Course description

This book focuses on helping kindergarten kids develop reading fluency, which means reading out loud smoothly, quickly, and with expression. It explains that fluency is more than just sounding out words—it's also about understanding and enjoying what you read. It begins by explaining the basics like letter names and sounds, and then builds on that with phonemic awareness, segmenting and blending sounds, and using chants and poems to make reading fun.

There are step-by-step fluency-building techniques using charts, letter races, songs, rhymes, and movement-based activities that grab kids' attention. It emphasizes oral learning instead of traditional worksheets and encourages repeated, playful practice. There’s also a strong focus on assessment through informal and formal means, so teachers or parents can track a child’s progress. Later parts of the book dive into vocabulary development, story retelling, and using reading aloud to build fluency.

In the second half, it’s filled with child-friendly poems and rhymes that are linked with creative follow-up activities—from drawing to acting to movement games—all designed to build literacy skills naturally. The book wraps up with helpful methods for strengthening oral vocabulary and strategies for reading aloud effectively to model fluent reading.

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