Hooked on Phonics is offering a free app for kindergarten readiness for preschoolers.  Get The Big Reading Show here.

Hooked on Phonics’ The Big Reading Show is an exciting musical extravaganza. It’s also a Kindergarten-readiness learning program designed to focus systematically on a wide range of Foundational Reading Skills

Every episode is a preschool topic adventure that highlights two letters of the alphabet. The adventures then present words—some simple and some advanced—that begin with these letters within the context of a musical variety show

The episode’s interactive games further explore letter names, letter sounds, rhyming, tracing and other Foundational Skills children need in order to be Kindergarten-ready.

Along the way, the many music videos and stories showcase an even broader range of pre-reading skills.  These include:

• Understanding basic features of print

• Associating letter names and shapes

• Recognizing and naming upper- and lower-case letters

• Recognizing spoken rhyming words

• Recognizing own name

• Engaging in literary experiences, including stories and poems

• Understanding new word meanings

• Naming items in common categories