Was sent through a ‘four free weeks offer’ from reading eggs if anyone is interested…... The code is UKT26FRE
Reading eggs is a subscription ‘activities and games involving reading’ site. I currently have my 6 & 4 yr old signed up to which they both really enjoy. I would say it was probably for up to maybe 8 yrs ish- I know there are other users on here who may jump in and add there opinions….....
(I’m not on commision and do not receive any benefit from people uptaking the offer!!!!)
I’ve had a quick look at this and can understand why you and your children may be interested in it. You are right though in that some (like me) will add and offer other information. See these links and others:
Early reading Dr. Sebastian Suggate - does it really improve learning in the long term?
and http://www.thechildthetruefoundation.com/
Dr. Aric Sigman on Computers and small children
I was merely passing on an offer- not debating the appropriate timing for children to start reading- I think people can make their own minds up on that one- just like people make their own minds whether to send their children to school or not!
Interesting. No intention to ‘bite anyone back’. The thing is: culturally speaking there is such pressure on parents to start children reading ‘early’ that I honestly don’t believe anymore that there is a real choice on this one! i.e that the proper information is provided…AND and most importantly I believe that some companies are set to make a profit from something which has no foundation in research consensus.
I was merely passing on an offer- not debating the appropriate timing for children to start reading- I think people can make their own minds up on that one- just like people make their own minds whether to send their children to school or not!
Thank you for passing on the offer Amanda I know lots of people who love reading eggs! xx
Yes, thank you very much, I’m sure there are some people who would like to take it up. Just feel that alternative views on the programme should be represented. Does anyone know some of the issues around the ‘Baby Einstein’ stuff?
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w.w.
Reading eggs is aimed at the age at which children in this country are taught to read at school. This may be somewhat earlier than some countries teach reading, but it is hardly outrageously early and does not seem to have much to do with the very early teaching of the sort exemplified by Baby Einstein. Not sure if you may have thought this was aimed at younger than it is, w.w.?
Anyway, thank you. DD (aged 5yrs) enjoys reading eggs and we’ve just paid for a year subscription after a 2week trial.
We love Reading Eggs, but I think it’s important to have lots of information about all ways of teaching reading. I was very lucky with my first child as she taught herself to read when she was three years old. I didn’t do anything to teach her (unless you count reading Mr Men stories to her). Her brothers needed some help though and after trying a few ways (Ladybird schemes for example), they both got on really well with Jolly Phonics. I hear a lot of moaning about phonics, but they loved it, they can both read and they read a lot more books than I did at their age.
My little DD tried Jolly Phonics, liked it, but just didn’t remember what she was learning, so we stopped and that’s when I heard about Reading Eggs and she just loves it and it’s given her so much confidence. I don’t care what the philosophy is with it, it works, she’s reading sentences and she asks most days to go onto Reading Eggs, so they’re doing SOMETHING right.
I think parents have to be sensible. If your child is too young to learn to read, they are too young - end of story. If they are of an age where they are wanting to learn, then surely it’s a good idea to be open-minded and try the various forms of reading schemes until you find one that the child gets on with. We’d have been stuck if I hadn’t heard of Reading Eggs and offers like the one that Palemintmummy has posted on here are a fab, free way of sampling it.
By the way, the good thing about the free trial is that you don’t have to give any credit card details when you sign up for it. The four week trial runs out and that’s it, you can pay or not pay, you don’t have to cancel payment options like you do in a lot of trial offers. I was going to post the four week offer myself, but Palemintmummy beat me to it!
Reading eggs is aimed at the age at which children in this country are taught to read at school. This may be somewhat earlier than some countries teach reading, but it is hardly outrageously early and does not seem to have much to do with the very early teaching of the sort exemplified by Baby Einstein. Not sure if you may have thought this was aimed at younger than it is, w.w.?
Tanya
I’m always very interested in a discussion where ‘dissent’ or comment doesn’t seem permissable…
If you look at the Reading Eggs website carefully - you will see that the first steps section starts at 3 -
“hardly outrageously” early - I’m absolutely certain that the academics and researchers who have joined me in contributing chapters for the forthcoming book on “Dissent in the English Early Years Education System” would have reams and reams to say about this…as I have myself - over the past two years…
It’s clear that I’ve hit a nerve here - how interesting…feel another blog post coming on…
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w.w.
