Reading Eggs (A REVIEW)

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.

I have been using Reading Eggs from Blake eLearning Inc. for many years, off and on, but always when my kids were first learning how to read we'd get a subscription. Now that my kids are all reading and older we haven't used it for a few years because I just wasn't sure that I needed it for my bigger kids, but I was pleasantly surprised to find with this review that they have a pretty great program for kids all the way up through about age 13. It's not just for early learners!

Alex (4th grade) doing the assessment to see where he will be placed within the Reading Eggspress program.

We received a 1-year subscription with access to the whole Reading Eggs program which includes Reading Eggs Junior, Reading Eggspress (for ages 7-13), Fastphonics, and Mathseeds for two of our boys. We focused primarily on using the Reading Eggspress since both boys are in the 7-13 age range. The two children that used this are in 4th and 7th grades.

The Reading Eggspress page where the child begins their lessons each time after they log in.

Reading Eggs is a completely online program so that means it's accessible anywhere with an internet connection. We simply log in to our main account and the child picks the tab with their name on it to get into their own personal page. Everything is easy to find and navigate, and there are many different lessons and games to choose from. But, there is always the main reading lesson ready and waiting for them to continue working on.

An example of the different parts of the main lesson for an older child

There is quite a bit of challenge for an older child on the Reading Eggspress. There are many "books" to read and questions to answer, but even more than that there is spelling, definitions, focus on different parts of a book like the cover, and much more. It's more than just read a section and answer questions. There's a lot of good variety in each lesson and it covers a lot of basic language arts topics.

An example of one of the "books" that an older child might read in Reading Eggspress.

For the younger kids, there are fun phonics games, Mathseeds, and of course the Reading Eggs lessons (ages 3-7). Alex (4th) grade struggled a little bit with the older section, so I had him start on the Reading Eggs lessons, and I will probably have him finish this section before continuing onto Reading Eggspress again. These lessons will be pretty easy and quick for him though, so it'll be a good review. At least they are super fun lessons and he enjoys them!

I really like Reading Eggs. I always have, and now I am excited to see all the stuff they have for older kids. Reading Eggs has helped my boys learn to read, and now I hope it will help them to become better readers.

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