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Preschool Reading Screener | Reading BrightStart!

Pre-Reading Milestones:

Birth to 5 Months
6 to 11 Months
12 to 17 Months
18 to 23 Months
24 to 35 Months
3-Year-Olds
4-Year-Olds
5-Year-Olds

Pre-Reading Skills:

Pre-Reading Skills
- Oral Language
- Letter Knowledge
- Phonological Awareness
- Beginning Writing
Risk Factors:
Risk Factors

Take the Preschool Reading Screener for children age 3-5.

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Take the Preschool Reading Screener for children age 3-5.

At-Home Activities by Age:

Birth to 5 Months
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Take the Preschool Reading Screener for children age 3-5.

Take the Preschool Reading Screener for children age 3-5.

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Learn how to reinforce pre-reading skills with activities designed to accompany books and tips on how to read aloud to children.

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Preschool Reading Screener

This Screener is intended only for parents of children ages 3, 4 and 5.

Most parents complete the Screener in fewer than 15 minutes. The website will not save your Screener responses. Please plan to complete all 31 questions in one visit.

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- Yes
Child's age?*
- 3
- 4
- 5
Child’s gender:
- MALE
- FEMALE
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Screener is not intended for diagnostic purposes. See your child’s pediatrician if you suspect your child is struggling with developing age-appropriate skills.

Preschool Reading Screener

Read each of the following 31 items and check “Yes” if you are confident your child routinely succeeds with that item. If you are not confident your child is successful with the item, check “No.”
Oral Language (Questions 1-9 of 31)
Likes listening to stories that I read aloud*
- Yes
- No
Follows simple two- and three-step directions*
- Yes
- No
Continuously understands and uses new words*
- Yes
- No
Retells a basic sequence of steps from an activity (such as baking cookies) or a story*
- Yes
- No
Connects own feelings and experiences to stories we read together*
- Yes
- No
Answers questions about experiences and stories in complete sentences*
- Yes
- No
Identifies common signs in the community (restaurants, stores)*
- Yes
- No
Uses a variety of descriptive words when talking (such as “gigantic,” “excited,” “frustrated,” “patient,” “ridiculous”)*
- Yes
- No
Asks questions to clarify or extend conversations*
- Yes
- No
Total oral language - hidden

Preschool Reading Screener
Letter Knowledge (Questions 10-16 of 31)
Recognizes his or her own name in print*
- Yes
- No
Sings, says or recites the letters of the alphabet*
- Yes
- No
Names some letters, especially those in his or her name*
- Yes
- No
Points correctly to some letters as I name them*
- Yes
- No
Points correctly to some letters as I name the letter sound (“Which letter makes the /b/ sound?”)*
- Yes
- No
Says the correct letter sound as I point to letters (“What sound does this letter make?”)*
- Yes
- No
Can identify at least 18 uppercase letters as I point to them*
- Yes
- No
Total letter knowledge hidden

Preschool Reading Screener
Phonological Awareness (Questions 17-25 of 31)
Answers correctly when I ask if two simple words rhyme (“Do 'cat' and 'bat' rhyme?” or “Do 'car' and 'house' rhyme?)*
- Yes
- No
Tells me a word that rhymes with the word I say (“Tell me a word that rhymes with red.”)*
- Yes
- No
Points to pictures that have the same beginning sound*
- Yes
- No
Names a word that begins with a specific sound (“Tell me a word that starts with /b/.”)*
- Yes
- No
Identifies the beginning sound in words (“What sound do you hear first when I say 'doll' and 'door'?”)*
- Yes
- No
Blends words into compound words (base + ball = baseball)*
- Yes
- No
Blends smaller parts of simple words (b + at = bat), using pictures for support*
- Yes
- No
Breaks compound words apart (pancake = pan + cake)*
- Yes
- No
Removes part of a compound word (Take away “stop” from “stoplight,” and you have “light”)*
- Yes
- No
Total phonological awareness hidden

Preschool Reading Screener
Beginning Writing (Questions 26-31 of 31)
Enjoys drawing and scribbling*
- Yes
- No
Holds writing instrument with a comfortable grip*
- Yes
- No
Understands that writing is different than drawing a picture*
- Yes
- No
Writes his or her name (all letters don’t have to be completely accurate, but the name should be recognizable)*
- Yes
- No
Writes some letters that I name*
- Yes
- No
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.)*
- Yes
- No
Total beginning writing hidden
Total score
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