FAQ

Yes! Our first book 'I can read!' has been translated into Dutch, German and Greek, with a Spanish version on its way. Some of our other books are currently being translated and will be available in Dutch soon.

• ‘Easy’ three-letter words, that can be sounded out phonetically, are printed in Pink

• Orange words are largely phonetic words, and include the sounds: ch, ck, th, wh, sh

• More advanced words, that require sound code knowledge, are in Blue

• Sight words are in Green

• And the rest are in Black print

The objective is that a beginner reader reads every Pink word and the competent reader reads out loud all the rest. As they build their reading skills, they are encouraged to read the Pink and Orange words, and progress to including the Blue words, etc.

The shades of pink, orange, blue and green in the books (not on the website) have been specially chosen so that a person with the most common type of red-green colour deficiency (deutans) can distinguish them apart. They may not be able to tell you that the colour of the word is 'pink' but they will see it as different to the colour 'green'.

The Rally Reading series asks us to engage in the learning to read process differently. We ask you not to stretch young readers beyond their current capabilities but rather allow the space for them to become engaged in the purpose for reading - which is about communicating with one another through the sounds of individual letters forming the sound of words, piecing them all together to form sentences which become entire stories.

Allow the reader to become familiar with reading the pink words while you read the rest to them in a flow that is natural, until confidence builds for the young reader to expand their capabilities.

As young people who struggle with reading get older they don't want to read 'baby books' with meaningless phrases such as 'The cat sat on the mat'. Reading is not necessarily their favourite thing to do, but Rally Reading allows them to participate in reading and reminds them that reading has a purpose.

There is also a depth of joy in the illustrations - so have fun reading the words and pictures.