children in Kampala City join Primary one after attaining nursery school education where they grasp the vowel sounds and learn to shape letters among other things. Besides, they have access to readings provided on billboards, TV (television), and advertisements on buildings. In some homes, adults read to children, and they look at pictures in books, or newspaper. It is, therefore, likely that rather than socio-economic factors, the effective teaching of reading in the lower primary in Kampala Central Municipality is challenged by the big class sizes.