Can I use little reader free trial software without purchasing the curriculum?

[oliveeye]

I downloaded the little reader software free trial. Liked it so I made an impulse purchased. Now I wonder if i really need the curriculum when i only need the software. Did I pay for the software + curriculum or curriculum only?   

[MummyRoo]

I believe you only have acess to the software for 14days without the cirriculum. 

[oliveeye]

Thanks! 

[Skylark]

Yes, it is 14 days trial, it would let you test it, as if you have a full functional program with curriculum, just for 14 days. After that, if you like it you can make a choice of paying for it and choosing the length of curriculum you want to buy, at that point you can just continue to the day 15 and so on with your baby.

[zephyrfei]

I saw there are 10 lessons in the LR trial. And the full version is 2 semesters. How many lessons will it be? Thank you

[oliveeye]

I didn't get to wait till 14 days because I was waiting for a discount. When I found that Brillkids was offering 10% discount, I grabbed the opportunity with not much thought. DD loves it from the beginning.

zephrfei, there seem to be 130 lessons in 1 semester..Not sure about 2 sems

[Skylark]

In total, the full 12-month curriculum includes lesson subjects in 181 categories and contains:
 
2,978 words
2,974 images
5,537 pronunciation files
1,115 picture audio and sound effects
...and over 462 video clips!
 
Each word file adheres to BrillKids standards, and comes with 3 professionally recorded voices, 3-5 quality images, 2-4 picture audio (word commentaries or sound effects) and – to help better illustrate things and concepts such as animals, action words and stories – 3 videos!
 
   The Little Reader English Curriculum is available in written and recorded US English and UK English.
 
The full 12-month course (Semester 1+2) covers these subjects:

Action Words 1
Action Words 2
Action Words 3
Action Words 4
Action Words 5
Action Words – Progressive
Animals and Body Parts
Baby Things
Color and Shapes
(Colour and Shapes)
Colors 1 (Colours 1)
Common Animals 1
Common Animals 2
Couplets 1
Couplets 2
Creepy Crawlies
Drinks
Flying Insects
Food 1
Food 2
Fruits 1
Fruits 2
Hand Actions 1
Hand Actions 2
Hand Motions 1
Kids' Things
Nature 1
Nature 2
Nature 3
Objects 'A' and 'An' 1
Objects 'A' and 'An' 2
Objects 'An'
Objects and Colors
(Objects and Colours)
Parts of the Body – Head
Parts of the Body 1
Parts of the Body 2
Parts of the Body 3
Parts of the House 1
People
People and Actions
Plural (Sentences)
Reptiles
Shapes 1
Singular and Plural 1
Singular and Plural 2
Sweet Food
Syllables 1
Syllables 2
Syllables 3
Syllables 4
Things at Home – Meal Time
Things at Home 1
Things at Home 2
Things at Home 3
Things We Wear 1
Things We Wear 2
Transportation 1
(Transport 1)
Transportation 2
(Transport 2)
Water Creatures 1
Wild Animals 1
Wild Animals 2
Wild Animals 3
Wild Animals 4
 
Default categories (already included in the trial)

The Alphabet
The Alphabet Song
Everyday Phrases
Family
 
 
Sentences and Stories
Simple Sentences 1
Simple Sentences 2
Simple Sentences 3
Simple Sentences 4
Simple Sentences 5
Smiles
Yellow Sun, Blue Sky
Here Is My Head
What I Do
Sally's Room
What Animals Can Do
These Are The Parts of My Body
I Like the Way
Friends
The Friendly Crocodile

The Pattern Phonics™ System

With Little Reader, your child will not only learn to sight-read, but will also be guided to decode the written language in an intuitive manner using our Pattern Phonics™ system. Our system enables you to split words into syllables or "parts" – this will create a visually comprehensible way of showing pronunciation stress and highlight certain consonants, vowels and combinations!
 
