Does your son or daughter read at a skillful reading level? National data paint a gloomy picture. Based on the National Center for Educational Statistics, 90 percent of eighth-graders in Washington, D.C., 81 percent in New Mexico, 80 percent in Mississippi and Nevada, 7-8 percent in Louisiana, California and Hawaii, 74 percent in Texas, and 73 percent in Florida were studying at a level below effectiveness in 2003. At least 63 % of eighth-graders in 32 other states read at an amount below skill. To help educators and parents in helping kids become more experienced in reading, SFK Media Especially For Kids Corp. Offers an innovative learning pro-gram called ReadEnt. It blends reading with enjoyable films to teach and improve language and knowledge. These Reading Movies work with a patented technology named 'Action Captions,' which present each spoken word on-screen, in real-time, being a character speaks. Based on SFK Media, this type of captioning works well in increasing the rate of language develop-ment and knowledge. What become ingrained in the children's minds and, thus, both reading and spoken language skills develop naturally. '[Students] watching these Reading Movies, though they think they are just watching a movie that's entertaining,.. are knowing words. They're reading whether they realize that they're or not,' explained Chelsee Atkins, an instructor and reading specialist in Florida. 'If they sit down and watch several these shows each week, they're paying 10 hours a week reading.' ReadEnt's Reading Movies can be found as active DVD plans to be used on-the TELEVISION or computer and include such classic titles as '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,' 'Tales of Gulliver's Travels' and 'The Trojan Horse.' They can be found in various different teaching configurations: being a shared knowledge on one television monitor; like a guided exercise, where several students interact on their particular computers; and as-a one-to-one tutorial, in which the teacher or parent assesses the child's knowledge and vocabulary recognition. Be taught additional information on our affiliated link by browsing to source. 'Learning is playing in its best sense, and activity should be learning,' said Joy Esterberg, a language skills expert at Baruch College in Ny. 'This system is a wonderful union between learning and activity.'.

Special Films Can Enhance Pupils' Reading Skill
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