A study of children enrolled in a year-round preschool program for the "culturally disadvantaged" in Tampa, Florida revealed that children with defective vision performed more poorly on both the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and Metropolitan Readiness Test. (Author/JM)

A summer project designed to teach reading readiness skills to disadvantaged preschoolers is described. Thirty five five-year-olds attended the program three hours a day, five days a week, for six weeks. The Vanguard Instructional Model used involved contingency management, individualized instructional materials and the extensive use of student…

"Waterford Early Reading Level One"[TM] is an emergent literacy curriculum that uses computer-based technology to prepare children for reading. It begins with a tutorial to familiarize the child with the computer and mouse and a reading placement evaluation to assess and determine whether a child should work on "Level One"…

A survey questionnaire consisting of 14 multiple-choice questions was prepared in order to measure parents' knowledge in the area of reading readiness skills and to determine their views of themselves as their children's teachers. The questionnaire was distributed to 160 middle-class parents residing in New Jersey. A total of 123 responded.…

A cognitive-developmental approach to reading instruction for preschool children is presented in this document. Common misunderstandings about reading instruction are discussed, and examples of young children's reading readiness are used to illustrate how developmental readiness, self-motivation, and the influence of an appropriate learning…

Discusses ways that parents can help young children acquire reading skills without directly teaching them to read. A list of books for beginning readers, parent-child activities, and an annotated list of three books for parents are included. Two references are listed. (MES)

To better understand language-disordered children, the article describes prelinguistic development in normal children including such precursors to literacy as literacy socialization, a life filled with literacy events and functions, language awareness, word consciousness, ability to segment sentences into words, phonological awareness, and…

Discussion and results of a study made to indentify and quantify the reading interests of preschool children. (RB)

Indicates that a relatively small percentage of the gifted preschool population actually starts to read before starting kindergarten. (Author)

Examines (using a variety of measures for assessment) the development of print awareness in urban, Black preschool children of a wide age range enrolled in a day-care setting. Finds that Black children prior to kindergarten entry have begun to acquire some concepts about written language. (MM)

A reading corner allows children to have a space that offers opportunities for reading. Reading corner activities that children undertake to find challenges are discussed. Group reading activities and their benefits are considered. (DG)

This bulletin presents four papers on how to control, manipulate, and predict the readability of printed materials. The first paper describes trends in readability brought about by research tools developed by psychologists and linguists. The second paper explores the effects of word frequency in printed materials on comprehension and concludes…

This guide describes and illustrates 50 perceptual games for preschool children which may be constructed by teachers. Inexpensive, easily obtained game materials are suggested. The use of tactile and visual perceptual games gives children opportunities to make choices and discriminations, and provides reading readiness experiences. Games depicted…