an online course for preschoolers

We make learning to read so easy, you can do it in under five minutes a day.

We built Ready to Read specifically for three, four, and five-year-olds, to help them fall in love with reading (and learning!).

Utilize the tools and strategies we'll outline within this course to ignite a love of reading in your child. Our course curriculum is entirely pre-recorded, so you can work through all ten lessons at you and your child’s own unique pace. 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!

one payment, lifetime access

$349 $299

What’s Included:

  • Ten full, guided video lessons with miss beth—featuring read alouds from multiple books, songs and rhymes, wiggle breaks, and more!

  • The video lessons are designed to watch with your child, and you can work through them at your own pace! All the lessons are pre-recorded, meaning you can schedule watch time when it best works for you and your family. We recommend one or two lessons a week, meaning the course lasts for around 5-10 weeks, depending on your pace.

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

  • In addition to the ten lessons, the course also includes tips from miss beth on how to build the foundational knowledge your child needs for a lifelong love of learning—you’ll learn about phonological awareness, print awareness, modeling, inventive spelling, how to pick out early reader books, and more!

  • Get miss beth’s exclusive advice on activities you can bring into your daily routine to help foster strong phonological awareness and instill a love of reading and learning that will help your child throughout their educational journey.

  • 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 COVID, to dealing with perfectionism. Plus the Big City Reader teachers talk about everything you need to know before starting kindergarten and Miss Beth shares her tips on how to avoid the summer slide.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • When you click “Enroll Now” you’ll be prompted to set up an account. You’ll use that account to login and access the course content, whenever works best for your schedule!

  • After purchasing, you’ll get instant access to the course backend, which includes guided videos with Miss Beth. You can watch the videos on your laptop, desktop, phone, or tablet, whichever works best for you — all you need is an internet connection!

    Videos are split up between parent tips, activities, recommendations, and guided lessons.

  • Guided lessons with Miss Beth are around fifteen minutes long.

    Parent tips, walkthroughs, and recommendation videos range from two minutes to fifteen minutes long.

  • Don't worry if it seems like your child isn't paying attention to every moment of our video recordings. If it looks like they are wandering, let them wander. Think of the videos as a podcast or audible you have playing in the background that you can always go back and watch again with them later, as many time as you like.

  • Reach out to us at hello@bigcityreaders.com and we’ll be happy to help!

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