Fast ForWord to Reading 3 software is a computer-based series of exercises that builds reading knowledge and fluency. With a focus on recognizing word sounds, word forms, and spelling conventions this product develops basic vocabulary and comprehension skills.
Using an exclusive patented technology to help students build cognitive skills in the context of essential reading skills, Fast ForWord to Reading 3 exercises includes:
- Advanced knowledge of letter-sounds
- Phonology and spelling
- Structure of written language Vocabulary
- Cause and effect relationships in written text
- Paragraph Comprehension
Teachers work with participants who are struggling with reading and need to develop the cognitive and language skills necessary to become better readers. Fast ForWord to Reading 3 consists of six exercises, which provide practice with the essential skills for learning to read.
This product focuses on the five essential components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.
This software is a great follow-up to Fast ForWord to Reading 2 as it continues to develop the essential cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing and sequencing, or Learning MAPS, which are critically important prerequisites for successful reading.
Learning MAPS
Fast ForWord is a life-changing intervention that produces a lasting effect on learning by developing and strengthening the essential cognitive skills we call Learning MAPS.
Examples in Fast ForWord to Reading Prep include:
MEMORY Enables you to hold a spoken word in working memory while retrieving picture-concept associations
ATTENTION Enhances the ability to sustain focus on multiple tasks and ignore distractions
PROCESSING Allows the student to analyze images and distinguish sounds quickly enough to discriminate their differences
SEQUENCING Uses positional cues to identify a missing letter
Scope and Sequence
This product helps the student develop phonemic awareness, phonics, alphabet, capitals, colour, shape and sizes and fine motor skills.
It also simultaneously helps the student improve cognitive skills required to read: memory, attention, processing and sequencing.
The Exercises
The Fast ForWord to Reading 3 product consists of six exercises. These exercises focus on skills that correlate to national reading standards.
- Scrap Cat
- Canine Crew
- Twisted Pictures
- Chicken Dog
- Book Monkeys
- Hog Hat Zone
Scrap Cat uses categorization to help develop decoding skills, vocabulary, automatic word recognition, and an understanding of semantics (meaning), syntax (part of speech), phonology (sound structure), morphology (word structure), and conceptual relationships.
Canine Crew uses word pairing to help develop decoding skills, vocabulary, automatic word recognition, and understanding of semantics (meanings), phonology (sound structure), and conceptual relationships.
Twisted Pictures helps develop sentence comprehension, syntax (part of speech), working memory, logical reasoning, and vocabulary as the participant matches the pictures to their descriptive titles.
Chicken Dog helps develop spelling, letter-sound correspondences, and phonemic (sound structure) awareness as the participant spells out and finishes the incomplete words.
Chicken Dog is a burger stand that makes its customers spell words for their food. The participant helps sell burgers as they complete word spellings.
Book Monkeys helps develop paragraph comprehension, the understanding of cause and effect, the ability to make inferences, working memory, and vocabulary as the participant reads paragraphs and answers related questions.
Hog Hat Zone helps develop paragraph comprehension as well as an understanding of pronouns, auxiliary verbs, prefixes, and suffixes. Hog Hat Zone also helps the participant make the links between words and sentences, and helps build a foundation for further vocabulary growth.
Patented Features
The Fast ForWord Family of Products allow teachers to take advantage of the F.A.S.T. Power Learning Formula and accelerate the student’s learning.
- Frequency and Intensity Brain plasticity research demonstrates that completing a set of learning tasks in a frequent, intense timeframe accelerates learning.
- Adaptivity Interactive exercises automatically adapt to individual skill levels and responses.
- Simultaneous Development Exercises develop major cognitive and reading skills simultaneously to ensure enduring improvements in learning.
- Timely Motivation Tiered rewards designed to maximize motivation.
Product Protocols
There is a choice of protocols that can be followed, in school or at home. Each day’s participation time can be divided into multiple sessions.
| 30 Minute |
40 Minute |
50 Minute |
75 Minute |
90 Minute |
| Three 10 minute exercises |
Four 10 minute exercises |
Three 10 minute exercises |
Five 15 minute exercises |
Five 15minute exercises |
| 5 days/week |
5 days/week |
5 days/week |
5 days/week |
5 days/week |
| 12 to 16 Weeks |
9 to 13 Weeks |
6 to 10 Weeks |
5 to 8 Weeks |
4 to 7 Weeks |
IMPORTANCE OF PROTOCOL
Neuroscience research confirms the importance of frequency and intensity of activity to build and strengthen cognitive skills. Therefore, adherence to Fast ForWord product protocol is essential to delivering good results.
