Most Read Naturally programs were designed to be used in a traditional school setting, but you can use them in a homeschool reading curriculum.
Most Read Naturally materials were designed to serve groups of students in a traditional school setting. However, our programs are also appropriate for a homeschool setting.
The Read Naturally Strategy is highly effective for struggling readers and students with learning disabilities who read within the range of grades 1-8. Because the programs use high-interest, non-fiction stories, they are used successfully with dyslexic students, English language learners, high school students, adult GED students, etc.
To understand the Read Naturally Strategy, you can view the webinar video: Reading for Meaning—Fluently.
To make it easy to implement the programs with fidelity, we have created Fidelity Checklists. Think of these checklists as the Cliffs Notes for each program. They highlight the most important information for you to consider as you check your implementation.
A variety of program-specific training and resource options are available on the Read Naturally website:
Read Naturally Live
Read Naturally Encore
Read Naturally GATE
One Minute Reader Live
One Minute Reader Books/audio CDs
Word Warm-ups
Signs for Sounds
Funēmics
Take Aim! at Vocabulary
Splat-O-Nym
All Read Naturally Strategy programs (Read Naturally Live, Read Naturally Encore, Read Naturally GATE, and One Minute Reader: web app or books with audio CDs) use high-interest, nonfiction stories. The stories in each level represent a diverse range of topics that cover several content areas (e.g., history, science, and biography). Because age-specific imagery and topics are avoided, the content is engaging for older students who are reading at lower levels. (High-interest, nonfiction stories are also used in Word Warm-ups and Take Aim! at Vocabulary.)
Funēmics incorporates popular nursery rhymes into each of its lessons. For this reason, we recommend Funēmics for students under the age of nine.
Read Naturally Live uses a tiered pricing system in which the cost per student decreases as the number of students enrolled in the program increases. Homeschool educators can take advantage of these volume discounts by teaming up with others in a homeschool community or network.
Please let us know what questions you have so we can assist. For Technical Support, please call us or submit a software support request.