ReadingMaster On-Line Survey

Thank you to the more than 30,000 purchasers of ReadingMaster in Australasia over the last couple of years. We receive many letters, faxes, e-mails and phone calls from customers, who are trying to establish what is the new 'normal' for early childhood learning when tools like ours have been used. We also would really like to know. What is so exciting about this work is that we are seeing the experience we had with our own children being repeated over and over again. ReadingMaster users are generally many years ahead of what is expected of children both here and internationally.

Some US data is claiming that children should only be able to recognize that text reads from left to right and that letters form words by the age of five.

Children who received ReadingMaster in the first months of life are reading whole words as early as 15 months and by 24 months of age, many users have a reasonably extensive whole word repertoire. Phonics recognition is starting around the same time with some children recognizing all 70 phonograms by 24 months and others due to learning style preferences taking to them later but knowing them all by the time they reach school. We have cases of older children (4-5 years) learning all of the phonograms in 2-3 weeks just using the videos. ReadingMaster children are actually reading long before the age of five. How much before 5 seems to be purely the result of how old the child was when he/she first received early instruction, and how often the child had lessons.

The questionnaire below is primarily for ReadingMaster users to fill out to help us continue in our mission. We want to truly reflect the amazing untapped potential for early learning children have by trying to set new norms that are worthy of our children. We also need your help to discover the optimal conditions under which more and more children can learn earlier. We would really appreciate ReadingMaster families taking the time to fill out this questionnaire. We are utilizing research from all over the world but ReadingMaster is actually getting the best results we know of right here in New Zealand. Research in this area is critical for the future of our children and the more data we can provide for the cause the better. Thank you for your time as we appreciate how precious time is. Many Thanks Denise

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The information you provide on your questionnaire is extremely important for my research and will be used to help establish new norms. We will respect the confidentiality of your information even if direct reference is made to it (e.g. One child in my survey could recognize and read all of the phonograms by 22 months old. Or, if you have not checked the box Jan’s children Sue and John (no last name) read...... ) Your questionaire will be kept on file for the purposes of this study only and no other parties will have access to your full name or contact details without your prior consent.

Mr Mrs Ms Miss............... LastName:

First Name: Middle Initials:

Phone: Fax: E-mail

Please Disguise our names if any specifics are used in Denise's new book

I am happy for Denise to contact me

Children's first names:

Date they received ReadingMaster:

What is your relationship to the children above?:

If not in list please specify:

What nation were you born in?

Where were your children born?

What country are you living in now?

How much time is spent each day teaching your child with ReadingMaster?(please break down into time spent sharing Videos, CD-Rom and reading the books together and any time your child spends watching the Videos, playing with the Rom or reading the books on their own or with someone else)

Please list any whole words your child recognises (and if you can when he or she recognised there first ones - if there are too many please list first ones and the approximate number of the rest)

Did you or do you use word labels around the home and are these known and have they helped?(how did your child learn these words?)

Have you made any personalized books with the words your children know? If so can you give me some examples of what they were like and how effective they were?

Is your child recognizing phonograms (phonics)? If so how many can he or she say the sounds for without prompting?

How long have you been teaching the phonograms (phonics) from the Sounds Videos and Sounds FlashBooks. (Please tell us if you are using the Rom, Videos and Books in some sort of structured combination)

Is your child beginning to sound out unfamiliar words?

Is your child able to identify the images in the Flashbooks? (How many and which ones are most popular?)

What else have you been teaching to your child? (What resources have you used and what have the results been like?

What Learning Style Preference do you think your child has?

You can take the Learning Style Test from the Research Center.

What exciting things have happened for you and your children using ReadingMaster and/or ReadingMaster-Maths ? (See Testimonials from the support centre)