A consistent daily routine that allows for intense repetition will maximize the benefits of the exercises. The participant may take breaks between exercises, but not while an exercise is open.
The students are motivated through the use of points charts, immediate feedback, extensive progress reports and the teacher’s involvement.
Reading Intervention Scientifically Validated to Work
The Fast ForWord family of products is based on over 30 years of neuroscience research. Its patented technology rewires the brain through a series of computer exercises that build learning capacity in all students allowing them to learn and read effectively. The Fast ForWord to Reading Series builds and strengthens the essential foundational cognitive skills within the context of reading activities.
Recommended Product Sequence
Fast ForWord to Reading 3 is the fourth product in the Fast ForWord Reading Series. It is taken as appropriate for the student’s reading proficiency.
It builds fundamental cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing and sequencing (Learning MAPs) in the context of key language and reading skills, including listening accuracy, phonological awareness and language structures.
After completing this product a student can move onto Fast ForWord Reading 4.

Fast ForWord Progress Tracker
Fast ForWord Progress Tracker, allows teachers to monitor each student’s progress individually. Teachers can view progress charts (like the one displayed) detailed error reports that highlight priority areas as well as skills based summaries. Also teachers can see if the student in complying with the programme. We show exactly what work a student does, for how long, on what day and what is their points/participation.
We provide these and other online data-analysis product that displays longitudinal performance reports for a comprehensive participant progress review. Fast ForWord Progress Tracker also shows:
- Reports that track group and participant progress over time
- Flags that indicate when a participant may need intervention, and messages that suggest classroom activities to help improve a participant’s performance
- Administrative reports that compare performance for participant groups based on specific demographics
- Progress reports that can be automatically printed or emailed to principals, teachers, parents, and others on a weekly or daily basis
Reading Progress Indicator
To help better evaluate student gains, Reading Progress Indicator allows teachers rapidly measure the effects of the Fast ForWord® family of reading intervention products.
Reading Progress Indicator is a valid reading assessment that is easy and economical to administer throughout the school year. In addition, Reading Progress Indicator is correlated to internationally recognize normed assessments, including the Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Reading Achievement, to accurately reflect student progress.
It provides teachers with a clear picture of reading progress in terms of grade equivalents and percentile scores.
Gain the ability to: QUICKLY ASSESS FOUR KEY SKILL AREAS:
- phonemic awareness
- decoding
- vocabulary
- comprehension
Training
We provide full training to education professionals. This will cover full product knowledge including analysis tools, background on reading and learning skill development and continual professional updates. The courses are held in our centres, at your school and on-line. See www.nnnnmn.com for more details.
Product Availability
We provide Fast ForWord Products for use in schools, clinics and at home use. All use of the Fast ForWord Family of Products must be supervised by a Certified Provider. Please contact us directly or one of our providers listed here: (waiting on url)
Research
The Fast ForWord family of products have been validated in over 100 research projects and the science behind the products have been reviewed in over 6,000 peer review papers. Please see out research section for further information and if you would like a copy of our research book please email us on research @ neuronlearning.com
Product & Technical Support
We provide learning aides including product manuals, intervention activities, training courses, and if you need help, we provide the following resources: phone support, email support, online training and on-site or at our centres depending on your requirements.
Minimum Specifications
Fast ForWord Gateway Edition runs on Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, and Macintosh OSX 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4. A complete specifications list can be found on the web at www.scilearn.com/techspec.
Price and Conditions
The price of the products and related services will vary depending on the provider, the products used, the protocol followed and the services provided. Please contact us with your requirements via email to consult @ neuronlearning.com
Neuroscience Designed, Curriculum Aligned.
Based on more than 30 years of neuroscience research, Scientific Learning’s Fast ForWord family of reading intervention products uses patented technology to target the cognitive skills required to master language and reading. These foundational skills are widely recognized as the keys to all learning. Each product’s interactive exercises integrate proprietary software and Internet technology to create an optimal learning environment that adapts to the level of each student. Products are continuously updated to reflect improvements in learning methods and technical changes.
Further Information
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