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Ready, Set, Leap! : A Prekindergarten Curriculum to Develop Early Reading Skills in Preschoolers. The response is based on the following sentences from the excerpt: "Intervention Ready, Set, Leap! ® is a prekindergarten curriculum that focuses on deve

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Intervention Details

Subjects

English Language Arts, Math

Academic Program

Early Childhood

Duration

Full school year. # Explanation: The excerpt does not explicitly state the duration of the program/intervention/tool/strategy. However, based on the context provided, it can be inferred that the program/intervention/tool/strategy, Ready, Set, Leap!, is

Grade

Preschool

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

Ready, Set, Leap! is a prekindergarten curriculum that focuses on developing early reading skills, such as phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, and letter-sound correspondence. The curriculum is structured around 9 thematic units, each with 120 lesson plans for large- and small-group instruction. Teachers receive training on the curriculum, which is integrated into the existing High/Scope framework, a flexible framework for setting up and managing a preschool classroom that encourages active learning through direct, hands-on experiences. The curriculum aims to develop early reading skills in preschool children.

Statistical Finding Summary

No effect on oral language

No effect on print knowledge

No effect on phonological processing

No effect on early reading/writing

No effect on math.

Source

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2008). Ready, Set, Leap!. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/416.

Data Sample by Population

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