A Malay Reading Readiness Inventory was developed based on Yeo’s and Othman’s readingreadiness test, and previous studies which aimed to provide content for the Samsung Galaxy Tabanew format of reading readiness test for kindergarten students. Subjects of this study -240kindergarten students from government-owned kindergartens completed the pencil-paper test ofMalay Reading Readiness Inventory to examine the item discrimination, validity and reliability.A total of 81 items were selected via item discrimination analysis. Content validity and internalconsistency reliability were also provided. Item adaption and development were suggested for thefuture study.