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| Simple Strategies for Creating Strong Readers |
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| Handy Reading Tips Bookmark This handy reading tips bookmark will be useful for parents, volunteers, or anyone reading with a child. The English and Spanish versions can be copied back-to-back. |
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| Resources for Families and Caregivers Helping Your Child Become a Reader |
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Practical Parenting Partnerships Center has developed inexpensive items intended to help parents and schools improve the academic achievement of all students. The two videos listed below could be used for parent meetings and conferences or loaned to parents who are unable to attend school functions. A complete price list order form can be found on their website, www.pppctr.org. Reading – Schools and Families Working Together An excellent 18 minute video on ways schools and parents can help children read better. School personnel will see fun-filled reading nights and learn helpful ways to share important reading information with parents. $5.00 + 10% ($.50) shipping. |
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Federal Offices or Federally Funded Clearinghouses That Provide Information on Literacy and Learning U.S. Department of Education (ED) ACCESS ERIC Toll Free: 1-800-LET-ERIC http://www.eric.ed.gov/resources/parent/parent.html Provides referrals to all ERIC clearinghouses. ERIC-the Educational Resources Information Center-is a national education information system supported by ED. ACCESS ERIC is the source for ERIC Parent Brochures series, including "How Can I Encourage My Young Child To Read?" Two ERIC Clearinghouses that deal specially with early childhood and literacy and language development are: · ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education and the National Parent Information Network (NPIN) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (http://npin.org); and · ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication at Indiana University at Bloomington(http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec). |
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Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) University of Michigan School of Education 610 East University Avenue, Room 1600 SEB Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1259 Phone: 734-647-6940 http://www.ciera.org CIERA is the national research and development center on early childhood reading. It is funded by ED. CIERA's mission is to improve the reading achievement of America's children by developing and offering solutions to persistent problems in the learning and teaching of beginning reading. |
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Even Start Family Literacy Program U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 400 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20202 Toll Free: 1-800-USA-LEARN http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/CEP Even Start provides support for family-centered education projects to help parents learn the literacy and parenting skills they need to help their young children reach their full potential as learners. It makes grants to local education agencies, community-based organizations, and other nonprofit organizations. To find out about programs in your state, contact your state department of education or your local school district office. |
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Kansas Parent Information Resource Center Dr. Nancy Kraft, Director of the KPIRC The KPIRC is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and has lots of useful services including: -consultation and workshops concerning Title I parent involvement policies and practices -assistance to schools in the development of Parent/School Compacts -professional development to enhance/pilot Parents as Teachers programs -technical assistance to schools, parent organizations, and early childhood programs -consultation with businesses and industries to develop family/school friendly policies http://www.kpirc.org |
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National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) 800 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 Toll Free: 1-800-228-8813 http://www.nifl.gov Jointly administered by the Secretaries of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services, NIFL is an independent federal institute. The NIFL Hotline is available 24 hours a day to provide free referrals for potential students and volunteers to outstanding programs in their area. Also provides free copies of current publications on literacy. |
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National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement 555 New Jersey Avenue NW Washington, DC 20208 Phone: 202-219-1935 http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/ Sponsors research that focuses on early childhood development and education, especially school readiness, child/adult relationships, and children's resilience. |
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No Child Left Behind Parents Tool Box U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW Washington, DC 20202 Toll Free: 1-888-814-NCLB http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/parents/index.html Provides information of particular interest to parents about the No Child Left Behind legislation. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
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Early Head Start/Head Start Program U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children, Youth, and Families Washington, DC 20202-0001 Phone: 202-205-8572 (or check directory for your regional HHS office) http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/ Head Start programs nationwide provide comprehensive services for 3- to 5-year-old children of low-income families. Grants are made to public school systems and nonprofit organizations to fund services covering education, health care, family involvement, and social services. Early Head Start programs-modeled after Head Start-provide services to low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers. To find out about programs in your state, contact your state department of education or your local school district. |
