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Head Start to Reading is a program
designed to give young children a start
in reading! There are classes for
4 and 5 year old children who will be
starting Kindergarten next year and classes available for
children who are currently in
Kindergarten!
Head Start to Reading is a class that
teaches Pre-K children how to read using
sight words. These sight words are
high frequency words that are the found most often in print.
We use this method to start the children
out
because the Pre-K year is usually the
year that children are still learning
their letters and letter sounds.
Usually at age 4 & 5 they are not yet
comfortable with their letter sounds,
and having to depend on these still
unfamiliar letters to figure out words
can become frustrating. Children
are usually very successful learning to
read learning by sight. Their
confidence soars when they begin finding
words they recognize in restaurants, on
signs, and in their own books!
After the children take Head Start to
Reading, they can take
Next Steps to
Reading which is a class that builds on
the sight word vocabulary they already know, but
begins introducing phonics strategies
that are necessary for becoming
independent readers. Both classes
can be taken before kindergarten.
A 3rd Pre-K class is now being offered to those
students who have completed both Head
Start to Reading and Next Steps to
Reading!
Write-Track Reading is a
class that focuses on handwriting and
more phonics skills! The students will
be learning the proper formation of
letters of the alphabet and will be
asked to apply their new phonics skills
through handwriting!
Our
Skill Builders Class is a class
offered only during the Fall and Spring
session to any child currently in
Kindergarten! This 55 minute class
will focus on Kindergarten phonics
skills such as the sounds of sh/ch/th,
ee, ay, and ck. The fun and flavor
of the Head Start to Reading classes
continue in this upbeat, activity based
learning time! Children who are
new to the Head Start to Reading program
can take the Skill Builders class.
During the summer,
Reading Adventures is offered to
children who have completed
Kindergarten! This is a fun class
that is meant to keep children reading
and interested in books throughout the
summer when school is not in session!
We will read books like Clifford Takes a
Trip, It Looked Like Spilt Milk, and the
Very Hungry Caterpillar (along with many
more!)
Our History:
Head Start to Reading was started by a
former teacher and Mom who was working
with her pre-school son on reading.
She found that he was able to learn
words very quickly by being introduced
to them as a whole word! She then
began integrating that into her Pre-K
class that she was teaching and found
that those children were experiencing
the same success as her own child!
Since the Summer of 2000, over 3300
students have participated in the Head
Start to Reading program and have found
a great confidence in themselves as they
entered kindergarten the next year.
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