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"Although reading and writing abilities continue to develop throughout the life span, the early childhood years -- from birth through age eight--are the most important period for literacy development." --IRA & NAEYC Position Statement, 1998

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What We Know | Activities | Special Needs

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What We Know	Age Level
Reading Milestones: Babies	0-2 years
A Book is a Child’s Companion	0-3 years
Tips for Sharing Books With Babies And Toddlers	0-3 years
Reading with Your Child	0-5 years
Boys and Books	0-5 years
Early Literacy	0-6 years
Reading Aloud - Video Clips	0-6 years
Reading with your Children at Home	0-8 years
Mem Fox’s Ten Read-Aloud Commandments	0-8 years
Is Something as Simple as Reading with My Child Worth It?	0-8 years
What Children Like in Books	6 month to 5 years
Reading Tips	6 month to 5 years
Reading to Two: A Double Challenge	0-5 years
Learning to Love Books	2-3 years
Children’s active participation in reading and storytelling can enhance early literacy learning	2-5 years
Reading With Your Child	2-6 years
Reading Aloud to Build Comprehension	2-7 years
Interactive and Dialogic Reading in Preschool (video)	3-5 years
Preparing an Interactive Reading Lesson (video)	3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse: Shared Book Reading	3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse: Interactive Shared Book Reading	3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse: Dialogic Reading	3- 5 years
Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom: Possibilities and Pitfalls	3-5 years
Families Sharing Literature	3-5 years
To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme?	3-5 years
Print Awareness During Read Alouds	3-8 years
Better Kid Care: Reading Aloud	3-8 years
The Contexts of Comprehension: Information Book Read Alouds and Comprehension Acquisition	3-8 years
Using Think-Alouds to Improve Reading Comprehension	3-9 years
2008 Kids & Family Reading Report: Reading in the 21st Century: Turning the Page with Technology	3-17 years
Reading Aloud to Build Comprehension	4-7 years
Read Alouds	5-6 years
Talking back and taking over: Young Children’s expressive engagement during storybook read-alouds	5- 10 years
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Activities	Age Level
Sharing Books With Your Baby	0-2 years
Interactive Storybook Reading	0-3 years
Tips on Choosing Books for Babies and Toddlers	0-3 years
Tips for Reading Aloud with Babies	0-4 years
How to Make a Personalized Book for Preschoolers	0-5 years
Reading to Two: A Double Challenge	0-5 years
Family Reading Activities	0-6 years
Beginning Reading Instruction: Practical Ideas for Parents	0-7 years
The Do’s and Don’ts of Read-Aloud	0-8 years
Reading Aloud: Tips for Parents and Teachers	0-8 years
Tips for Using Picture Books in the Classroom	0-12 years
Book Reviews of Children’s Books with Recommendations by age from The Reading Tub	0-13 years
Tips for Reading Aloud with Toddlers	2-3 years
Great Early Literacy Books for Talkers	2-3 years
Sharing Books with Your Toddler	2-4 years
Reading with Children (video)	2-6 years
Talking and Books (video in English, Spanish and Vietnamese)	2-6 years
Suggestions on reading Nursery Rhymes with Children	2-6 years
Poems, Rhymes, Raps, Fingerplays and Chants	2-8 years
Choosing Books and Reading Aloud to Children (video)	2-8 years
Kid’s Korner and Toddler Tales	2-14 years
Adventures in Reading: Family Literacy Bags	3-5 years
Lil' Fingers Storybooks	3-5 years
Read Aloud Daily: Practical Ideas for Parents	3-5 years
Use a PEER When you Read Aloud	3-6 years
Tips for Reading Aloud with Preschoolers	3-6 years
Tips for Reading Aloud	3-8 years
Book Friendly: Beginning Reading and Young Children	3-6 years
Art Idea Snowpeople – Cullen’s abc’s (video)	3-6 years
Fun Reading Tips and Activities	3-7 years
Hints on How to Read Aloud to a Group	3-8 years
Reading With Your Grandchildren	3-8 years
103 Things to do Before/During/After Reading	3-8 years
Children's Storybooks Online	3-8 years
The Internet Public Library Story Hour	3-8 years
Suggestions for Sharing Stories	3-8 years
Read Along Stories and Songs	3-10 years
Starfall	3-11 years
International Children’s Digital Library	3-13 years
Great Early Literacy Books for Pre-Readers	4-6 years
Rebus Rhymes	4-7 years
Print Awareness During Read Alouds	4-7 years
Kennedy Center Storytime Online	4-8 years
Chateau Meddybemps	4-12 years
First Well: An Animated Children’s story (video)	5-8 years
Using Think-Alouds to Improve Reading Comprehension	5-10 years
Teaching Vocabulary	5-10 years
Tips for Reading Aloud with Elementary-School Children	7-10 years
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Special Needs	Age Level
Creating and Using Tactile Experience Books for Young Children with Visual Impairments	0-5 years
Early Literacy: Braille and the Young Child	0-5 years
Emergent Literacy: A New Perspective (For Children Who Are Blind)	0-6 years
Reading Tips - Many languages	0-6 years
Creating Object Books for Tactile Learners	0-8 years
Story Box Ideas	0-8 years
Reading with Young Children Who Sign	1-6 years
How Can Something as Simple as Reading to a Child Be So Effective?	0-8 years
Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents	0-8 years
Tactual Book Kit Directions	0-8 years
Sharing Books with ALL Children	1-8 years
Recommended Books in Spanish	1 year-Adult
Head Start Families Sharing Literature	3-5 years
Guide for Reviewing Children’s Literature that Includes People with Disabilities	3-5 years
20 ways to Adapt the Read Aloud	3-8 years
Creating Literature-Based Communication Boards	3-18 years
Reading Out Loud	5-10 years