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Helping Your Child Become a Reader
offers dozens of activities families may use to help young children learn the alphabet, play with rhymes, "read" picture books, act out poems, predict what happens next in stories... (Department of Education) |
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Reading Planet
is designed to help families and children explore the world of books. It features an annotated list of 1,000 children's books that can be browsed by age group, author, or category... (Department of Education) |
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
features easy-to-do parent tips, video clips and transcripts from interviews with some of the nation's foremost reading experts, motivational e-cards that grandparents and teachers can... (PBS, supported by Department of Education) |
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Summer Workshops
provides materials from dozens of teacher presentations on literacy, math, science, history, and the arts at the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher Summer Workshops... (Department of Education) |
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Reading: Improve Student Performance
is a collection of resources for helping all students learn to read well. It includes instructional materials, research reports, and national assessment frameworks and report cards... (Department of Education) |
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National Institute for Literacy
provides information about research, practices, and policies aimed to improve reading instruction for children, youth, and adults... (Department of Education) |
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National Reading Panel
includes two key publications from the panel: "Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read" and "Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to... (Multiple Agencies) |
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The Big Read
encourages communities to read and discuss novels. Teacher guides, discussion questions, and other information are provided for Fahrenheit 451, My Ántonia, The Great Gatsby... (National Endowment for the Arts) |
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Children's Literature: Digitized Print Materials
provides 50 digitized texts of rare books: The Arabian Nights, A Child's Garden of Verses, Ballad of the Lost Hare, A Christmas Carol, Humpty Dumpty, The Grasshopper Stories, Mother... (Library of Congress) |
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Teacher Workshops: Literacy
provides materials from 2007 summer teacher workshops sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Find slides and handouts on teaching reading, comprehension, vocabulary and... (Department of Education) |
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Teaching Literacy in English to K-5 English Learners
provides videos, slideshows, and tools for teaching reading to K-5 English learners. The site is based on five research-based recommendations: screen and monitor students' progress... (Department of Education) |
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Early Childhood Education
looks at two teaching practices found to be effective in center-based settings with 3- to 5-year-old children who are not yet in kindergarten: teaching phonological awareness and... (Department of Education) |
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Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices
provides five recommendations to improve literacy among adolescents in the upper elementary, middle, and high school grades. The guide is designed for teachers and personnel who work... (Department of Education) |
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A Child Becomes a Reader
tells what parents can do to help children (ages 0-4 and 5-8) become readers. It includes suggestions about what to look for in day care centers and preschools, and a summary of... (National Institute for Literacy, supported by Multiple Agencies) |
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Captured Wisdom on Adult Literacy
is a series of stories about adult literacy teaching success. In one story, adults learning English use the Internet to find pictures and information about their home country for... (NCREL, supported by Department of Education) |
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Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success
is designed to help parents figure out what language and literacy experiences to look for in preschools and child care; what to look for in early reading instruction (K-3); what to ask... (Multiple Agencies) |
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Colorín Colorado
is designed for parents and teachers who are helping Spanish-speaking children learn to read in English. Find activities to help children learn about sounds, letters, and words. Use... (Colorín Colorado, supported by Department of Education) |
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Helping Your Preschool Child
offers fun activities for parents to use during everyday routines to help babies, toddlers, and preschoolers develop skills needed for success in school and life. The booklet also... (Department of Education) |
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LEARNS
offers literacy training activities for tutors and mentors, a literacy assessment profile, and information for volunteer programs that help children in primary grades improve their... (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, supported by Department of Education) |
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Between the Lions
is based on the PBS children's TV series, and presents a new story each week with related interactive games and activities for kids 4-7. It also recommends books for each episode and... (WGBH, supported by Department of Education) |
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National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA)
provides information on what elements of curriculum, instruction, and assessment are essential to developing high literacy and how schools can best help students achieve success... (Department of Education) |
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School-Home Links Reading Kit
offers four hundred activities for strengthening children's reading and writing skills (one kit for each grade level, kindergarten through 3rd grade). These kits, part of the "Compact... (Department of Education) |
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Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers and Child Care and Family Providers
suggests how to read aloud to children, develop their listening and speaking skills, teach about letters and numbers, and build their background knowledge and thinking skills. The... (Department of Education) |
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National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
offers a free library service, NLS Talking Books, to help people of all ages whose low vision, blindness, or physical handicap makes it difficult for them to read a standard printed... (Library of Congress) |
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Cuyahoga Valley Online Alphabet Book
provides a nature photo and caption for each letter of the alphabet... (National Park Service) |
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