The Preschool Reading Screener asks you to answer "yes" or "no" to the following 31 questions. After completing the screener you will receive your child's results with a customized action plan.
Preview the Screener
- Likes listening to stories that I read aloud
- Follows simple two- and three-step directions
- Continuously understands and uses new words
- Retells a basic sequence of steps from an activity (such as baking cookies) or a story
- Connects own feelings and experiences to stories we read together
- Answers questions about experiences and stories in complete sentences
- Identifies common signs in the community (restaurants, stores)
- Uses a variety of descriptive words when talking (such as “gigantic,” “excited,” “frustrated,” “patient,” “ridiculous”)
- Asks questions to clarify or extend conversations
- Recognizes his or her own name in print
- Sings, says or recites the letters of the alphabet
- Names some letters, especially those in his or her name
- Points correctly to some letters as I name them
- Points correctly to some letters as I name the letter sound (“Which letter makes the /b/ sound?”)
- Says the correct letter sound as I point to letters (“What sound does this letter make?”)
- Can identify at least 18 uppercase letters as I point to them
- Answers correctly when I ask if two simple words rhyme (“Do 'cat' and 'bat' rhyme?” or “Do 'car' and 'house' rhyme?)
- Tells me a word that rhymes with the word I say (“Tell me a word that rhymes with red.”)
- Points to pictures that have the same beginning sound
- Names a word that begins with a specific sound (“Tell me a word that starts with /b/.”)
- Identifies the beginning sound in words (“What sound do you hear first when I say 'doll' and 'door'?”)
- Blends words into compound words (base + ball = baseball)
- Blends smaller parts of simple words (b + at = bat), using pictures for support
- Breaks compound words apart (pancake = pan + cake)
- Removes part of a compound word (Take away “stop” from “stoplight,” and you have “light”)
- Enjoys drawing and scribbling
- Holds writing instrument with a comfortable grip
- Understands that writing is different than drawing a picture
- Writes his or her name (all letters don’t have to be completely accurate, but the name should be recognizable)
- Writes some letters that I name
- Tries to write words or stories and uses one or more correct letters (such as “lo” for “yellow,” “r” for “are,” “hs” for “house,” etc.)