Fast ForWord for Elementary Students

Fast ForWord Language Basics

Fast ForWord Language Basics is targeted to young children, four to seven years old, and uses fun activities to develop the basic skills necessary for language and reading development.

Fast ForWord Language Basics is an excellent tool for early literacy development. As a precursor to our Fast ForWord Language program it also enhances a young student’s ability to become familiar with computer skills and techniques.

Through the use of patented technology, this program improves:

• Sound sequencing skills
• Fine motor skills
• Hand-eye coordination
• Pattern recognition
• Colour and shape identification

Fast ForWord Language

Fast ForWord Language develops the fundamental language skills that are building blocks for listening, speaking and reading success.

Fast ForWord Language is an essential first step in developing these critically important prerequisites for successful reading.

Fast ForWord Language develops the cognitive skills that give struggling readers the solid foundation they need to learn to read. These skills are developed in the context of key language and reading skills.

Fast ForWord Language to Reading

Fast ForWord Language to Reading emphasises the link between spoken and written language to guide students to become proficient grade level readers. It rapidly builds the skills critical for learning to read or becoming a better reader.

Fast ForWord Language to Reading develops essential cognitive skills in the context of language and reading including:

• Listening comprehension
• Sound-letter recognition
• Phonological awareness
• Beginning word recognition
• English language conventions

This program is a great follow-up to Fast ForWord Language as it continues to develop the essential cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing and sequencing, or Learning MAPS, which are critically important prerequisites for successful reading.

Fast ForWord Reading Prep

Fast ForWord to Reading Prep builds pre-reading skills, with a focus on phonemic awareness, phonological awareness and the alphabetic principle. It is designed for early literacy development, helping students who are having trouble moving from the spoken word to the written word.

Based on research of how the brain learns, Fast ForWord to Reading Prep exercises use exclusive patented technology to help students build cognitive skills in the context of essential pre-reading skills including:

• Letter recognition and naming
• Phonological awareness
• Letter-sound associations

Fast ForWord Reading 1

Fast ForWord Reading 1 builds critical early reading skills, with a focus on phonemic awareness, early decoding skills, appreciation of print, and motivation for reading.

Based on research of how the brain learns, Fast ForWord Reading 1 exercises use exclusive patented technology to help students build cognitive skills in the context of essential reading skills including:

• Phonemic awareness
• Letter-sound associations
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Sentence comprehension
• Paragraph comprehension

Fast ForWord Reading 2

Fast ForWord Reading 2 consolidates early reading skills with a focus on applying phonics and decoding strategies.

It improves word reading and comprehension for easily decodable words and high frequency words. As the cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing, and sequencing are further developed, your student will gain a better understanding of the rules for reading comprehension.

Fast ForWord Reading 2 exercises use exclusive patented technology, based on neuroscience research, to help students build cognitive skills in the context of essential reading skills including:

• Phonemic awareness
• Letter-sound associations
• Phonics
• Decoding
• Vocabulary
• Sentence comprehension
• Paragraph comprehension

Fast ForWord Reading 3

Fast ForWord Reading 3 builds reading knowledge and fluency. With a focus on recognizing word sounds, word forms, and spelling conventions this product develops basic vocabulary and comprehension skills.

Using an exclusive patented technology to help students build cognitive skills in the context of essential reading skills, Fast ForWord Reading 3 exercises work on:

• Advanced knowledge of letter sounds
• Phonology and spelling
• Structure of written language
• Cause and effect relationships in written text
• Paragraph comprehension