The We All Can Read Program is a research-based, multisensory phonics program designed to help students, regardless of their age or background, who require remedial reading instruction. This direct, systematic, and sequential synthetic phonics program is used by parents and adult students in their homes and by teachers in both mainstream, special education, and ESL classes in schools. We All Can Read is solidly grounded in Orton-Gillingham principles and incorporates the components of reading identified in the seminal report authorized by the United States Congress Teaching Children to Read that identifies the core skill strands of phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency as essential components in any successful reading skills aquisition program.

The We All Can Read Program aligns with the findings of the Adult Reading Components Study from the National Institute for Literacy and focuses upon developing the print skills / alphabetics identified in that report which consist of the following sub-skills: phonemics, word analysis (phonics), spelling, and rate and fluency. The We All Can Read Program also aligns with the findings released in a report by National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy The Relationship of the Component Skills of Learning to International Adult Literacy Survey Performance. (This report concludes that the best approach for teaching reading to adults with low and intermediate reading skills is to provide them with direct instruction in the areas of phonics and rate / fluency.

We All Can Read provides a comprehensive, tightly-structured phonics program for all ages. The goal of our program is to provide materials that teach nonreaders or low-level readers to read words accurately, fluently, and independently. Our program materials are designed so that they can be used by a teacher in a traditional classroom setting and/or by students proceeding independently through the entire program with access to a computer or DVD player.

The program is published in three different formats to accommodate a wide variety of programming needs. The three different formats available for the We All Can Read Program are as follows:

1. A nonconsumable core book (with an accompanying supplemental reader) that presents a complete and comprehensive phonics program. (Both a Third Grade through Adult Edition and a K-2 Edition are published.)
2. A Video DVD Edition (also available in VHS format) that consists of one hundred and thirty-six lessons published in twenty-one DVDs. Each DVD contains two hours of video instruction constituting a total of forty-two hours of video instruction. The DVD series is designed so that a teacher with absolutely no background in teaching phonics can effectively implement the program by simply playing the DVDs to a class of students. The DVD series also enables students with access to a portable DVD player to work independently. (Third Grade through Adult Edition only)
3. An Online Edition (Third Grade through Adult Edition only) that contains 644 lessons combining video, audio, and text elements. After registering, a student can download any one of our 644 lessons. (The first 28 online phonics lessons are free and may be accessed from our online instruction page.) In addition the Teacher's Guide for each lesson is also available to provide additional information for teachers, parents, and tutors. Our Teacher's Guide is a free download and may be accessed from our Downloads page.

Endorsements

After conducting an extensive, formal statewide evaluation process, the Georgia Department of Education placed both the We All Can Read K - 2 Edition and We All Can Read Third Grade through Adult Edition on its Reading First Instructional Materials List. Only programs determined to be research-based were placed on the list. In addition the We All Can Read Third Grade through Adult Program was one of only three programs to qualify as a Category One Program for Grades 4-12 for Older Beginning Readers as determined by the Georgia Department of Education. Only programs judged to be explicit, systematic phonics programs earned the designation of Category One.

The National Right to Read Foundation has endorsed the We All Can Read Program.
"We are pleased to notify you that the We All Can Read Program has been endorsed by the National Right to Read Foundation as an exemplary program for teaching children and adults to read...In our review of your program, we have used the following criteria: is the instructional approach direct and systematic; are the reading skills taught in the order of difficulty students have in learning them; is the phonetic system taught in a specific sequence; is adequate practice provided at each step to ensure that principles being taught are thoroughly learned; are sounds of the letters taught in isolation; is the blending of the sounds of the letters taught; is the phonetic system taught in its entirety; and finally does the individual learn to read using your system of phonetic teaching instruction? Based on our assessment, you meet and exceed these requirements. While no one need tell you, your program is academically sound - the results speak for themselves...Congratulations on your achievement. We wish you continued success as you pursue the goal of eliminating illiteracy in America."