Time2Read online is a comprehensive, research-based reading and spelling app suitable for 5-9 year olds.
Time2Read online empowers children to become confident readers and spellers by developing
• Vital SKILLS underlying reading and spelling
• An UNDERSTANDING of the relationship between sounds and symbols
• All skills SYSTEMATICALLY and EXPLICITLY
Time2Read online provides a range of engaging opportunities to practice and consolidate all learning and therefore requires children to apply all learning to different situations. These include
• Online games and activities – providing children the opportunity to engage with symbols in a fun and child engaging way
• Video slides - specifically designed to promote fluency in reading
• Worksheets – providing the opportunity to consolidate all learning on paper
• Readers – providing the opportunity to apply learned skills in connected text.
Systematic learning takes place over 4 levels
1. Level 0: Focusing on the specific auditory skills vital for reading and spelling success
2. Level 1: Mastering alphabet sound/symbols in short words
3. Level 2: Mastering the most common spellings for long vowels, extra vowels and consonant digraphs in short words
4. Level 3: Mastering multi-syllable words, introducing uncommon spellings as well as spelling rules.