Words that end in 'at'
Words that end in 'ad'
Words that end in 'an'
Words that end in 'ap'
Words that end in 'ay'
Words that end in 'ar'
Words that end in 'et'
Words that end in 'ed' (bed)
Words that end in 'ee'
Words that end in 'it'
Words that end in 'in'
Words that end in 'ig'
Words that end in 'ot'
Words that end in 'op'
Words that end in 'ug'
Words that end in 'ub'
Words that start with 'b'
Words that start with 'c' (car)
Words that start with 'c' (cell)
Words that start with 'd'
Words that start with 'f'
Words that start with 'g' (gap)
Words that start with 'g' (gel)
Words that start with 'h'
Words that start with 'j'
Words that start with 'k'
Words that start with 'l'
Words that start with 'm'
Words that start with 'n'
Words that start with 'p'
Words that start with 'q'
Words that start with 'r'
Words that start with 's'
Words that start with 't'
Words that start with 'v'
Words that start with 'w'
Words that start with 'x'
Words that start with 'y'
Words that start with 'z'
Words that end in 'ale'
Words that end in 'ace'
Words that end in 'ade'
Words that end in 'ake'
Words that end in 'ate'
Words that end in 'ave'
Words that end in 'ab'
Words that end in 'am'
Words that end in 'ag'
Words that end in 'ack'
Words that end in 'and'
Words that end in 'ang'
Words that end in 'ark'
Words that end in 'ard'
Words that end in 'art'
Words that end in 'all'
Words that end in 'end'
Words that end in 'ent'
Words that end in 'ell'
Words that end in 'ess'
Words that end in 'est'
Words that end in 'een'
Words that end in 'eek'
Words that end in 'eed'
Words that end in 'er'
Words that end in 'ed' (counted)
Words that end in 'ing'
Words that end in 'im'
Words that end in 'ip'
Words that end in 'ill'
Words that end in 'ine'
Words that end in 'ice'
Words that end in 'ight'
Words that end in 'ir'
Words that end in 'ow' (blow)
Words that end in 'oke'
Words that end in 'ote'
Words that end in 'one'
Words that end in 'ode'
Words that end in 'ob'
Words that end in 'od'
Words that end in 'ore'
Words that end in 'oy'
Words that end in 'oon'
Words that end in 'ow' (cow)
Words that end in 'ut'
Words that end in 'ud'
Words that end in 'un'
Words that end in 'uff'
Words that end in 'ull'
Words that end in 'ush'
Words that end in 'ust'
Words that end in 'unk'
Words that contain 'ur'
Words that start with 'bl'
Words that start with 'ch'
Words that start with 'fr'
Words that start with 'kn'
Words that start with 'sh'
Words that start with 'st'
Words that start with 'th'
Words that end in 'oat'
Words that end in 'ear'
Words that end in 'ain'
Words that end in 'eat'
 

It it designed to have enough lessons to show 5 days a week for a whole year. However since lessons are never the same, if you play the same lesson again it would use different audio for voice, different photo, different font and color for words, so you can show lessons more often then that still enjoying the variety.

Hope this helps!

[TracyR4]

Skylark, thanks for positing all of that. I was wondering what was in the 2nd Semester. We're getting closer to finishing the 1st semester and I was wondering what other catagories and phonics words were taught in the 2nd half. 

[2010BEBES]

You can also see the Chinese Curriculum following this link :

http://www.brillkids.com/teach-reading/content-little-reader.php

oliveeye, congratulations, you make an excellent decision buying LR.

[Kezia]

Just to add, in case someone wants to know exactly how many lesson "days" there are for each semester:

The English Semester 1 course has 130 days, and Semester 2 has another 130 days (so for the full curriculum there will be 260 days' worth of lessons). On the other hand, for the Chinese curriculum, there are 131 days for each semester (so the full curriculum has 262 days' worth of lessons).

[zephyrfei]

Thanks for all the info. Seems LR can last for a while!

[Skylark]

It definitely can! Plus there are lots of additional lessons and presentations contributed by other parents and teachers, and you can download them for free!

You can look at them here:

English lessons: http://forum.brillkids.com/downloads/?cat=63
Foreign languages: http://forum.brillkids.com/downloads/?cat=64 (There are files in 20+ languages available)

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