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StudyDog Announces The PreK Essentials Reading Program

mary | 01 March, 2007 09:15

StudyDog, a leading supplier of early childhood reading programs, announced the introduction of its PreK Essentials reading program that targets 3 and 4 year-old children. In development for eighteen months, PreK Essentials features a complete and comprehensive reading program of twenty-four lessons that builds critical reading skills for young children. It is the first academic pre-K reading curriculum that is complete, is fully compliant with the findings of the National Reading Panel and targets 3 and 4 year-old children.

Although the curriculum is rigorous and covers all of the critical reading skills, StudyDog presents a delightfully simple view to 3 and 4 year olds. “One of the most challenging problems we have in teaching very young children reading skills is how to present the curriculum to the child. If it is not sufficiently rigorous or comprehensive, the child is not likely to learn. On the other hand, if the content is rigorous and complete, the child may find it boring and not want to “play” with it repeatedly”, said Deme Clainos, StudyDog president and CEO.

PreK Essentials solves this problem. It is a full academic-oriented reading curriculum that encompasses the five critical areas necessary for learning to read, including phonics, as defined by the National Reading Panel and several States that publish their reading standards. But, it is also very entertaining for the young child and simple to use. The result is that a child stays engaged and learns critical reading skills.