A playful and engaging early literacy class designed to build the essential pre-reading foundations children need before formal reading instruction begins. Through stories, songs, games, movement, and hands-on activities, children develop the language and early literacy skills that research has identified as the strongest predictors of future reading success.

Children work on:

• Phonological awareness and listening skills • Vocabulary and oral language development • Story comprehension and meaningful conversations about books • Author and book studies • Retelling and sequencing stories • Print awareness and book-handling skills • Rhyming, syllables, and sound play • Listening comprehension and attention skills • Early narrative and expressive language abilities

This class focuses on developing the strong language, comprehension, and phonological foundations that children need before learning to decode words.

Through joyful, play-based experiences, children build confidence, curiosity, and a love for books and literacy while preparing for future reading success.