Literacy Resources
Right From Birth is a series crafted to help parents and caregivers understand a child's developmental stages from birth to 18 months.
Going to School – A parenting series designed to prepare young children for school.
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