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"Early reading skills provide the foundation for children's academic success." --Lonigan, et al., 1999

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What We Know

Age Level
Homespun Fun: Literacy-Rich Home Experiences, (podcast)
0-1 year
The Role of Fathers in Their Child’s Literacy Development
Pre-K
Kansas Guide to Learning Literacy
0-5 years
Cell Videos: Emergent Literacy
0-5 years
The Role of Early Education in Third Grade Reading Proficiency
0-5 years
Literacy Development: Lesley Morrow - video
0-5 years
Early Literacy Learning can be promoted through Experiences with Print and Language [PDF]
0-5 years
Voice of Literacy (podcast)
0-8 years
Podcasts for Dads (iTunes)
0-8 years
Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel [PDF]
0-8 years
What Works: An Introductory Teacher Guide for Early Language and Emergent Literacy Instruction [PDF]
0-8 years
Reading Milestones: Toddlers
2-3 years
Phonological Awareness is Child's Play!
2-6 years
Reading Milestones: Preschoolers
3-4 years
Successful Phonological Awareness Instruction with Preschool Children: Lessons from the Classroom
3-5 years
How much are little ones really learning in preschool?
3-5 years
Relationship between Young Children's Nursery Rhyme Experiences and Knowledge and Phonological and Print Related Abilities [PDF]
3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse: Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training [PDF]
3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse Report on Phonological Awareness Training
3-5 years
Increasing Young Children's Contact with Print During Shared Reading: Longitudinal Effects on Literacy Achievement
3-5 years
Early Literacy: Phonological Awareness - video
3-5 years
Using Think-Alouds to Improve Reading Comprehension
3-8 years
Literacy Unpacked: What Do We Mean by Literacy?
3-8 years
Reading and Literacy Practices that Matter
3-8 years
Early Literacy Guidance, prekindergarten - grade 3 (New York) [PDF]
3-8 years
Making the Most of Extra Time: Relationships Between Full-day Kindergarten Instructional Environments and Reading Achievement [PDF]
5-6 years
Reading Milestones: Kindergarteners
5-6 years
PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades K-1
5-7 years
The Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: An interactive framework
5-8 years
Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
5-8 years
What Works Clearinghouse Report on Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS)
5-9 years
Strategic Literacy Instruction (podcasts)
5-12 years
new K-12 Parent Guides for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts (English or Spanish available)
5-18 years
Developing Fluency (video)
7-10 years
Cognitive Strategy Instruction: Reading
8-18 years

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Activities

Age Level
CELL Pops – Posters for Parents and Classroom Teachers
0-5 years
Practice Guides Especially for Practioners
0-5 years
Letters and Symbols are Everywhere
1-3 years
Wired to Read –Preschool: Ideas for incorporating computer technology into Early Literacy
3-5 years
Learning Letters and Sounds (podcast)
3-5 years
Linking letter Sounds to Pictures: A is for Apple (podcast)
3-5 years
Nine Great Times to Read in Child Care Settings
3-6 years
Preschool and Kindergarten Activities
3-7 years
Building Sentence Puzzles
5-7 years
Internet Public Library Reading Zone
5-12 years
Read, Write, Think Literacy Activities
5-18 years

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Special Needs

Age Level
EZ at 2: Simple Assistive Technology Ideas for Children Ages Birth to Three
0-3 years
Using AT to Promote Literacy in Infants and Toddlers
0-3 years
Emergent Literacy for Children with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss
0-5 years
Second Language Literacy Instruction Position Statement of the International Reading Association
0-8 years
Pioneering Literacy in the Digital Wild West: Empowering Parents and Educators about Digital Apps
0-8 years
What Does It Mean To Use Visual Supports for Literacy?
0-8 years
Visual Supports for Literacy (video)
2-8 years
Home Literacy Experiences of Nonverbal Children and Practical Ways to Improve Them (online training, requires setting up a free user account)
2-21 years
Relative Effectiveness of Dialogic, Interactive and Shared Reading Interventions [PDF]
3-6 years
EZ Assistive Technology Activities for Children ages 3 to 8 years with Disabilities
3-8 years
Reading, Down Syndrome and predictors of differential Growth (podcast)
3-8 years
Predictors of and Interventions Associated with Later Literacy Accomplishments [PDF]
3-8 years
Differentiated Instruction: Maximizing the Learning of All Students
3-10 years
Reading and Language Outcomes of a Five-Year Randomized Evaluation of Transitional Bilingual Education [PDF]
5-10 years
Braille Word Games
5-13 years
Seeking Help for a Struggling Reader: 8 Steps for Parents
5-8 years
Empowering Parents Video (early signs of reading problems)
5-8 years
Teaching Reading to Students who are English Language Learners
5-10 years
Effective English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades [PDF]
5-11 years
Assisting Students Struggling with Reading
5-11 years
Cornerstones: Building Blocks of Literacy
5-11 years
Assessment of English Language Learners (video)
5-12 years
Braille Bug
5-13 years

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