Ready to Read

Foundational Skills for Prereaders

Each lesson includes read alouds with miss beth, songs and rhymes, tips to incorporate into your routine, sensory activities, downloadable worksheets and printables, and so much more!

Age Range: 3-6 | What’s included in the course:

  • Our Ready to Read course includes 10 guided video lessons with miss beth, featuring read alouds from multiple books, songs and rhymes, wiggle breaks, and more!

    Video lessons are meant to be watched again and again. Don’t worry if your child is not always directly engaged while the video lessons are playing, you will learn together in just a few minutes of playing with the video on in the background.

  • Each video lesson is accompanied by a downloadable PDF with worksheets, printables, sensory and literacy-building activities, weekly tips, book list recommendations, and more.

  • Plus extras like miss beth’s interview with early intervention and early childhood mental health and behavior specialist Liz Walker, on everything from dealing with fear and anxiety, to transitioning to school after summer, to dealing with perfectionism.

one-time payment, lifetime access

$325 $299

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B the BCR podcast: Play on Words

Forget What You Know About Teaching Your Child to Read: In this episode Beth answers your questions like, “Is cursive ok?” and “How do I assess my child?” Plus tips on how to incorporating reading development activities into your existing routine.


C freebie download


D live workshop with miss beth

Join the “start here” course for parents and teachers who want to understand the how and why about the science of reading research in elementary school.


understanding the science of reading: our strategy-backed teaching philosophy

Listen to our founder, Beth Gaskill, walk through the origin of how she began Big City Readers, including our specific approach to teaching kids how to read — utilizing a body of research called the Orton-Gillingham method (commonly called “the science of reading”). We use these methods in our core curriculum. Want to learn more? Start with our Raising Readers workshop!

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