The First R uses graphic formats that are especially appealing to young children. Activities can be completed in 5-10 minutes for those with shorter attention spans, or grouped together for longer sessions. Students learn words through the standard methods of phonetics and use them immediately in sentences and stories. They move smoothly from working with a particular sound and learning sight words to reading them in context. The Reading Solution is the ultimate reading tool incorporating exciting biographies, legends, short stories, and non-fiction articles tailored to students' particular grade level.
Material is presented by line or by paragraph to improve reading rate.
Questions are specifically designed to improve comprehension. The Reading Solution allows you to present reading topics in a timed or un-timed format. Each format presents the reading selection in segments with comprehension questions at the conclusion. This comprehensive program is phonetically based on word recognition and is used as the backbone for learning the fundamentals of primary language skills. Children learn words by standard phonetic method and are introduced to the aspects of good English usage and the basics for effective writing.