches reading, spelling, & vocabulary,
http://www.turningpointtechnology.com Different activities to practice and reinforce reading and spelling skills
For ages 5 to 9, but can be successfully used with older learners who need extra practice.
• Fill in missing letters from the alphabet
• Select the correct word for pictures
• Type in or select from the screen the correct letters to spell the word shown in the picture
• Finally the words are presented in Word Search and Crossword layouts
• All activities have 3 levels of difficulty
• The Learn More Toolkit (included) allows you to edit the wordlist.
• Add words, delete them or re-assign difficulty levels.
• Attach different pictures or sound files to words and even create your own new wordlists.
Making Sense with Letters
IT-MS02
$99.00
Tags: for dyslexia & Lds, reading software, visual learning, teaches reading, spelling, & vocabulary,
http://www.turningpointtechnology.com/ Different word building activities using 300 different graphics and sounds. Find the initial sound, fill in the missing letter, listen and type and unscramble the letters. Making Sense with Letters is designed for pre-school and pre-literacy use, to help develop visual perception, memory and language skills. There are 9 different activities, some requiring auditory perception as well as visual perception. Rewards take the form of a picture of the completed word, together with speech.