Kiz Phonics Review

Wednesday, October 4th

2023 Learn to Read Program Reviews

Kiz Phonics

• Priced from $39 to $159
• Multiple membership options
• Broad free trial
• Fun and engaging for children to learn

As you might guess, Kiz Phonics is a phonics-driven program intended to teach children to read. The company is based out of Hong Kong and was originally created to teach English to non-native speakers. However, it is now used to teach any child how to read.

Pay for six months or a year

The website has a variety of membership plans to pick from for whatever your needs may be. A single child for 6 months is $39 and 1 year is $59. For up to 10 users, 6 months is $69 and 1 year is $99. For up to 20 users, 6 months is $99 and 1 year is $159. These plans do not automatically renew when they expire so make sure to pay for another if you are still interested.

Plenty of free resources

Upon clicking around on the website though, we discovered a fair amount of the content is actually free to use without paying for a membership. Kiz Phonics allows customers to try 3-5 items in each category before paying. If you are interested at all in this program, we strongly encourage you to watch the tour video provided at the top of the website. It gives an extremely thorough overview of what Kiz Phonics has to offer.

Variety of materials used to teach

Kiz phonics uses a wide variety of materials to teach children how to read. They have games, songs, worksheets, apps, cards, charts and assessments. The website is set up with the ability to search for your desired level in two ways. The first is by grade level which ranges from pre-k through 2nd grade. The other way to search is by material and you can pick out just a song or worksheet and jump around as you see fit.

Free materials to explore

Kiz Phonics was set up as a standalone way to teach your child to read or for use as a supplement to other programs. As you explore the free materials, it is worth noting that they tell parents and educators what to do with each item whether it is a song, a worksheet or an activity. It guides you to be able to teach your child and add on to the materials they provide you. Teaching your child to read with this program requires a hands-on approach which makes sense as it is a full curriculum.

Variety of materials and activities

As stated previously, they offer materials out of a variety of categories. There are worksheets designed by level, flashcards and charts to print out for children or to decorate classrooms and 21 phonics stories created specifically for this program. There are also digital media materials included. Phonics games are for practicing phonetic awareness, reading sentences and word games. Phonics video lessons allow the child to see and hear phonetic sounds, sentence structure, and word blending. Finally, there are listening materials with mp3 and word songs to tie everything together.

Help accelerate children's reading

Most of the reviews about Kiz Phonics state the variety and detail given has assisted in advancing their children's reading ability. The program is fun and keeps children entertained and engaged while learning. The biggest downfall to this program is that if you need assistance, you have to contact the help desk in Hong Kong. Thankfully we didn't see many reviews stating the need to contact the company.

Give it a try for free

Overall, we feel Kiz Phonics is a well put together program for teaching children to read. They have covered many different options for teaching and the website is well organized. Since you can try them for free, we suggest checking them out and seeing if it is a good fit for you and your child. The cost overall is higher than others, so you will want to make sure it is for you before committing to the program full time.