A program designed for 4 to 6 year olds that focuses on letter recognition, letter formation, sound recognition, sight words, sentence building, rhyming, and books that are read to the student. Immerses students in a fun learn to read program. Children develop reading skills, comprehension and vocabulary. It has over 175 learning lessons and 12 progressively leveled, printable books.
Activities offer both guided and self-directed learning experiences.
Grow Slide allows teacher to set level for individuals or groups. Although the program had some positive elements, the overall presentation of the instruction was very repetitive and lengthy for a young child. The reading process was presented as a set of isolated skills that progressed to the ultimate ability to read, rather than an integrated network of balanced skills and strategies developed and used to create meaning from written text. Desirable student-student interaction. Allows change in method of instruction.