Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated the Funnix program. Our son is considered highly functional autistic. He is six. Like many children in the spectrum he learns more by sight than by any other means. This program fulfills that need for him.But the great thing about this is that it is also teaching him to listen! The questions in each lesson require a response from him without any visual clues and he has really started to understand that. One of his weakest points is not being able to comprehend what is being asked of him. I truly believe this program is helping him in this area.

We have found this program naturally provides him with practice in word pronunciations, as well.

I am sure he would have eventually learned to read without this program, but the program has provided so much more than just phonics.In less than 20 lessons, he was expected to write some of the words he was learning by sounding them out. Not a problem!!

Thank you so much for this reading program!

My story may be like many you've heard: a year ago, I was feeling so discouraged. I'd homeschooled for almost 2 years and nothing I had tried for my son as far a reading went worked. He was 9 then and really could not read.

I saw an email on a homeschoolers' email list about reading tutoring at UCCS (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs) and both of my children began the program.

I had no idea that the program being used was your program though, and it wasn't until this summer that I began to see that it WORKED! The children have continued the program with a private tutor all summer, but she was quitting, and I just couldn't find a replacement to continue the Horizons or Reading Mastery, so I began to think it was time I taught the children this program myself.

When I found out what the Horizons and Reading Mastery textbooks cost, I began researching alternatives.

I began doing research on exactly what the children were doing, and discovered FUNNIX! When I heard about FUNNIX 2 I jumped for joy! I tried the sample lessons and the kids loved it since it was so close to what they were doing with the tutors...

It is so much of an honor to write the authors of this wonderful program directly! I really do not believe anything else can work...

Best and THANK YOU.

Dear sir/madam:

I ordered from the Philippines and my son and I are in Lesson 42. My son has autism and is already 12 years old. I have tried a lot of reading programs and softwares but so far, yours is the most effective.

Sheila de Torres

We got this for our son and it is the only way he has been able to learn to read. Today he wrote 2 sentences all by himself! We have tried EVERY other program but nothing has worked except this! Thank you so much for making this available...

Thank you,
Nanci Duncan

Dear Mr. Englemann,

My shy little girl beams when she reads. Now, she is better able to read math story problems and every aspect of her life has been enriched. I teach my daughter at home, with a great deal of outside resistance from family and others, as this is our first year. With our success, I intend to gently prove them wrong.

I just wanted to comment on your program of Funnix. I tried several reading programs with my son without success.. I can't tell you how proud Jacob was when he started reading all by himself... by lesson 48, he was reading "Little Bear" books and the old and improved "Dick and Jane" and he can't wait to pick up another book and just read, read, read.

Your program is such that it is not continual, monotonous, frustrating review of past learned things, it does a lovely job of reviewing and at the same time adding a new element so as to review in that lesson...only they don't realize it..
So..thank you, thank you, thank you..my son won't be walking down the isle not reading..!!

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