The purpose of this "Reading Aid" is to help teachers and other school personnel responsible for selecting readiness programs to evaluate those programs they are considering for selection. The programs reviewed here represent a cross-section of the many language and perceptual readiness programs available. The assumption underlying each of these programs is that mastery of the readiness skills identified in the program contributes to later school achievement. The programs discussed range from sets of simple visual-motor and auditory discrimination tasks, to combinations of complex tasks, to tasks involving reception and production of language. The programs are designed to improve oral language or to encourage perceptual-motor development. The programs reviewed include: Peabody Language Development Kit-Level 2, Auditory Discrimination in Depth, Perceptual Training Procedure, Developing Learning Readiness, Pathway School Program, Frostig Program for the Development of Visual Perception, Pictures and Patterns, Fairbanks-Robinson Program-Level 1, and Erie Program. (WR)