Institute of Reading Development Blog
New!Reading Programs
October 1, 2010
Reading programs are available in select areas this fall. Classes begin in early November. To see if programs are available in your area, visit www.readingprograms.org, and enter your zip code. For information by phone, call (800) 964-8888.
Learning to Read Book Club
June 16, 2010
The Institute has launched a new school-year program called the Learning to Read Book Club. The school-year program provides everything first graders need to meet the challenge of learning to read.
Note : Only available in select areas.
Sight Word Blast Off!
June 5, 2010
Sight Word Blast Off! Sight Word Blast Off! is fun, self-paced, and builds in lots of repetition, making it easy for children to learn each sight word. Since these 100 words make up more than half of the words in the books children read in first grade, recognizing them by sight takes away more than half the work of learning to read! Learn more.
Phonics Power
May 26, 2010
Sight Word Blast Off! Phonics Power is a fun way to master all the phonics first graders need. Learn more.
Lifetime Reading List
January 15, 2010
Sight Word Blast Off!


We believe the Lifetime Reading List is the best booklist ever developed for the general reader.


Have you ever thought, "I want to read more," but not known how or where to start? The Lifetime Reading List, with over 1,000 books listed and briefly described, will be your map and compass on your personal journey through the world of books.
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