Although we can’t recommend specific reading programs, the following article lists the characteristics that all good reading programs should have:

• 9 Components of Effective, Research-Supported Reading Instruction

These next articles will give you information about early reading instruction and suggestions for helping your students develop the interest and skills to become lifelong readers:

• Beginning Reading
• Learning to Read, Reading to Learn
• ABCs of Phonemic Awareness
• Tuning In to the Sounds in Words
• Making Friends with Phonemes
• Phonemic Awareness in Young Children
• How Now Brown Cow: Phoneme Awareness Activities for Collaborative Classrooms

This last article is geared toward parents but offers ideas for fun games to play with your students:

• By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go