All About Reading Pre-reading
What does my student need to know before beginning Pre-reading?
Download this Readiness Checklist to determine if your student is ready for Pre-reading.
Download Readiness ChecklistWhat 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.
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
What Is the Difference between the Basic and Deluxe Pre-reading Packages?
This chart shows what's included in each package. The Deluxe package is the most popular version.
See Inside the Pre-reading Materials
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FAQs
How many lessons are in Pre-reading?
Pre-reading has 78 lessons. Please know that the lessons in All About Reading are not meant to be completed in one day.
In fact, some lessons may take a week or more to finish. A number of variables contribute to how quickly a lesson can be completed: your student’s age, attention span, prior experience, the difficulty of the concept being taught, and the length of the stories.
What if I have more than one student?
If you are teaching more than one student at a time, you will need to order additional Activity Books for each student. The Basic and Deluxe Packages contain enough for teaching one student.
If you are reusing your Pre-reading program for future students, you can reuse the Student Packets. Download extra consumable components of the Pre-reading Student Packet here:
Can I get extra copies of the Progress Chart, Read-Aloud Record, and Certificate of Achievement?
Download here: