Reading

Build the Foundation With Joyful Reading Curriculum

The ability to decode and to understand language, achieved through systematic and explicit instruction, is foundational to reading and success in school. Add motivation and joy? This rare combination makes Zaner-Bloser’s reading programs shine!

The most successful reading programs are evidence-based and flexible for your classroom’s unique literacy goals. Zaner-Bloser literacy programs help teachers put the science of reading into practice and include these reading curriculum options: the Superkids solutions for grades K–2 and Happily Ever After for PreKindergarten.

Learn More About the Superkids Literacy Solutions Below

Compare the Superkids Solutions

Instructional
Time (Per Day)
Phonemic
Awareness
Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Writing Skills Covered
The Superkids
Reading Program
90–120
minutes
The Superkids
Foundational
Skills Kit
30–40
minutes
The Superkids
Phonemic
Awareness
10–12
minutes
The Superkids
Reading
Resources
15–20
minutes

Compare At-a-Glance

Compare the Superkids Solutions

Instructional
Time (Per Day)
Skills Covered
The Superkids
Reading Program
90–120
minutes
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Writing
The Superkids
Foundational
Skills Kit
30–40
minutes
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics
  • Fluency
The Superkids
Phonemic
Awareness
10–12
minutes
  • Phonemic Awareness
The Superkids
Reading
Resources
15–20
minutes
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension

Superkids literacy programs are uniquely crafted for K–2 students and how they learn to read.

The Superkids Reading Program is a comprehensive ELA curriculum. Our supplemental solutions are based on its proven-effective pedagogy and offer schools targeted, flexible options.

The Superkids Reading Program

Comprehensive English Language Arts Curriculum

The Superkids Reading Program is a comprehensive English language arts and reading curriculum crafted for grades K–2 using evidence-based literacy practices aligned to the science of reading.

This proven-effective program follows a unique, systematic, and explicit instructional path through engaging, increasingly complex text.

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90–120 minutes/day

The Superkids Foundational Skills Kit

Targeted Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Fluency Instruction

The Superkids Foundational Skills Kit for grades K–2 can supplement any core reading program or complement a balanced literacy framework by providing targeted instruction in foundational literacy skills.

Daily word work includes skill practice and application in decodable text.

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30–40 minutes/day

The Superkids Phonemic Awareness

Daily Lessons and Intervention

The Superkids Phonemic Awareness curriculum for grades K–2 provides 180 daily lessons for building phonological and phonemic awareness skills—plus intervention activities.

Lessons are fun and playful, introduce skills with an I Do/We Do/You Do format, and complement any literacy curriculum.

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10–12 minutes/day

The Superkids Reading Resources

High-Quality, High-Interest Texts With Guided-Reading Lessons

The Superkids Reading Resources are designed for small-group instruction of fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills in grades K–2.

Flexible guided-reading lessons accompany high-quality student texts—decodable books in grades K–1 and magazines and trade books in grade 2.

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15–20 minutes/day

Superkids literacy programs are uniquely crafted for K–2 students and how they learn to read.

The Superkids Reading Program is a comprehensive ELA curriculum. Our supplemental solutions are based on its proven-effective pedagogy and offer schools targeted, flexible options.

Comprehensive English Language Arts Curriculum

The Superkids Reading Program is a comprehensive English language arts and reading curriculum crafted for grades K–2 using evidence-based literacy practices aligned to the science of reading.

This proven-effective program follows a unique, systematic, and explicit instructional path through engaging, increasingly complex text.

Learn More

90–120 minutes/day

Targeted Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Fluency Instruction

The Superkids Foundational Skills Kit for grades K–2 can supplement any core reading program or complement a balanced literacy framework by providing targeted instruction in foundational literacy skills.

Daily word work includes skill practice and application in decodable text.

Learn More

30–40 minutes/day

Daily Lessons and Intervention

The Superkids Phonemic Awareness curriculum for grades K–2 provides 180 daily lessons for building phonological and phonemic awareness skills—plus intervention activities.

Lessons are fun and playful, introduce skills with an I Do/We Do/You Do format, and complement any literacy curriculum.

Learn More

10–12 minutes/day

High-Quality, High-Interest Texts With Guided-Reading Lessons

The Superkids Reading Resources are designed for small-group instruction of fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills in grades K–2.

Flexible guided-reading lessons accompany high-quality student texts—decodable books in grades K–1 and magazines and trade books in grade 2.

Learn More

15–20 minutes/day