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Does your son or daughter read at an efficient reading level? National data paint a dismal picture. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 90 percent of eighth-graders in Washington, D.C., 81 percent in New Mexico, 80 percent in Mississippi and Nevada, 78 percent in Louisiana, California and Hawaii, 74 percent in Texas, and 73 percent in Florida were reading at a level below skill in 2003. Get extra information on account by navigating to our original article. At least 63 percent of eighth-graders in 32 other states read at a level below proficiency. To help parents and educators in assisting young ones are more experienced in reading, SFK Media Especially For Kids Corp. Has an innovative learning system called ReadEnt. It combines reading with engaging movies to show and enhance language and knowledge. These Reading Movies make use of a patented technology called Action Captions, which show each spoken word on-screen, in real-time, being a character speaks. According to SFK Media, this sort of captioning is effective in increasing the rate of language development and knowledge. The words become ingrained within the kids minds and, therefore, both reading and spoken language skills develop naturally. [Students] watching these Reading Movies, even though they think theyre just watching a film thats enjoyable,... are knowing words. Theyre reading whether they recognize that they are or not, said Chelsee Atkins, an instructor and reading specialist in Florida. If they sit-down and watch a few these movies each week, theyre paying 10 hours a week reading. ReadEnts Reading Movies are available as interactive DVD plans to be used on the TV or computer and include such common games as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Tales of Gullivers Travels and The Trojan Horse. They can be found in a variety of different training configurations: as a shared experience on one tv monitor; like a guided exercise, where several students interact on their very own computers; and being a one-to-one article, in which the teacher or parent assesses the childs comprehension and language recognition. Learning is playing in its most useful sense, and entertainment should be learning, said Joy Esterberg, a language skills consultant at Baruch College in New York. This pro-gram is an excellent marriage between learning and entertainment..