Yes. Purchase the Starter Kit. Begin with Foundations and take your time working through the lessons. Your student may need to complete each lesson in Foundations more than once.

You may choose to supplement the lessons with additional activities to help her master the letter sounds.

Continue to work slowly through the lessons in each level. Plan to give each lesson twice. Expect that it will take 24 to 36 months to complete the program.

Yes. Many students begin Brightwire in the second and third grades. This is often when it becomes clear that other methods of instruction are not working.

Purchase the Starter Kit. Begin in Foundations. Pay attention to any sounds that are difficult for your student, especially short vowel sounds.

Expect that your student will move quickly through Foundations. Take your time in Level 1. Expect that it will take 18 to 24 months to complete the progam.

Many older students, especially those with dyslexia, have memorized many words. They have difficulty when they come to new words, because they still need to develop basic decoding skills.

Purchase the Starter Kit. Begin with Foundations and work through each lesson. Pay attention to sounds that are difficult for your student, especially short vowel sounds. Expect that you will finish Foundations very quickly.

Continue working through each level of the program. Expect that it will take 12-18 months to complete the program.

Yes. Students do not need to be diagnosed with dyslexia to benefit from Brightwire. If your student struggles with inaccurate decoding, poor word recognition, or bad spelling, Brightwire will help your student make important gains.

Probably not. Accurate reading naturally leads to better comprehension. Brightwire helps students become accurate readers.

If your student is already very accurate with both reading and spelling but continues to struggle with comprehension, Brightwire is probably not the best fit.

Yes. Brightwire works very well as an adult literacy program. The lessons are approachable and engaging.

Begin in Foundations. Work through each lesson, paying attention to sounds your student has difficulty with. Expect that your student will move quickly through Foundations, and that it will take between 12 and 18 months to finish the program.

Yes. Brightwire can be easily adapted to work for small groups. It is perfect for use in public, private, and charter schools. It is relatively inexpensive, and interventionists and paraprofessionals can be efficiently trained to use our program.

We offer in-service training and school pricing. Please contact us for details.