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Holding Ourselves to a Higher Standard

Why Personal Choice Matters When Reading

A love of reading begins with a spark—an exciting story, a fascinating topic, or a character that feels like a friend. But as students grow older, that spark often dims. The solution? Make reading personal.

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Matching Needs with Intervention – Key Webinar Takeaways

In our recent webinar, the MindPlay team provided valuable insights for educators and administrators nationwide on how reading interventions can address diverse learning needs, enhance literacy outcomes, and support student growth in today’s classrooms.

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MindPlay Reading Studio: Your HQIM Companion

The foundation of student success begins with access to high-quality instructional materials (HQIM). MindPlay Reading Studio ensures students have multiple ways to learn or re-learn key skills through direct instruction provided by on-screen speech pathologists, rebuilding and solidifying their foundation for literacy success in alignment with the same guiding principles as the HQIM curricula carefully chosen by school districts.

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Crafting Impactful Learning Experiences: MindPlay Reading Studio

Our vision at MindPlay is simple: a world where struggling learners receive the intervention they require, early and often. This doesn’t happen without an intervention system that is designed specifically and intentionally. Recently, we sat down with Brett Gunter, Director of Product Design, to learn more about MindPlay’s approach to product design and how we prioritize struggling learners and their educational teams nationwide.

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The Orton-Gillingham Approach: Structure for Purpose

The Orton-Gillingham (OG) approach is a long-running, evidence-based methodology focusing on individualized instruction and sequential skill development. It uses multisensory instruction in an emotionally supportive environment, explicitly teaching the connections between sounds and letters. At MindPlay, we have been integrating this powerful approach into our program for over 40 years, using it to gain rapid reading growth for students performing below grade level and needing reading intervention.

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Revolutionizing Reading Intervention: MindPlay Studio Launches

MindPlay Education releases a groundbreaking personalized learning system, addressing the nationwide need for better intervention. MindPlay Education announces the launch of MindPlay Reading Studio on January 21, 2025. Designed to accelerate the literacy growth of struggling readers in grades K-12, this innovative reading intervention program delivers a comprehensive, research-based approach that meets the diverse needs […]

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Beyond Phonics: The Full Scope of the Science of Reading

We are at a transformative moment in reading instruction. With over 40 states embracing the Science of Reading—a comprehensive, evidence-based approach—literacy education is undergoing a significant and impactful shift. While implementing SoR at scale requires effort, the benefits—improved literacy outcomes and empowered teachers—far outweigh the challenges.

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Morgan Co. Middle School: Teachers as Architects of Change

Teachers and administrators possess the unique power to shape, impact, and change the trajectories of their students’ lives. At Morgan County Middle School (Georgia), two dedicated educators—Dr. Lindsay Peaster and Mrs. Cheryl Powers—have been at the forefront of this mission, shaping, innovating, and redefining literacy for hundreds of students. As a result, their scores have […]

Case Studies

What’s New – Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) Assessment in MindPlay Reading Studio

Assessing a student’s ability to name a series of familiar items aloud quickly and with accuracy can be a strong predictor of current and future reading performance when administered early in a child’s literacy journey (Araújo et al., 2015). However, the logistics of adding another assessment that must be done one-on-one can present challenges for […]

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