🇿🇦 Based on official DBE reading benchmarks
Is your child actually reading at grade level? Find out tonight.
The school report says "progressing well." But 81% of South African Grade 4s can't read for meaning in any language. This free 10-minute checklist shows you exactly where your child stands, using the same official benchmarks schools are measured on.
Free. Ten minutes. Grade R to Grade 3. No spam.
Who this is for
You've got a child in Grade R to 3. You work hard, you don't see every homework session, and something in your gut says the reading isn't where it should be. You've asked the teacher and gotten a vague "she's coming along."
You're not paranoid. You're paying attention. This is for you.
What's inside
- A one-page checklist for each grade (R, 1, 2 and 3): exactly what your child should be able to read and sound out by the end of that year, in plain language you can test at home
- The red flags page for each grade: the early warning signs most parents only recognise in hindsight, and which ones mean act now
- "What to do tonight": 3 simple, free actions if you tick a red flag. No tutor, no fancy programme, just you and your child at the kitchen table
- Built on the Department of Basic Education's official reading benchmarks and the CAPS curriculum, the same standards used to assess every school in the country
Based on the DBE's national reading benchmarks (FUNS) and the CAPS Foundation Phase curriculum, the same data behind the 2030 Reading Panel's national reports. No spam, no selling your details. One checklist, straight to your inbox. From the makers of Loomic, the South African reading app.
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Do the ten minutes tonight. Know where your child stands before bedtime.