Curriculum / subject
Phonics Readiness
Ages 3 to 5Academic Core
By OSH Founding Team✓ Verified by OSH Review Panel
Pre-reading sound awareness: hearing, repeating, and playing with the sounds that make up words, before letters are introduced.
What this subject teaches
Child can clap syllables in familiar words, identify the starting sound of their own name, and rhyme simple words in play.
Real-world applications
The direct foundation of reading and writing; children with strong sound awareness learn to read faster and with less frustration.
Modules
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The Sound of My Name
The child discovers that words are made of sounds, starting with the most loved word they know: their own name.
The Syllable Clap
Children clap the beats inside words, discovering that words break into parts long before they meet letters.
Rhyme Time
Rhyming play in English and Urdu tunes the ear to word endings, the final pre-reading skill before letters.