Join a Super Why Reading Camp to play, learn and grow

Help your 4 and 5 year olds transform into reading superheroes at Super Why Reading Camps! Registration is FREE, and campers work on their literacy skills but also participate in a classroom environment as they make new friends.

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If you or anyone you know is interested in Super Why Reading camps for their young ones, review the list below of participating organizations and their locations to find the best fit for your child. Register for the camp of your choice to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

G. Frank Davidson School
May 26 – June 11
6935 W. Osborn Road, Phoenix, AZ 85033

Challenger Elementary School
June 1 – 18
6905 W. Maryland Avenue, Room H121, Glendale, AZ 85303

Smoketree Developmental Preschool
June 1 – 19
2395 Smoketree Avenue N, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403

Gila Crossing Community School
June 1 – 25
4665 W. Pecos Road, Laveen, AZ 85339

Leupp Elementary School
June 1 – 25
40 Miles East of Flagstaff, Leupp, AZ 86035

Hualapai Day Care
June 1 – 18
475 Hualapai Way, Peach Springs, AZ 86434

Round Valley Primary School
June 1 – 18
940 E. Maricopa Drive, Springerville, AZ 85938

Discovery Gardens Preschool
June 8 – 25
300 Gurley Street, Prescott, AZ 86301

Great Beginnings Preschool/ Ronald Reagan Elementary School
June 8 – 25
3200 W. 16th Street, Yuma, AZ, 85364

Los Ranchitos Family Resource Center
June 8 – 26
2054 E. Ginter Road, Tucson, AZ 85706

Desert Thunder School
June 15 – July 2
16750 W. Garfield Street, Goodyear, AZ 85338

Flagstaff Federated Community Church
July 6 – 24
400 W. Aspen Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Wilson Primary School
July 6 – 23
415 N. 30th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008

About Super Why Reading Camps

The Super Why Reading Camps build on the signature early literacy approach of the popular “Super Why” television series, extending its unique interactive reading approach into the community.

Participating in a Super Why Reading Camp will not only help children build everyday literacy skills, but the camps are held over the summer to help incoming kindergartners get ready for the school year.

Each day at Reading Camp, children transform into one of the Super Why characters and take part in reading-based, branded Super Why crafts, games and songs that practice the targeted early literacy skill of the day:

Monday

Alpha Pig Day (Letter Identification): Students will practice their alphabet and practice recognizing each letter through games, stories and activities with the facilitator.

Tuesday

Wonder Red Day (Rhyming with Word Families): Students will practice grouping words by sound families through games and activities, as well as stories and take home worksheets.

Wednesday

Princess Presto Day (Letter Sounds and Spelling): After practicing recognizing letters, it’s important to also practice the sounds they make, and learn how those sounds come together to make a word. Students will practice this skill with games, activities, stories and take home materials.

Thursday

Super Why Day (Vocabulary and Comprehension): After learning about spelling, the next step is to practice vocabulary and how to use the words learned during the week. Students will get to practice their vocabulary through games and activities, as well as stories shared from the show.

Friday

Friday Celebration: Families are invited to join their campers and celebrate all the accomplishments from the week.

Kids have fun in Arizona at a Super Why Reading Camp

Early childhood development in Arizona

In the fall of 2019, Teaching Strategies Gold indicated there was a large percentage of Arizona’s young children that weren’t meeting widely used standards for reading readiness. An estimated 65% of four year olds did not meet expectations in language use, and 70% did not meet literacy expectations for children of that age group.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an enormous gap in learning for a lot of students and made transitions into kindergarten or new schools more difficult. Another goal of this program is to reinforce learning habits and help ease the transition into kindergarten for students and their families.

With this program, young students will get familiar with being in a school setting. They will learn how to participate in group activities, learn rules and routines that are applied at school, as well as receive the opportunity to engage with other children.

Over 1,600 families have participated in a Super Why Reading Camp throughout Arizona! The State Impact Results show on average:

Alphabet knowledge increased 13%
Phonological awareness increased 35.5%
Print knowledge increased 58%

Play, learn and grow

In the Super Why Reading Camps, we focus on not only these classroom and social aspects but preparing children with the five pillars of literacy as well.

Phonemic Awareness: This means being able to listen and identify the different sounds that make up speech.

Phonics: While this is similar to the first pillar, phonics focuses on matching sounds to specific letters.

Fluency: Fluency is all about being able to read the words, understand them, in a reasonable amount of time.

Vocabulary: Having a large vocabulary opens the door to extending reading levels and continuing to learn.

Comprehension: Once students get more fluency and vocabulary in their literacy diets, they will be able to work on comprehension. Think of comprehension as light bulb moments, where a child is able to say, “I understand” and retain what they’ve learned.

Not only will children be able to work on these skills in the classroom environment at camp, but we will also provide materials that can be brought home. Parents and children will be able to practice all of these skills at home, with simple and fun activities that both will enjoy!