NOW
I CAN
SEE HIS JOY
IN READING.
NOW
I CAN
READ WITHOUT
GUESSING.
NOW
I CAN
WRITE MORE
THAN MY NAME.
  • What is Reading Recovery?

    It’s an intensive 20-week early intervention program that helps young learners read and write. Grade 1 students are paired with specially-trained teachers for 30 minutes every school day, and most children are reading within a few short weeks.

  • Is Reading Recovery in my child’s school?

    Depending on where you live, Reading Recovery (offered in both English and French) may be implemented by the School Board or by your province’s Ministry of Education. Not every school in Canada currently implements the Reading Recovery intervention. Find out how you can get Reading Recovery in your child’s school.

  • Does it work?

    Since its beginnings in New Zealand, Reading Recovery has been collecting annual data. This makes it one of the most fully researched early reading interventions in the world. In Canada, at the end of every school year, data is collected from every implementation in the country. The data is reviewed and analyzed by trained statistical analysts. 

    Year over year, results indicate that 75% of students are able to read and write at grade level by the end of the series of lessons. Every student that participates in a series of Reading Recovery lessons makes improvements in their reading and writing skills.

20 %

Of grade 1 students have
difficulty learning
to read and write.

25 %

of Grade 3 kids in Canada
can’t read at grade level.

1M

Children in Canada have
below grade-level reading skills.

Reading Recovery is proven to work, yet it’s not in all schools. Let’s change that.

Adam’s story
The boy who cried ‘You know I hate to read!’ is now proud of his reading.
Adam’s Mom
Travis’ Story
As a parent, I have witnessed the transformation a child can feel when they learn to read and write.
Travis’ Mom
Kelly’s Story
My son wasn’t able to identify letters before he started learning through Reading Recovery. Now he is reading full sentences to his younger brother before bed.
Kelly, Mother of a Reading Recovery Student
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The impact of Reading Recovery

Reading Recovery’s expert teachers work with children like Avery who need extra support to learn to read and write. Now Avery, like many others, has the tools, skills and confidence needed to become a reader and writer. Watch the video.

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