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse U.S. Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 3006 Rockville, MD 20847 Toll Free: 1-800-370-2943 http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/publications.htm Provides information about government-sponsored research on human development over the entire life span. Includes topics such as prenatal care, learning disabilities, AIDS, and mental retardation. Private Organizations That Deal with Literacy and Reading For information about adult and family literacy programs in your community, be sure to check at your local library. Other resources on literacy and reading include: American Library Association (ALA) Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 Toll Free: 1-800-545-2433, ext. 2163 http://www.ala.org/alsc/ ALA/ALSC sponsors "Born To Read," a program that builds partnerships between librarians and health care professionals to reach out to new and expectant "at-risk" parents to help them raise children who are "born to read." Publications and online resources include materials for parents, caregivers, and children. |
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International Reading Association (IRA) 800 Barksdale Road P.O. Box 8139 Newark, DE 19714-8139 Phone: 302-731-1600 http://www.reading.org/ IRA is an organization of teachers, librarians, researchers, parents, and others dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all. Its Online Bookstore offers books, videos, and software for parents and caregivers. |
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Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) 635 James Street Syracuse, NY 13202-2214 Phone: 315-472-0001 http://www.reading.org/ LVA sponsors more than 350 community programs nationwide that offer free literacy help to adults and their families. |
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National Center for Family Literacy Waterfront Plaza, Suite 200 325 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202-4251 Toll Free (Parade Family Literacy InfoLine): 1-877-326-5481 http://www.famlit.org Parade Family Literacy InfoLine provides referrals for family literacy programs at the local level. Accessible 24 hours a day; operators are available 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday-Friday. |
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Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) P.O. Box 23444 Washington, DC 20026 Toll Free: 1-877-RIF-READ http://www.rif.org/ Develops and delivers children and family literacy programs that help prepare young children for reading and motivate school-age children to read. Trains literacy providers, parents, and others to prepare all children to become lifelong readers. |
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| Resources If Your Child Has a Reading Problem or Learning Disability | ||
Federal or Federally Funded Clearinghouses ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education 1920 Association Drive Reston, VA 22091 Toll Free: 1-800-328-0272 http://www.ericec.org/ This clearinghouse provides research-based information on a variety of topics, including learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder (ADD), and behavior disorders. |
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse Toll Free: 1-800-370-2943 http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/publications.htm See a complete description under "Federal Offices or Federally Funded Clearinghouses That Provide Information on Literacy and Learning." |
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National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities P.O. Box 1492 Washington, DC 20013-1492 Toll Free: 1-800-695-0285 (voice & TTY) http://www.nichcy.org This clearinghouse provides referrals and information on disabilities and related issues for families, educators, and others, with a focus on children and youth (birth to age 22). Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education-the federal office that administers the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Other Awareness and Advocacy Organizations |
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Learning Disabilities Association of America 4156 Library Road Pittsburgh, PA 15234 Toll Free: 1-888-300-6710 http://www.ldanatl.org This is a nonprofit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning disabilities. The association has more than 60,000 members and 600 state and local affiliates nationwide. |
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National Center for Learning Disabilities 381 Park Avenue South, Suite 1401 New York, NY 10016 Toll Free: 1-888-575-7373 http://www.ld.org This is a national nonprofit organization that is committed to improving the lives of those affected by learning disabilities. Provides materials designed to increase public awareness and understanding. |
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| Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities c/o Communications Consortium Media Center 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005-1754 Phone: 202-326-8700 http://www.ldonline.org/ccldinfo/ This is a collaboration of leading national learning disability organizations dedicated to improving awareness and understanding about the nature of learning disabilities. |
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Federal Source of Materials for the Blind and Physically Handicapped National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library of Congress Washington, DC 20542 Phone: 202-707-5100 http://www.loc.gov/nls/ This is a free national library program of Braille and recorded materials for blind and physically handicapped children and adults. |
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| Resources for Children | ||
Helping Your Child Become a Reader Here's a sampling of books, computer programs, and Web sites that you and your child can enjoy together. Check with your local librarian for more suggestions. |
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Babies Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon. Harper Collins, 1997. A little rabbit says goodnight to all the things in his room and, finally, to the Moon. Johnson, Angela. Mama Bird, Baby Birds. Orchard, 1994. Joshua and his sister, two young African-American children, watch a mother bird feeding its babies. Wells, Rosemary. Max's Bedtime. Dial, 1998. Even though Max's sister offers him her stuffed animals, he cannot sleep without his red rubber elephant. |
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Play Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers Carle, Eric. The Very Busy Spider. Philomel, 1984. Farm animals try to keep a spider from spinning her web, but she doesn't give up and she makes a beautiful and useful creation. Pictures may be felt as well as seen, making this a great book for visually impaired children. Hill, Eric. Where's Spot? Putnam, 1980. In an interactive lift-the-flap book, children help Spot's mother, Sally, search the house to find him. This book has been translated into a number of languages, including a sign language version. Kunhardt, Dorothy. Pat the Bunny. Golden Books, 1990. In this touch-and-feel book, Paul and Judy smell the flowers, feel Daddy's scratchy face, look in the mirror, play peek-a-boo, and, of course, pat the bunny. Lacome, Julie. Seashore. Candlewick, 1995. Small fingers can poke through the holes in the pages of this board book about the beach, and seem to change into fins, wings, or crawling legs. |
