Learn to Read - Reading.com for Android

We started teaching my son to read right before his 4th birthday because he’s always had an interest in reading and books. We tried the book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, but we found it was a bit outdated and didn’t also help with basic letter recognition alongside phonics. I started seeing ads for Reading.com everywhere and when I looked into it found it was exactly what we were looking for. We are a screen free household for the most part so we were a little hesitant to try the app for that reason, but this is the best way to use an app for learning. We love that a parent has to be involved in order to use the app so we’re not just sitting our son in front of a tablet with no direction. Even when he plays the reinforcement games, I don’t have to worry about him coming across something he isn’t supposed to thanks to this app being ad free. Because of the effectiveness of it, we will continue to use this app until the last lesson and will also use it for our other child when she’s older. The only note I have is that it would be nice to have a parent’s log of the dates your child has completed the lessons. We homeschool and I try to log the dates we have completed they lessons for our notes, but sometimes I forget to log it and can’t remember when we did the lessons. I used to get an email every time we completed a lesson, which helped, but the emails stopped coming. Either way, an in-app log would be convenient.

I downloaded the app and it is super friendly to create both your children’s account and yours as a parent. Love, that it is not only an app to learn to read, but also to spend time together with our children. Also, I am amazed with the kind of knowledge check it has through games! it actually worked to check if he really learned and I was thrilled. Recommended 100%

I love the structure of the app, the science-based reading strategies, the variety of activities, and the parental involvement. As a teacher, this is exactly what I was looking for to help my son learn to read!

I have been really wanting some extra time with my son, before he heads to kindergarten, so I decided to put preschool into my own hands! Not only does he find reading.com so fun, but he is ACTUALLY READING! So pleased and impressed with this program.

My son is 8 and is still having a hard time reading. We tried this app a week ago and things he was struggling with (like blending sounds) is noticeable better. I love that they do a first lesson and then an assessment to find what lesson to continue on. Another thing that is helpful is that the books hide the picture before reading. This forces him to actually read. In normal books he would “guess” the words based on the picture and not actually read. My son said the app feels like a video game and he loves video games!!! And he actually wants to do it with me. I am so thankful I saw the ad on TikTok. I hope they expand to older ages to increase reading comprehension for older elementary and middle school. Hopeful that by the end of the summer my son will be on reading level.