Our Pre-Kinder Program makes learning fun for 3 and 4-year-olds

Our Pre-Kinder class is the perfect way to introduce your little one to letters and
develop their listening skills.

Lessons happen every week during the Victorian school term.

Lessons cover:
1. Concepts in phonemic awareness,
2. Sound,
3. Letter recognition,
4. Handwriting,
5. Spelling and
6. Basic maths concepts.

Our Pre-Kinder program is more than ABCs-it is an enhanced learning program that focuses on growing the emotional and social skills required to thrive in the classroom.

We'll show your child how fun learning can be and help build a solid foundation for future learning success.

Will my child be bored in Kinder or school if they’ve attended Reading Bees?

Not at all. We don’t tea
ch everything your kids will learn at school or kinder.
Reading Bees complements your child’s schoolwork.
Our goal is to create confident learners and help children develop skills that will mgive them the confidence to transition into school joyfully.
There are ten students in a Pre - Kinder class led by a dedicated educator plus anassistant, so every child gets the personal attention they need and deserve.

My child has a speech or language delay, will Reading Bees help?

ABSOLUTELY!
Children with speech and language delays often have difficulty with literacy skills. Children with difficulty pronouncing or understanding certain speech sounds may also have trouble reading and writing those sounds.

This can lead to trouble decoding and sounding out words.
Children with language delays may not fully understand all parts of language, such as grammar, syntax, vocabulary, etc. This can lead to problems understanding text or putting ideas into writing logically.

Before children are ready to read, write, and spell, they develop phonological awareness skills. These skills help them understand how words are made up of sounds and that sounds are represented by letters. These skills are essential for reading and are often impaired in children with speech disorders, especially phonological disorders.

At Reading Bees, we help your child develop phonological awareness skills by
incorporating games into the learning activities.
1. Rhyming
2. Alliteration (same beginning sounds)
3. Letter - sound correspondences
4. Manipulating sounds in words
5. Identifying sounds at the beginning, middle and end of words.

What do you do in a Reading Bees Pre - Kinder Class?

Every lesson is packed full of fun and learning.

Milo's Birthday Surprise

Reading Bees classes are based on Milo's Birthday Surprise storybook.

Each double-page spread provides language - rich text and illustrations supporting the focus sound.

At the beginning of the class, the children are encouraged to greet their teachers and peers.

The children settle into the group by putting their bags in the lockers, placing their workbooks on the table and joining their peers for the first activity. If all goes to plan, the children say bye to their parents.

Circle time This activity is at the beginning of the class to build awareness of the focus sound before introducing the letter. This is an excellent opportunity for vocabulary discussion and encouraging children to develop the skill of hearing and isolating the initial sounds in words.