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

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  • 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

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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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