Reading for Preschool

Kids Academy Classroom's Preschool Reading curriculum is designed to build early literacy skills step by step, helping children develop a strong foundation for reading and comprehension. Through interactive activities, children explore letters, sounds, and words in fun and age-appropriate ways.

Core areas covered:

• Print concepts

  • Distinguish which punctuation should be used

  • Read words in order

  • Identify text features

  • Recognise written words and individual words

• Letter identification

  • Identify uppercase letters A–C

  • Review previously learned letters

• Accuracy and fluency

  • Read common sight words

  • Rearrange sounds to make words (decoding practice)

• Early phonics and phonological awareness

  • Letter-sound relationships (B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q)

  • Short and long vowel sounds (A, E, I, O, U)

  • Matching initial letter sounds

  • Identifying initial and medial letter sounds

  • Rhyming words

  • Segmenting syllables

• Phonics

  • Determining the meaning of words with common suffixes

  • Distinguishing between long and short vowels

  • Sorting words by number of syllables

• Comprehension

  • Key details in a text

  • Summarising a text

  • Answering questions about key details in a story

  • Retelling familiar stories

  • Identifying characters and settings

  • Understanding the relationship between illustrations and the story

  • Recognising poetry and informational text

  • Answering questions about key details in informational texts

Interactive learning

• Worksheets for practice and skill reinforcement

• Videos to introduce and explain concepts

• Drills for phonics, syllables, and early reading fluency

This approach helps preschool learners gain confidence in reading while developing the foundational skills needed for independent reading in Kindergarten and beyond.