My students achieved Independent reading of early reader texts, the ability to sound out new words and achieve success in reading. It builds confidence that they can do it! They are achieving from the first week they begin Wonder Words and remain engaged throughout the program. My students loved learning with Wonder Words so much that they would begin their work before I had even asked them to!!
Wonder Words has allowed even my weakest students to find success in reading.
I had 3 boys and 1 girl in the program. The boys had fine motor issues, so tracing and colouring strengthened their hands. One boy has possible dyslexia, so flash cards with segmented sounds allowed him ease in sounding out, and boosted his sight word bank. The girl had low confidence, but her attitude to learning and the easily decodable DIY books had her advance very quickly. I found that the program made it easy for me to differentiate, keep track of levels, and students knew the routine and could become self-sufficient in starting their activities.
Students felt the success after the first week. Being able to read the mini-books meant students could read their own books immediately.
This is ready-made, engaging, assessment ready, easy to monitor and follows the progression of sounds. Guaranteed success!
Kate Jackman, Teacher - Year 1, Rockingham Lakes Primary School, WA
Wonder Words is a wonderful resource! It is easy to implement and effective from the start. Students are engaged through a range of activities and can not only learn to read the word, but are given opportunities to learn to spell the word. The introduction of words fits in beautifully with decoable readers, which means that the students can then transfer their knowledge of these words, as well as their knowledge of phonics into suddenly reading books.
I also love the worksheets as this gives the children opportunity to learn to spell the word and not just read it.
Children who were the most vulnerable, in regards to their reading, have had a huge amount of success. One student who who was on a PM Benchmark 4 (and was on this for a year) has gone onto a Level 10 in less than 10 weeks! This program gave him such confidence! If this program works for the most vulnerable, then surely it will work for the high flyers as well!
Students experience success and this success then catapaults them onto wanting to achieve more! Suddenly children who were reluctant readers are beginning to want to read all the time! It is also such an easy link between home and school. Parents have truly been grateful for this program and they also have noticed the difference in their children’s confidence.
Suzie Coster, Teacher – Year 1, NSW
Wonder Words has made an incredible difference to the learning outcomes in my classroom. My prep students have exceeded expected benchmarks for semester 1 in reading and writing.
Christine McDonald, Teacher – Foundation, QLD
Easy to follow program that supplements your current High-Frequency Words program; encourages independent work skills.
Kerri-Anne Spinks, Teacher – Year 1, NSW
Wonder Words is a great resource that you can use for students who need more support. The Wonder Words activities are easy to use and the students love it! I am able to individualize the resources for students who need more support.
It is easy and has great short books, which have relevant pictures and decodable words. Great for those students who have processing concerns. Tasks are easy and step by step instructions
Sue Tully, Teacher – Special Education, QLD
I’ve been using the Wonder Words program in my Prep/One classroom since the beginning of term two. I love the program. There are lots of fun activities to choose from. I’ve seen great results and I will continue to use the program. Go for it. It’s a great program and reasonably priced. There are a plethora of activities to choose from.
Thea Politanski, Teacher – Foundation, QLD
Wonder Words is great for individual learning of High-Frequency Words as well as small group work. There are plenty of resources both for classroom and home use.
Karen Serfontein, Teacher – Foundation, WA
Most of my students are diagnosed with dyslexia and struggle to learn new words. This is the only program that I have found, which has assisted my students to learn and remember words taught.
Yvette Holmes, Learning Support – Literacy, WA
Wonder Words is great value for money that is easy to use and easy to implement with any existing program. Students love the activities that are quick and fun. The worksheet activities are fun and need very little preparation, as you just need to print them. I use reusable plastic sleeves and place the worksheets in them for the students to use with whiteboard pens. They also love the interactive books with the High-Frequency Words in them. No more searching for texts that target specific High-Frequency Words.
Karren Ban, Teacher – Year 1, QLD