If you look at the Reading Eggs website carefully - you will see that the first steps section starts at 3 -
“hardly outrageously” early - I’m absolutely certain that the academics and researchers who have joined me in contributing chapters for the forthcoming book on “Dissent in the English Early Years Education System” would have reams and reams to say about this…as I have myself - over the past two years…
It’s clear that I’ve hit a nerve here - how interesting…feel another blog post coming on…
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w.w.
But surely it’s up to the parent to to decide when they consider their child ready to start reading, in which case it doesn’t matter at what age the material is aimed at. Palemintmummy was just passing on a very useful link for any parents who had a child who was ready to start learning, that’s what I interpreted her post as anyway.
When little DD first enrolled on Reading Eggs, we didn’t have to enter her age, the only thing the programme wanted to know was whether she was a total newbie to reading, or whether she could read a little. This surely gives scope for a large range of ages. We started right at the beginning of the course when DD was five and I considered the course to be just right for her age, but then that’s the beauty of the free trial, so you can see for yourself whether it’s right for your child before you spend any money.
I don’t think this has hit a nerve exactly, moreover I kind of feel a bit sorry for Palemintmummy who was only trying to be helpful to anyone who wanted to take advantage of the money saving link and it all went a bit off-topic. I’m quite sure that nobody was tempted to enroll a child that they consider to be too young to learn to read, free offer or no free offer.
I think so. The OP was regarding a free trial for Reading Eggs if anyone was interested and from there it has got to whether this reading scheme does or doesn’t put pressure on children to read before they are ready. If you thought your child was too young to read, the OP wouldn’t apply to you anyway surely?
Strange that anyone who posts this programme would not expect anyone to comment on it. It this were a supermarket or any other commercial venture you would expect some sort of comment. So why no discussion as to the appropriateness of such an important issue?
As I said - it seems dissent not permitted. On this forum of all forums, why is this, I wonder?
w.w.
As I said - it seems dissent not permitted. On this forum of all forums, why is this, I wonder?
w.w.
Dissent certainly is permitted of course, but may be commented on by those who have first hand experience of Reading Eggs. Surely that’s ok too? What is your experience with Reading Eggs WW?
As I’ve said before, I’m not interested in HOW Reading Eggs works, I just know that for little DD, it IS working. She loves it, was ready to read, was wishing that she could read and now she CAN read. It may not work for all children, but that’s probably why Palemintmummy shared the free trial code, so that the parents and children themselves could decide whether it was worth the money or not. I would never have known about Reading Eggs if it hadn’t have been for someone sharing their experiences in a similar way,so I thought it was a kind thing for PMM to do. I don’t have anything more to add on this thread.
Very interesting Wodgehog. Thanks for your views.
I don’t think it necessary to sign up (and pay for) a commercially orientated company which purports to foster learning - to voice a view on education.
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w.w.
The reason why I posted that I felt that Reading Eggs was not ‘outrageously early’ was not because I wished to stifle discussion, but because I, like Wodgehog, felt that your comments seemed somewhat biased against this learning to read pc programme. Palemintmummy simply posted a code up for people to try for themselves. She kindly did this in the Home Education section as she was aware that those of us who are Home Educating may want to try out different resources for our children to help them learn to read. She did not say anything about learning to read early and her statement that her 6 & 4 year olds were using this resource gave some idea of the age range which she was assuming people might be interested in.
‘I’m always very interested in a discussion where ‘dissent’ or comment doesn’t seem permissable…’ Erm, actually, I do not have a problem with dissent or comment, but this was not a discussion. It was an offer of a free trial. added to give others a chance to try something for free. I agree with your philosophical beliefs, w.w., about use of pcs and early ‘learning’/teaching with littlies, I just had a problem with where you tried to have this discussion, as it read more as an attack on those of using Reading Eggs. Having enjoyed many of your comments in the past, I know this was not what you intended.
