The purpose of this investigation was to determine the ability of an auditory perceptual technique to enhance prediction of later reading success of children of kindergarten and first grade age. A group of kindergarten age students and a group of first grade age students were selected as subjects. The Revised Auditory Test was used to assess auditory perceptual ability, and the Bender Visual Gestalt Test and the Metropolitan Readiness Test composed the remainder of the predictive test battery. Achievement on the Gray Oral Reading Paragraphs and the Reading Section of the Wide Range Achievement Test was used as the measure of reading ability. The reading tests were administered 15 months after the auditory and visual perception tests. Step-wise multiple regression was used to test for the ability of auditory perceptual function to enhance prediction of reading ability. On the basis of the statistical analysis, it was concluded that auditory perception is a predictor of future reading ability, and auditory perceptual ability could be used as a predictor of later reading success in first grade aged children but not with younger children. (WR)