How Sylvan Can Help Your Pre-Kindergartener

The pre-K tutoring at Sylvan Learning is designed to help your child develop a love of learning by focusing on early reading. Based on an evaluation of your child's reading readiness, the Sylvan tutors will develop a personalized tutoring plan that uses motivated instruction to introduce foundational reading skills. These experiences can help your child build early skills needed to succeed through his or her academic career.

Pre-K Reading Help

The pre-K reading program at Sylvan Learning is ideal for children who are 4.5 to 5 years old and who have shown interest in reading. Signs that your child is ready for pre-K reading instruction include taking an interest in books and the letters of the alphabet and relating pictures in books to their stories. Other reading-ready behaviors include listening to a story from beginning to end and pretending to read by retelling a story.

The Sylvan tutors will encourage these early skills through a multisensory instructional program that is personalized based on a reading readiness assessment. The program focuses on fun books that allow students to hear, see, move and touch, developing strong connections with words and reading. Sample books used in the pre-K tutoring program include Leo the Late Bloomer and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Sylvan's pre-K reading plans follow age-appropriate guidelines developed by the International Reading Association and the National Institute for Literacy. During this program, your child will be exposed to the building blocks of reading, including oral comprehension, phonics, vocabulary and phonemic awareness. Sylvan tutors develop strong relationships with their students that help children develop a lifelong excitement for and a love of learning.