Michingan

Patty Doering, Resource Teacher, St. Mary's School, Spring Lake, Michigan
"My resource students and regular students love this software. The students beg to work on it. The Sight Words program is helping the students become much more fluent in reading. The custom Spelling List Maker is an excellent feature of the Spelling programs."

Ruth Morris, Grade Three/Four Teacher, St. Mary's School, Paw Paw Michigan
"I use Essential Skills Programs exclusively. I love the Reading Comprehension programs. They train the students to answer many different types of comprehension and vocabulary questions. There are so many stories and activities in each of these programs that none of my children have been able to complete the comprehension programs. The children really enjoy the programs because they are fun to do. I don't think they realize how much they are learning."

Jean Fadder, Computer Teacher, Dove Academy, Detroit, Michigan
"We use Essential Skills programs daily. The kids really are getting a lot out of this software. They are benefiting greatly from the Grammar program. They now know the rules of grammar and they are carrying this knowledge over in the classroom. Their grammar and general language skills are improving in all areas. They enjoy using the software immensely. The reading comprehension programs have a variety of excellent activities to appeal to all types of learners. I really like how the Marks Manager works with all the programs."

Patti Perfetti, Instructional Technology Assistant, Chassell Township Schools, Chassell, Michigan
"Our Grade Two Teacher and our Special Education Teacher ordered the software because they felt it addressed some of the Michigan benchmarks. We use Super Phonics with grades one and two and the Reading Comprehension programs with students in grades one to four. The software from Essential Skills is among my favorites. It is all about learning skills but still fun for the kids. The reward pictures for mastering skills are wonderful. The kids love them!"

Brent McCarty, Computer Teacher, St. Joseph's School, Pewamo, Michigan
"Our students use the Essential Skills programs weekly. The students really enjoy the software. We use the Spell Master series with grades four, five and six. The word choice is good for the grade level. The Spelling List Maker allows us to enter our own word lists and the program automatically creates all the activities for the words. These are great programs!"

Cathy Fountain, Computer Tech, R J Wallis School, Kincheloe, Michigan
"We are very satisfied with the software. We use it a lot with the students from Kindergarten through grade five. We really appreciate the fact that a net workable building license is less than $600. I can't say enough good things about ESS. The children love the learning games. The software is aligned to the curriculum. We will go to this software first when looking to reinforce basic skills that are being taught in the classroom. We have been using this software on a daily basis for four years."

Carol Kent, Special Education Teacher, Le Baron Elementary School, Pontiac, Michigan
"We have been using the three Reading Comprehension programs from Essential Skills during the day and in our after school tutoring program. We have a lot of children that are reading one to three years below grade level. Their comprehension skills are low. We use the software with both special education kids and general students. The Marks Manager is very easy to use and print out progress reports. The stories are interesting and topical with good pictures. We feel that the activities are designed to appeal to all types of learners. There is a variety of comprehension and vocabulary questions in each story. Even the typing activities offer excellent keyboarding skills. The students really love these programs. They even ask to come at recess to work on their reading comprehension."