The present paper reports the results of a 3-year longitudinal project comparing two
groups of Chinese children aged from 4 to 6 years, i.e. from Kindergarten first year (K1)
to third year (K3) in Hong Kong, China. The two groups of children were at high and low
family risk of dyslexia. High family risk was defined as having at least one child or one
parent with dyslexia, while low family risk was a lack of this characteristic. Recruitment of
the children from K1 facilitated longitudinal data collection as most children stayed in the
same kindergartens throughout the 3 years.