Kindergarten Reading Program in Brooklyn, NY
Support your child's reading journey in Brooklyn with the Reading In PreSchool Kindergarten reading program, where young learners gain the skills they need to become confident, independent readers. Students strengthen reading fluency, expand their vocabulary, and build essential literacy skills that support a successful transition to first grade. With personalized instruction and interactive learning activities, children develop strong reading and writing abilities in a positive and encouraging environment.
Kindergarten Reading Program Curriculum
Using The Alexander Reading Method, children learn through a structured phonics-based approach that builds strong reading skills one step at a time. Kindergarten students continue developing literacy by improving reading fluency, accuracy, vocabulary, and comprehension while strengthening the skills needed for future academic success.
Each child begins with an initial assessment to determine their current reading level, learning style, and educational needs. Lessons are then personalized to encourage steady progress, build confidence, and strengthen practical reading skills in a supportive and engaging learning environment.
In-Person New York Classes
Families can enroll in year-round in-person lessons throughout New York City, Scarsdale, Rye, Rye Brook, and Greenwich. Additional in-person summer classes are also available in The Hamptons.
All lessons are held in the comfort of your home and incorporate play-based learning to keep children engaged while strengthening essential academic skills. With personalized instruction and one-on-one support, students continue building the knowledge and confidence needed to stay 6 to 12 months ahead and prepare for greater academic challenges.
What Your Child in Brooklyn Will Learn
Throughout the Kindergarten reading program, children in Brooklyn complete Levels 2 and 3 while continuing to build on the strong academic foundation developed in earlier learning stages. Students enrolled in the two-year Kindergarten program progress at a comfortable pace, completing Level 2 during the first year before advancing to Level 3 in the second year. By the end of the program, children read with greater confidence, write simple sentences independently, and enter first grade with stronger literacy skills and increased academic readiness.
In Level 2, children strengthen their reading skills by:
Learning new word patterns that help strengthen vocabulary development
Enhancing blending and decoding skills to improve reading progression
Reading more advanced words and complete sentence structures with greater ease
Building confidence while improving overall reading fluency
In Level 3, children continue progressing with:
Building stronger reading comprehension through more advanced literacy exercises
Improving fluency and expressive reading confidence during lessons
Beginning spelling instruction for children ready to expand their language skills
Encouraging sentence writing to strengthen reading and communication abilities
The program is designed to meet each child at their current skill level, helping them strengthen literacy skills while building confidence as readers and lifelong learners.
Meet the Brooklyn Team
At Reading In PreSchool, every teacher is a licensed educator with classroom experience and specialized training in The Alexander Reading Method. Lessons are personalized to match each child's learning style and academic level, helping students build confidence, stay engaged, and achieve lasting reading success.
98% Success Rate: Trusted by Families Raising Confident Readers
At Reading In PreSchool, we are dedicated to helping children feel supported, confident, and prepared for continued academic success.
Since 2013, our program has helped families establish strong early reading foundations that encourage long-term learning. With a 98% success rate, we have supported thousands of children as they became more confident readers before advancing to higher grade levels.
Parents often notice benefits that reach beyond reading skills. Many children develop a greater enthusiasm for learning, participate more confidently in the classroom, and gain a stronger sense of independence and accomplishment as their academic abilities continue to grow.
Frequently Asked Questions
Families in Brooklyn can schedule year-round in-person lessons throughout New York City, as well as in Scarsdale, Rye, Rye Brook, and Greenwich. We also provide in-person summer lessons in The Hamptons. Every lesson is conveniently taught in your home.
Students are required to attend a minimum of two lessons each week to support consistent learning and steady academic progress. Families may choose 30-minute sessions or longer lesson times based on their child's learning needs and educational goals.
Yes. Parents receive monthly progress reports that outline their child's development, strengths, and continued learning progress. Reports are not provided during December, March, or June because holiday breaks and schedule changes often interrupt regular lesson routines.
Every one of our teachers is a licensed educator with classroom experience and specialized training in the Alexander Reading Method. In addition to their professional qualifications, our teachers bring the following strengths and qualities to every lesson:
- A love of working with and teaching young children
- The ability to keep children engaged and having fun
- Empathy
- Patience
- Bubbly, with young energy
- The ability to show results
- Organized
- Great communication skills
- Respectful in our clients’ homes
- Teachers who love learning and exploring new techniques that will meet the individual child's needs
Every child learns at their own pace, so reading progress will vary based on individual strengths and learning needs. For students without learning challenges or processing delays, and for families who maintain consistent attendance with few interruptions throughout the year, the following timeline provides a general guideline. It is based on twice-weekly lessons along with light homework practice several times each week.
- Age 2.5: 3 years
- Ages 3 to 4: 2-3 years
- Ages 4.5-5.5: 2 years
- Ages 5.5 - 6.5: 1-2 years
- Older ages: 6 months to a year
Based on our experience working with young learners, children who take breaks from lessons lasting one month or longer often lose up to two months of retained learning for every month away from instruction. As a result, completing the program may take longer than the estimated timelines provided above.
Yes. Our Kindergarten reading program builds on basic reading skills taught earlier to help students move on to Levels 2 and 3. Children increase reading fluency, phonemic awareness, sight word vocabulary and accuracy in reading increasingly complex words and sentence patterns through structured, step-by-step instruction.
Yes. We offer one-on-one instruction to help kids build important reading skills like blending sounds, decoding words, and recognising words accurately. Students continue to review foundational concepts such as phonemic awareness and sight words as they develop literacy skills that will be needed for long-term academic success.
Reading instruction varies from school to school and many classrooms use a broad curriculum that may not allow for individualised pace or systematic phonics instruction. As a result, some children start memorising sight words before they have learned phonemic awareness and decoding skills. Our program teaches reading in a systematic manner so children develop strong literacy skills before moving on to more challenging reading tasks.
Our Kindergarten program focuses on helping children become accurate, confident, independent readers. Students start to read more independently and begin to learn to guess less. They also become better at understanding letter sounds and knowing when words or sentences don’t sound right. Lessons also feature longer reading passages and more involved writing activities to help children build the literacy and communication skills they need to be successful in first grade.