CAPIT serves as a crucial bridge, seamlessly connecting foundational early literacy skills with the essential skills needed for success in kindergarten.

The CAPIT Literacy Grant provides schools and districts access to the research-validated CAPIT Reading Curriculum, designed to accelerate early literacy development and ensure kindergarten readiness.

Now Accepting Grant Applications Through February 28, 2025.
Limited Grants Available—Apply Early!

Ensure All Your Preschool Students Are Kindergarten Ready!

CAPIT Preschool Literacy Grants

What Preschool Teachers Worry About

  • Develop essential foundational skills, such as phonemic awareness and letter-sound recognition—critical for Kindergarten readiness.

  • Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of every student.

  • Overcome ineffective curricula that lack proper design and teacher support.

  • Lack of precise and comprehensive data on incoming students to support continuity in learning and ensure a seamless transition from Pre-K to Kindergarten.

A recent Johns Hopkins University study found that CAPIT students:

  • Were 46% more likely to achieve kindergarten readiness compared to other students in the district not using CAPIT.

  • Experienced gains that correspond to 46 additional days of learning over the course of a 180-day school year. Read the Study.

The Benefits of the CAPIT Reading Grant

  • Science of Reading-Based Curriculum: Ensures measurable outcomes, helping preschoolers build the skills they need to succeed in Kindergarten.

  • Engaging Multisensory Approach:
    Captivating students and enhancing learning effectiveness so you can focus on prevention instead of intervention.

  • Actionable Data:
    Empowering teachers to deliver individualized instruction.

  • Easy-to-Use Platform:
    Simplifies implementation and adds consistency for educators with tailored implementation support.

Accepting Grant Applications Through February 28, 2025.
Limited Grants Available—Apply Early!

Get Started in 4 Steps

Step 1: Apply for a Grant • 5 Minutes

Step 2: Learn about CAPIT • 60 Minutes

Step 3: Receive and Accept the Grant

Step 4: Roster • Train Teachers (3 hours) • Begin!

Who Qualifies?

Schools and districts that are committed to ensuring that all their preschool students enter Kindergarten prepared for reading success.

Evidence-Based, Research Validated, and Based on the Science of Reading!

PK students are 46% more likely to achieve kindergarten readiness and experience gains that correspond to 46 additional days of learning.

CAPIT enables preschool students to break the alphabetic code and even learn to read and spell before entering Kindergarten.

  • CAPIT is designed to address key instructional challenges in Pre-K and ensure students build strong foundational literacy skills while making learning seamless for teachers. CAPIT helps by:

    • Building Essential Skills – CAPIT provides explicit, research-backed instruction in phonemic awareness, letter-sound recognition, and early decoding, ensuring Kindergarten readiness.

    • Differentiating Instruction – CAPIT adapts to students’ needs, allowing teachers to support diverse learning levels effectively.

    • Simplifying Curriculum Delivery – CAPIT offers an intuitive, easy-to-implement program with built-in teacher support, reducing planning time and instructional uncertainty.

    • Ensuring a Seamless Transition to Kindergarten – Captures and shares student progress data, allowing Kindergarten teachers to pick up where Pre-K left off without learning gaps.

  • CAPIT Creaties an Authentic Sound-to-Print Environment

    • Labeling objects around the room with clear, simple words.

    • Modeling correct pronunciation and letter sounds throughout the day.

    • Encourages students to verbalize letter sounds during everyday activities.

    CAPIT Reinforces Literacy Throughout the Day

    • Embedding phonemic awareness and phonics activities into circle time, transitions, and play.

    • Using CAPIT vocabulary when discussing letters and sounds during storytime or other lessons.

    • Encourages peer interactions that involve letter-sound recognition and simple word building.

    Seamlessly Incorporating Digital Devices

    • Scheduling small-group or independent CAPIT sessions as part of learning rotations.

    • Using CAPIT’s digital tool to reinforce skills taught in whole-group instruction.

    • Allows students to engage with CAPIT on tablets, ensuring they interact with the program in a focused and structured way.

    CAPIT becomes integral to your Pre-K classroom, making literacy instruction more effective, engaging, and developmentally appropriate for young learners.

Dr. Jimmy Gouard, Principal, St. Louis Catholic School, Castroville, TX

“Typically, most students enter kindergarten without knowledge of letter sounds. These students will finish kindergarten being able to read.”

Dr. Kingsby, Principal, Los Angeles CA

“The CAPIT Reading Grant was a game changer for our school. We had no idea how much our students could accomplish in so little time. The CAPIT Grant has given them the reading skills they need to succeed in elementary school and beyond.”

    • Actionable Data at Your Fingertips: Gain real-time insights into student progress and program efficacy.

    • Proven Efficacy: Research-backed results that ensure students achieve reading success.

    • Developmentally Appropriate: Designed to fit students of varying developmental stages.

    • Builds Confidence and Reading Stamina: Helps students feel empowered as they master foundational reading skills.

    • Bridge to Kindergarten: CAPIT ensures preschool students are reading before Kindergarten.

    • Research-Based Phonics Approach: CAPIT's sound-to-print methodology focuses on sounds first, supported by mnemonics and visual cues.

    • Flexible Instructional Model: Combines whole group, small group, and independent tablet time for diverse learning needs.

    • Ideal for English Language Learners (ELLs): Effectively supports students new to English with engaging, sound-focused instruction.

    • Enhanced Student Engagement: Features visuals, songs, and engaging learning to captivate and motivate students.

    • Ease of Use: Simple for teachers to implement and for students to navigate, ensuring seamless classroom integration.

    • Improved Phonemic Awareness: Visual cues and mnemonic devices boost students' ability to recognize and remember letters and sounds.

  • From the Johns Hopkins University Research Study

    • “CAPIT teaches the student phonemic awareness in a fun way. They enjoy playing it, and they also love the alphabet song! It keeps advancing, challenging them with different levels.”

    • “It is an effective program for ELLs.”

    • “I love the picture-sound connections my students make.”

    • “I liked the whole group, small group, independent tablet time model.”

    • “I like how it focuses mainly on sounds.”

    • “Students consistently practiced letter/sound recognition on a daily basis.”

    • “I like that CAPIT is like a 'game' on the iPad—this helps with student engagement. I really like the program, and so do my students.”

    • “What do I like? Everything! :-)”

    • “CAPIT reinforces students' ability to recognize the letters and letter sounds. Students use mnemonics to help them remember letters and letter sounds. Lessons are strategically designed with visuals that reinforce meaning.”