Chall's stages of reading development

STAGE ONE

Pre-reading and pseudo-reading - 0-6 years

• Pretend reading (turning pages and repeating stories they have heard before)
• Some letter and word recognition - letters in their own name
• Predicting single words in a story

STAGE TWO

Initial reading and decoding - 6-7 years

• Reading simple texts with high-frequency words (happens when the child learns the…