BEFORE FUNNIX
The roots of the Funnix program go back to 1969, when Zig Engelmann wrote the most successful school-reading program ever, Distar Reading, now called Reading Mastery, which is still considered one of the best reading programs ever designed. This program is so effective because it was field-tested and revised many times to make sure that it worked and worked well before it was ever published.

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In 1997, Zig and his co-authors developed a different beginning reading program, Horizons. It is as highly rated as Reading Mastery but teaches things a little differently than Reading Mastery does. Horizons teaches more words than Reading Mastery and focuses more on comprehension skills.

The program may not be perfect to us, but it is light years better than all other CDs for beginning readers. Funnix is not designed to primarily entertain, but you and your child will find it entertaining. It is not designed to be something your child does independently (like a video game), but you will find it easy to use. Most of all, Funnix is like the other products that Zig and his colleagues develop: it doesn't just work well, it works better than anything else you could use.

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