General Literacy Resources

Colorin Colorado – Provides information to Spanish speaking parents on helping their children learn to read. It also provides educators information on teaching English language learners.

Circle of Stories – Circle of Stories uses documentary film, photography, artwork and music to honor and explore Native American storytelling.

Fern's Poetry Club – Students can write, publish and read poems by other children. A poem is picked every day and published on the web.

Binky's Story Scramble – Students can work on their storytelling skills by placing the scrambled stories in order.

Get Ready to Read – Get Ready to Read! (GRTR!) is a national initiative to build the early literacy skills of preschool-aged children. The initiative provides an easy-to-administer, research-based screening tool to early childhood educators, child care providers and parents in order to help them prepare all children to learn to read and write.

Maya and Miguel – Adventure Scrapbook – Using guided direction, children take photos and create a scrapbook.

It's My Life – For middle grades, students can create a story strip using various scenarios. A story strip is chosen and highlighted each week.

WORDGIRL – Program dedicated to building A strong foundation in literacy and language skills.

Ready to Learn

Reading Rockets – A national multimedia reading initiative that examines how young kids learn to read, which also offers research based strategies for educators, parents and those who help children.

National Institute for Family Literacy