Countdown™ for Kindergarten
Countdown to Confident Kindergarten Readers
Countdown builds kindergarteners’ foundational literacy skills through engaging, multi-sensory, evidence-based instruction. The program enhances phonemic awareness, phonics, and vocabulary development, making early reading exciting and achievable.
Countdown equips kindergarten students with essential reading skills, focusing on phonemic awareness, phonics, and academic vocabulary, while building letter knowledge, fluency with high-frequency words, and foundational handwriting skills through Really Great Handwriting. With scripted teacher guides, cumulative skill reinforcement, and an interactive online platform, Countdown ensures differentiated instruction for all learners to develop a strong reading foundation.
Teacher Guide
Countdown’s Teacher Guide Set comprises instructional books with easy-to-teach lessons designed to deliver efficient literacy instruction.
- Ready-to-teach lessons, with zero prep-time required
- Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures
- Strategies for adjusting and differentiating instruction
- Embedded, incremental professional development—no phonological awareness or phonics background needed
- Includes instructional lesson plan books, vowel posters, Countdown Wall Cards, student workbooks and kits
Countdown Online
An interactive platform that brings lessons to life with engaging animations, virtual manipulatives, and real-time visual aids. Countdown Online reduces prep time while enhancing instructional precision.
- Dynamic, image-based presentation tool that boosts classroom engagement and learning
- Delivers clear, effective instruction with vibrant visuals and real-time interactive features
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers
- BONUS: Access a library of activities, supplements, and professional development resources through The Supply Room
Virtual Implementation Training
Virtual Training for Educators
Unlock Countdown’s full potential with interactive, self-paced training. The implementation training is designed to fit seamlessly into educators' busy schedules, regardless of their prior knowledge of the Science of Reading. With its interactive and virtual format, it ensures a confident and powerful start with Countdown, helping educators feel fully prepared for success.
Reading Playground
The Reading Playground helps students independently practice foundational literacy skills and complements Countdown by offering additional reinforcement opportunities. This fun, interactive tool features a variety of assessment options—formative assessments, progress monitoring, diagnostics, and program assessments—along with comprehensive reporting capabilities that let teachers pinpoint students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
- Accessible Across Devices: Responsive capabilities for use on various platforms
- Teacher Dashboard: Easy-to-read interface for managing assignments, receiving targeted activity recommendations, and accessing detailed reports and helpful resources—all in one place
- Vocabulary Playground: Reinforce phonology, orthography, morphology, and meaning of words
- Spanish Support: Instructions in English and Spanish for better understanding, accurate progress tracking, and documentation of language accommodations
Countdown’s Teacher Guide Set comprises instructional books with easy-to-teach lessons designed to deliver efficient literacy instruction.
- Ready-to-teach lessons, with zero prep-time required
- Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures
- Strategies for adjusting and differentiating instruction
- Embedded, incremental professional development—no phonological awareness or phonics background needed
- Includes instructional lesson plan books, vowel posters, Countdown Wall Cards, student workbooks and kits
An interactive platform that brings lessons to life with engaging animations, virtual manipulatives, and real-time visual aids. Countdown Online reduces prep time while enhancing instructional precision.
- Dynamic, image-based presentation tool that boosts classroom engagement and learning
- Delivers clear, effective instruction with vibrant visuals and real-time interactive features
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers
- BONUS: Access a library of activities, supplements, and professional development resources through The Supply Room
Virtual Training for Educators
Unlock Countdown’s full potential with interactive, self-paced training. The implementation training is designed to fit seamlessly into educators' busy schedules, regardless of their prior knowledge of the Science of Reading. With its interactive and virtual format, it ensures a confident and powerful start with Countdown, helping educators feel fully prepared for success.
The Reading Playground helps students independently practice foundational literacy skills and complements Countdown by offering additional reinforcement opportunities. This fun, interactive tool features a variety of assessment options—formative assessments, progress monitoring, diagnostics, and program assessments—along with comprehensive reporting capabilities that let teachers pinpoint students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
- Accessible Across Devices: Responsive capabilities for use on various platforms
- Teacher Dashboard: Easy-to-read interface for managing assignments, receiving targeted activity recommendations, and accessing detailed reports and helpful resources—all in one place
- Vocabulary Playground: Reinforce phonology, orthography, morphology, and meaning of words
- Spanish Support: Instructions in English and Spanish for better understanding, accurate progress tracking, and documentation of language accommodations
Establishes critical literacy skills early, ensuring kindergarteners build a strong foundation for decoding and fluent reading.
The program’s Reading Playground, a play-based, digital platform, offers individualized practice and reinforces concepts and skills taught through teacher-led instruction.
Activates students’ orthographic mapping engine, a process crucial to strong literacy outcomes.
Accelerates skill acquisition and offers differentiated practice opportunities for all learners.
Combines visual, auditory, and tactile learning, ensuring a well-rounded, engaging approach to literacy instruction.
Receive embedded support with every lesson, ensuring confidence in guiding literacy instruction.
