Recommended for children aged between 3 to 6 years old.

Windows on Literacy™ offers a rich resource of developmental non-fiction books for beginning readers.This programme carefully develops basic literacy skills as it introduces chidren to the world of ideas and knowledge. Focusing on the key concepts in science maths and social studies, Windows on Literacy™ taps into children's natural curiosity about the world.

At the Early stage, children demonstrate a greater confidence in their abilities as readers. They actively use their prior knowledge and growing range of reading strategies to make sense of text. Features at this stage include:

• extension of content from personal experiences to new contexts
• more variety in sentence patterns
• blend of language structures
• longer and more complex sentences
• moderate picture/text support.