Program Description

A Readiness Program with Children's Literature at Its Heart

Happily Ever After is the readiness level of The Rowland Reading Program. It is designed to give children the foundation they need to be successful when they begin formal reading instruction. Well-known, beautifully illustrated selections of children's literature form the theme for each of the 10 units in the program. Happily Ever After can be used as a stand-alone program for pre-k students or kindergartners who aren't ready for The Superkids.

Happily Ever After teaches a rich curriculum of early literacy skills:

• Story structure and appreciation
• Print and book awareness
• Letter recognition and naming
• Auditory discrimination
• Phonological and phonemic awareness
• Listening and direction following
• Fine motor skills: cutting, folding, gluing, tracing, coloring, using a pencil
• Recognizing 10 colors and 8 shapes
• Instructional concepts and vocabulary, such as same and different; in, on;
  top, middle, bottom
• Oral language development
• Emergent writing through children's dictation