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Alphabet Books for Preschoolers-First-Graders Kitamura, Satoshi. From Acorn to Zoo and Everything in Between in Alphabetical Order. Sunburst, 1995. Each page shows an assortment of things that begin with the same letter-all clearly labeled. For each page there is a question (and a clue) that can be answered only by looking carefully at the picture. MacDonald, Suse. Alphabatics. Bradbury Press, 1986. The letters of the alphabet are transformed and placed in 26 illustrations so that the hole in b becomes a balloon and y turns into the head of a yak (an ox with long hair). Rankin, Laura. The Handmade Alphabet. Puffin, 1996. This book presents the handshape for each letter of the manual alphabet (American Sign Language) accompanied by an object whose name begins with that letter. Shannon, George. Tomorrow's Alphabet. Mulberry Books, 1999. A is for seed-what's going on here? The seed is tomorrow's Apple! An imaginative alphabet puzzle that encourages children to think and make predictions. Shelby, Anne. Potluck. Orchard, 1991. A multicultural collection of friends having names starting with A-Z bring a variety of dishes to a potluck. |
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Wordless Picture Books for Preschoolers-First-Graders Carle, Eric. Do You Want to Be My Friend? HarperCollins, 1995. A little mouse asks all kinds of animals, "Do you want to be my friend?" dePaola, Tomie. Pancakes for Breakfast. Voyager Books, 1990. A little old lady's attempts to have pancakes for breakfast are hindered by a lack of ingredients and the help of her pets. Mayer, Mercer. A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog. Econo-Clad Books, 1999. A boy and a dog try unsuccessfully to catch a frog. McCully, Emily. School. HarperTrophy, 1990. The eight oldest mice in a family prepare for the first day of school. After everyone leaves, and the house is too quiet, the youngest mouse decides to go discover what school is all about. Wiesner, David. Tuesday. Clarion, 1991. One night a town is invaded by extraterrestrial frogs flying in on their lily pads. |
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Rhyming Books for Toddlers-Kindergartners Christelow, Eileen. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Clarion, 1989. This counting rhyme shows five little monkeys getting ready for bed and getting sidetracked by some serious bed-jumping. Cole, Joanna, and Calmenson, Stephanie. Eentsy, Weensty Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes. Morrow, 1991. This book, illustrated using children of diverse cultural backgrounds, includes fingerplays and action rhymes that have been chanted, sung, and loved by generations. Dyer, Jane. Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems and Lullabies for the Very Young. Little, Brown, 1996. This picture book contains a collection of Mother Goose classics, modern poems, lullabies, and simple stories, many of which celebrate special times in a child's first years. Martin, Bill, Jr., and Archambault, John. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Simon & Schuster, 1989. The rhythmical story of letters of the alphabet climbing and falling from a coconut tree. "Predictable" Books for Toddlers-First-Graders Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. Dutton, 1993. Told in verse, this is the story of how Ki-pat, a herder, makes it rain on the dry Kapiti Plain. Hutchins, Pat. Rosie's Walk. Macmillan, 1968. Rosie the hen goes for a walk and manages to avoid many attempts on her life by a predatory fox. Also available in Spanish. Lowell, Susan. The Three Little Javelinas. Northland Pub., 1993. This southwestern tale, based on "The Three Little Pigs" and illustrated with Native American and Latino characters, is about three little javelinas as they try to outsmart the coyote who had hoped to eat them with red chili sauce. Martin, Bill, Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Holt, 1996. What children see is a surprising cast of animals! McNaughton, Colin. Suddenly! Harcourt Brace, 1995. Time after time, Preston the Pig outwits a hungry wolf that is trying to catch and eat him. Multiple-Language Books for Preschoolers-First-Graders Brown, Ruth. Alphabet Times Four: An International ABC. Dutton, 1991. Beginning with the letter A and ending with Z, this book offers a word that happens to begin with the same letter in four languages, English, Spanish, French, and German, accompanied by creatively bordered pictures. Garza, Carmen Lomas. Family Pictures. Children's Book Press, 1990. In this bilingual text (Spanish and English), a young girl remembers her day-to-day family life while growing up in Texas in a Mexican-American culture. Hirschi, Ron. Seya's Song. Sasquatch Books, 1992. A young S'Klallam girl follows the seasons of the salmon, interweaving aspects of the life and culture of her Pacific Coast tribe and using words from her native language. Lee, Huy Voun. In the Park. Henry Holt & Co, Inc., 1998. Xiao Ming and his mother go to the park, where they see a variety of people of different cultures, ages, and disabilities. At the park, his mother teaches him how to draw and pronounce some Chinese characters. Rattigan, Jama Kim. Dumpling Soup. Little, Brown, 1993. Marisa, a 7-year-old girl who lives in Hawaii, explains the traditions her family celebrates at the New Year. Hawaiian, Japanese, and Korean words and phrases add to the English text. Stock, Catherine. Where Are You Going Manyoni? Morrow, 1993. Manyoni lives in Zimbabwe and on her way to school she passes many beautiful areas, wild animals, and birds. The book includes a picture glossary of wildlife and a key to pronouncing African words. Beginning Readers Eastman, P. D. Go, Dog. Go! Random House, 1989. Big dogs, little dogs—black, white, yellow, and blue dogs—they are all very busy going places and doing things. Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed. Harper Collins, 1973. A little boy knows a carrot will grow from the seed that he planted no matter what anyone else may say or think. Early Read-Aloud Chapter Books for Preschoolers-First-Graders Cameron, Ann. The Stories Julian Tells. Knopf, 1981. Julian tells great stories, He can make people, especially his younger brother Huey, believe almost anything, which sometimes leads to lots of trouble. Milne, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner. Dutton, 1991. The book is about the timeless adventures of Pooh, Piglet, Christopher Robin, Owl, Tigger, and Eeyore in the Hundred-Acre Woods. |
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