Help your child read with confidence — ten minutes a day
Flashcardread uses The Flash Method: the word flashes on screen, your child writes it from memory, and a quick game locks it in. It was created by a classroom teacher for her own dyslexic son, and it has helped thousands of struggling readers since.
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“Give me two weeks to see a big difference, give me 8 weeks to turn the mind around completely. From struggling to hero status!”
23+
years the Flash Method has been used with struggling readers
10 min
a day is all a session takes — twice a day is even better
K–12
grade levels, 16 weeks each, ten words a week
Does this sound like your child?
Struggling readers are rarely lazy and almost never “not trying.” They are usually decoding every single word from scratch, which uses up all the brainpower reading is supposed to leave for understanding.
- Skips words, loses the line, or re-reads the same sentence
- Guesses at words from the first letter
- Spells the same word three different ways on one page
- Reads slowly and forgets what the page was about
- Fights homework, hides books, says “I’m dumb”
- Has been told it’s dyslexia, ADHD, or “just a late bloomer”
How the Flash Method works
Each session activates the visual, auditory, and writing parts of the brain at the same time, so children master reading and spelling together instead of one at a time.
1. Hear it in a sentence
Every word starts with meaning. Your child hears it used in a real sentence and sees its synonyms, so the word is never just letters on a screen.
2. Watch it flash
The word flashes up to 11 times — speed and count are adjustable. This trains the brain to recognize the whole word instantly, which is where fluency comes from.
3. Write it from memory
The word disappears and your child writes it out. We check the spelling on the spot, moving the word from short-term into long-term memory.
4. Play to make it stick
A quick space-themed synonym-matching game reinforces the whole set. Games can be switched off anytime for kids who focus better without them.
See a real session
A full recording of one session: the word in a sentence, the flashes, the word written out letter by letter, then the Asteroid Match game. On-screen notes explain what is happening in your child's brain at each step.
What your child gains
- Track words across the page without losing the line
- Spell hard words correctly — even hippopotamus
- Read more words per minute, measured against US standards
- Understand more, because decoding stops getting in the way
- Feel confident enough to read anything they pick up
Ten words a week, sixteen weeks per grade, kindergarten through 12th — aligned with Common Core standards.
Mastery is recorded after every session, so you can watch progress add up week by week.
Measure fluency any time with the words-per-minute Reading Race and compare against US grade-level standards.
Who made this
I'm Kim Parra, a classroom teacher. Twenty-three years ago my own son was diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, and nothing the school sent home was working. So I built the flash method at our kitchen table — hear it, flash it, write it, play it — and watched him go from avoiding books to reading above grade level. I have used it with hundreds of students since, and Flashcardread is that same method, made for your living room.
Read our full story →What parents say
“My son went from hiding his reading log to asking for his word set at breakfast. Three months in, he tested a full grade level higher.”
“The writing step is what did it. She could always guess a word — now she can actually spell it.”
“Ten minutes is the magic. My ADHD kid will do ten minutes. He will not do an hour of worksheets.”
Parent community
Ask questions, compare notes with other families, and cheer on the kids posting their scores under a fun nickname.
Pick your child's level
Sixteen weeks of ten words for every grade, kindergarten through twelfth.
Kindergarten
First sight words and simple three-letter words.
16 weeks · 160 words
1First Grade
Blends, digraphs and silent-e words.
16 weeks · 160 words
2Second Grade
Vowel teams, r-controlled vowels and contractions.
16 weeks · 160 words
3Third Grade
Prefixes, suffixes and multi-syllable words.
16 weeks · 160 words
4Fourth Grade
Academic vocabulary for stronger readers.
16 weeks · 160 words
5Fifth Grade
Longer words and everyday academic language.
16 weeks · 160 words
6Sixth Grade
Challenging middle-school vocabulary.
16 weeks · 160 words
7Seventh Grade
Middle-school academic and content-area vocabulary.
16 weeks · 160 words
8Eighth Grade
Precise words for stronger writing and analysis.
16 weeks · 160 words
9Ninth Grade
High-school vocabulary for literature and essays.
16 weeks · 160 words
10Tenth Grade
Advanced academic words across subjects.
16 weeks · 160 words
11Eleventh Grade
SAT-style vocabulary for college-bound readers.
16 weeks · 160 words
12Twelfth Grade
College-prep words for advanced reading and writing.
16 weeks · 160 words
Questions parents ask
How long does a session take?
Eight to ten minutes. Most families do one session in the morning and one after school. Consistency matters far more than length.
Will this work for dyslexia or ADHD?
That is exactly who it was built for. The method activates sight, sound, and handwriting at the same time, which is what multisensory reading instruction is meant to do. Short sessions and a game reward keep attention where it needs to be.
What grade should we start in?
Start where your child is reading, not where they are enrolled. The free reading check and the words-per-minute Reading Race will point you to the right level in a few minutes.
What does it cost?
Your first week is free. After that it is $15 a week, $50 a month, two months for $80, six months for $119, or a full year for $199. Cancel anytime.
Start with the free reading check
Three minutes of questions about how your child reads, spells, and focuses. You get a plain-language summary and the exact place to start.