Preschool Phonics Program
Ages 3-4 • Phonemic Awareness • Letter Recognition • Reading Readiness
Program Overview
Our preschool program builds essential phonemic awareness and letter recognition skills through engaging, developmentally appropriate activities. Children develop the foundation skills needed for reading success through songs, games, and interactive experiences.
Key Developmental Focus:
- Building phonemic awareness naturally
- Letter recognition through multi-sensory activities
- Developing print awareness and book handling
- Fostering love of reading and storytelling
Assessment Approach
Letter Recognition Assessment
Identify uppercase and lowercase letters
Individual screening 5-10 minutes
Rhyming Games Assessment
Recognize and generate rhyming words
Interactive activity 10-15 minutes
Sound Awareness Checklist
Beginning sound identification tasks
Observation checklist Ongoing
Learning Objectives
Phonemic Awareness
- Recognize and produce rhyming words
- Identify beginning sounds in spoken words
- Clap syllables in multisyllabic words
- Blend onset and rime (c-at = cat)
Letter Recognition
- Identify and name all 26 uppercase letters
- Identify and name all 26 lowercase letters
- Match uppercase and lowercase letter pairs
- Recognize letters in different fonts and contexts
Print Concepts
- Understand that print carries meaning
- Follow words from left to right
- Recognize the difference between letters and words
- Identify front and back covers of books