Reading Readiness builds pre-reading skills. It helps students build the cognitive skills needed for reading, including:

• Letter recognition and naming

• Phonological awareness

• Letter-sound associations

It is the first reading program in the series. It is typically skipped by older children, but is a tremendous help for children who have not developed letter recognition skills. 

Reading Readiness has six exercises.

Foundations I has seven adaptive exercises that isolate and exercise working memory, attention stamina, processing or sequencing. At the student’s own pace each exercise adds speed and complexity, pulling him/her up towards language and reading proficiency. 

Fast ForWord Foundations I has seven exercises.

Foundations II continues on from Fast ForWord Foundations I with more complex cognitive skills training, and it introduces written language into the mix, to build a foundation for reading fluency and reading comprehension. The goal is automaticity, which improves listening comprehension accuracy and reading efficiency.

Fast ForWord Foundations II has five exercises.

Reading Level 1

Fast ForWord Reading Level 1 builds critical early reading skills, with an emphasis on phonemic awareness, early decoding skills, vocabulary knowledge and skills, and motivation for reading. The primary goal is to develop reading fluency.

Fast ForWord Reading Level 1 consists of 5 exercises.

Reading Level 2

While the main theme of Reading Level 2 is to develop the phonics, vocabulary, spelling, high frequency words and language skills required for reading fluency, it also strongly features analytical reading comprehension exercises aligned with Common Core State Standards.

Reading Level 2 consists of 5 exercises.

Reading Level 3

Reading Level 3 has three themes: reading comprehension, reading fluency and reading fundamentals.

Reading Level 3 exercises include:

• Syntax, grammar and spelling

• Analytical reading comprehension

• Paragraph comprehension

Reading Level 3 consists of 3 exercises.

When a student finishes 100% of a game, they will be one step closer to completing the program. When all games have been completed, they will have finished that program and are ready to move on!