All About Pre-Reading 

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What does my student need to know before beginning Pre-reading?

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Download this Readiness Checklist to determine if your student is ready for Pre-reading.

What will my student learn in Pre-reading?

The All About Reading Pre-reading program is designed for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Your student will enjoy the special games, crafts, and storytime read-alouds, and you will love the way your student effortlessly learns essential pre-reading skills.

Your student will learn five very important pre-reading skills: Print Awareness, Phonological Awareness, Letter Knowledge, Listening Comprehension, and Motivation to Read. These skills lay the foundation for learning to read. Below is a sampling in each area.

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Letter Knowledge

• Learn to recognize capital letters

• Learn to recognize lowercase letters

• Learn to recite the alphabet song

Phonological Awareness

• Learn to blend sounds orally to make a word

• Learn to clap syllables

• Learn rhyming and word boundaries

• Identify the beginning and ending sounds in a word

Print Awareness

• Understand that the words on the page can be read

• Understand that books are read from cover to back, and sentences are read from left to right

Listening Comprehension

• Answer simple questions about a story

• Learn to retell a story in his own words

• Ask pertinent questions about a story

Motivation to Read

• Cultivate an enthusiasm for learning

• Instill a delight for books and reading

• Observe situations in which reading is beneficial

• Establish a desire to learn to read and write

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 Pre-reading Progress Chart!

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