The DAS Preschool Team conducts free Early Literacy Screening throughout the year. The preschool screening aims to identify Kindergarten One and Two preschoolers experiencing challenges with early literacy, such as pre-reading , pre-spelling and early writing skills. Our Preschool Educational Therapist will conduct a quick 15 minutes of early literacy screening with your child. Next, our Educational Therapist will collect additional background information about the child’s literacy and developmental background and share their findings with parents. Finally, they will advise how our early literacy will benefit your child and the literacy components that our therapists will work on once the child is placed into the programme.
Please note that the screening is not an assessment and will only serve to get more clarity on your child’s strengths and weaknesses in literacy. Our therapist will advise if your child requires additional literacy support.
To arrange for a screening, please click here. Our team will contact you to arrange an appointment.
Does your child experience any of the following?
| Alphabet Knowledge |
Difficulty learning the letters or remembering the letters taught. Recognises some letters but not most. Writing the letters is laborious and may not remember how to write the strokes of most letters. Numerous consistent, Letter and number reversals |
| Phonological Awareness | Has not been able to acquire skills in identifying rhyming words, count syllables in words, match letter sound to letters, join or separate letter sounds in 3-letter words i.e. c-a-t |
| Word Recognition |
Does not recognise high-frequency words despite being taught such as I, a, my, the |
| Difficulty with Learning Tasks |
Remembering concepts taught Take a long time to recall concepts taught Frequent task avoidance Emotional meltdowns during learning tasks |
Dyslexia Checklist for Preschoolers
If more than 4 of the boxes are ticked, your preschooler is recommended to come for the free online screening to assess their learning differences.
Does your preschooler experience any of these challenges?
- Was a late talker
- Recognising the letters (ABCs)
- Not able to write own name yet
- Sequencing difficulties for letters (ABC not ACB)
- Not able to read some sight words yet (I, the, my)
- Challenges with writing letters and numbers
- Takes a long time or unable to recall concepts taught
- Does not know most of the letter sounds
- Not able to join sounds in words to read yet
- Difficulty identifying sounds in words to spell
- Needs extensive guidance to complete learning tasks
- Requires multiple reminders for attention and staying on task
Recommended for
Preschoolers in Kindergarten one or two who are experiencing persistent learning difficulties with early reading, spelling and/or writing.
Please email ora@das.org.sg should you have any questions about our screening process.
Screening Type - Preschool (Estimated 45 minutes including concluding of results with parents)
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Please click on the following to register for our preschool screening: https://tinyurl.com/DAS-PreschoolScreening |
Please email ora@das.org.sg should you have any questions about our screening process.
SCREENING PROCESS
Please email ora@das.org.sg should you have any questions about our screening process.