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Learn More 7 Secrets to Transform Your Child’s Reading Get Your FREE e-Report & Learn… 5 parenting practices that produce strong readers The 3 keys to your child’s fluency Why some children should NOT read silently A method for near-perfect comprehension Why weekly tutoring is weak Ari Fertel President & Founder Reading Buddy Software GET FREE E-REPORT SECURE & CONFIDENTIAL. I will never share your information. Your privacy is important to me. When I got Reading Buddy Software for my son, it was like I got a 24/7 reading tutor. Better though, because I didn’t have to pay by the hour. Jenny Ander San Diego, CA More Reviews When I got Reading Buddy Software for my son, it was like I got a 24/7 reading tutor. Better though, because I didn’t have to pay by the hour. Jenny Ander San Diego, CA More Reviews Improve Your Child’s Reading 50% in 3 Months Reading Buddy Software™ is advanced speech recognition technology that listens, responds, and teaches as your child reads. It’s like having a tutor in your computer. Enter email to get 50% OFF. PLUS, get free e-Report “How to Transform Your Child’s Reading” GET 50% OFF & FREE E-REPORT SECURE & CONFIDENTIAL. We will never share your information. Your privacy is important to us. © 2015 Reading Buddy Software | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED info@ReadingBuddySoftware.com | 410.764.READ 410.764.READ -- r s u \ What is Repeated Reading? (And why is it a must?) Repeated reading means the child reads the same passage multiple times. Decades of research indicates that if you want your child to improve fluency and comprehension, they should not be going from article to article or paging through a book. Instead, they should read a body of content at least 3 times in a row. Why? The more your child reads a body of text, the easier it is for them to decode the words and read the text accurately. Their familiarity with the text frees their mind to work on reading more fluently, with expression. And reading with expression, leads to improved comprehension. Achieving a higher level of fluency and comprehension in a body of text gives your child an experience of reading at a level that they can apply to new text. With Reading Buddy Software, every session your child will read a text three times. Your child will master the text, learn new words, and achieve an elevated level of fluency and comprehension that they can apply to future readings. The Importance of HEARING Fluent Reading In addition to guided reading, it’s also crucial for your child to hear fluent reading. Think about it: did you teach your child how to talk? You may have explained some vocabulary here and there, corrected an occasional grammar mistake, but essentially your child learned to talk by listening to other people talk. It works similarly with reading. In order to improve fluency and comprehension, your child has to listen to fluent reading. Most children who use Reading Buddy Software do one session per day. A “session” means that they complete all 7 steps of the Reading Buddy protocol: Child reads Reading Buddy Software reads to child Practice words Child reads Reading Buddy Software reads to child Child reads Comprehension quiz Notice that in steps 2 and 5, Reading Buddy Software reads to your child. So a child using Reading Buddy Software hears a dramatic and fluent reading twice each session. Hearing these fluent reads is instrumental in helping them become more fluent readers. And improved fluency leads to better comprehension. The Precision Memory Tracking Technology (PMTT) records your child’s weaknesses, creates personalized practice readings, and drills your child until mastery is achieved. The Key to Comprehension By Ari Fertel Founder & President Reading Buddy Software Many parents want their children to improve their reading comprehension. But how to accomplish that is often misunderstood. The best way to improve reading comprehension is not to focus on comprehension; it’s to focus on fluency. Your child’s fluency will determine the depth of their comprehension. Let me explain. Fluency is the ability to read words accurately, easily, and with expression. There’s a progression there… Accurately > Easily > Expressively ACCURATELY First, a child learns to decode words and pronounce them accurately. This is the first step to fluency. EASILY The more a child reads, the easier it is for them to read accurately. It’s not that the accuracy increases; it’s that the effort required for the same accuracy decreases. First, a child learns to decode words and pronounce them accurately. This is a very important step in a child’s progress toward improved comprehension. Why? Because the more brain power your child has to invest in pronunciation, the less brain power they have available for comprehension. There’s a limit to how much your child can do at once. If he’s focused on one thing, he’s not able to focus on another. Last night I was talking to my husband while he was brushing his teeth. He understood everything I said while at the same time brushing and swishing. What would have happened if I tried to talk to my 9 year old while he was brushing his teeth? He would have stopped brushing and said, “What mom?” For my husband, brushing is automatic. He doesn’t have to think about it. In fact, he can do it while thinking about something else. But for a 9 year old, brushing takes more thought. He has to concentrate. And therefore, he can’t concentrate on anything else at the same time. The problem with many young readers is that they spend so much energy thinking about how to read that they don’t have spare energy to think about what they’re reading. A child with impaired fluency is like an actor who doesn’t know their lines. As long as they’re thinking about the words, the meaning doesn’t come through. And that’s why improving fluency leads to improved comprehension. Before your child can find the meaning of the words, the words themselves have to be easy to read. EXPRESSIVELY After your child reads accurately and easily, they can read with expression. Expression catapults comprehension. Why? Think about a public speaker. A good public speaker uses volume, tone, emphasis, cadence, and phrasing to convey meaning. Our understanding is not just a function of what the speaker says; it’s also a function of how he says it. A poor public speaker, on the other hand, is monotone. Their delivery is robotic. It lacks expression. And without the verbal cues, their message is less engaging and harder to comprehend. It works similarly with reading. Comprehension skyrockets once a reader realizes which words to chunk together and which ones to emphasize within each chunk. But again, this chunking of words and injection of emphasis is only possible for fluent readers who have the brain capacity to make sense of what they’re reading. WHAT should Your Child Read (And Why it Matters) By Ari Fertel Founder & President Reading Buddy Software I remember as a child, most of what we read in school was soooooooo boring. It’s hard enough to learn to read, but what I was being asked to read w...