Preschool age children are excited to learn. Curiosity is at a premium, making this the perfect age to lay a solid foundation for literacy skills. PreK learners do well with a blend of interactive lessons, learning games, hands-on activities including printable worksheets, solid assessment methods, and positive reinforcement. Guided reading will also be at the heart of a preschool reading program.
Preschool language arts lessons will incorporate all strands of English language arts. These include vocabulary development, reading comprehension, literature, writing strategies, writing applications, English language conventions, listening and speaking. While it may seem too early, the introduction of these concepts play a key role in your preschooler's reading program.
Preschool Reading – What are the Standards and Curriculum?
There are multiple steps in helping your child become proficient at reading. Think of each step as a rung on a ladder – moving your child closer to opening a world of limitless imagination and knowledge. At this early stage, your preschool child will develop a basic understanding of reading skills, decoding, and phonics.
Vocabulary Development: A preschool reading program helps children learn the basic features of phonics and the alphabet.
Language Arts & Reading Comprehension: Time4Learning's preschool language arts activities will present your child with opportunities to read simple two and three letter words.
Literary Response: A preschool reading program thrives off guided reading, appropriate to the preschool level, with lots of colorful pictures to help children visualize the story.
Writing Applications and Reading Strategy: Preschool age children often appreciate opportunities to showcase their work through hands-on activities.
Pre-reading skills such as phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and the alphabet are taught in a sequence that builds skills progressively, before moving students into phonics and reading comprehension. Time4Learning offers a rich environment of visual and auditory lessons to inspire your pre-reader to learn more!
The language arts is GREAT for helping with phonics and beginner reading skills... Plus, the lessons are thoroughly entertaining!
Here at Letter Stadium, first graders learn about "r-controlled vowels" from the Phonics Football Players.
Guided reading, reading worksheets, language arts games, and many other creative methods make the preschool reading program fun for young children. Time4Learning's preschool language arts activities will present your child with opportunities to read simple two and three letter words.
You'll likely find your little one will take their newfound skills of matching pictures with words out for a test drive in everyday life. Imagine how pleased they will be to 'read' the word 'dog' the next time you head to the park!
Watch as your child's reading comprehension skills continue to grow. Pretty soon they will be checking to see if you are paying attention.
Children this age thrive on repetition. The good news? Within Time4Learning you aren't the one reading the same story ten times in a row!
*Reading Standards are defined by each state. Time4Learning bases its use of reading standards on the national bodies that recommend curriculum and standards and the interpretations of it by a sampling of states notably Florida, Texas, and California.
Speaking orally is another key component of the preschool reading strategy. Your PreK student will enjoy learning and reciting simple rhymes, songs and finger plays. Related worksheets provide reinforcement encouraging your child to match the printed words with those they have learned.
Time4Learning's preschool reading program will help your child meet the benchmarks for Kindergarten reading readiness.