Dear Families,
Below please find some literacy resources that will be helpful in reading with your child. Please reach out of you would like additional information, or have specific questions about your child.
Thank you,
Dr. Kathi Macklis, & Caitlin Candito
Educational Toolkit for At-Home Learning: This website provides access to a number of resources for families to share.
KS1 Bitesize - Literacy: The following link leads parents to fun worksheets that can be printed out for children to develop literacy skills (from river rhyming words to alien punctuation).
Literacy Center Education Network: The Literacy Center offers engaging online learning activities for children to do at home to develop literacy skills.
National Center on Literacy Improvement: Great database for tools that parents/caregivers can use when working at home with their children.
PBS Parents - Reading and Language: This website includes milestones and tips to include reading and language in the home.
PBS Parents - "Read" Illustrations to Improve Literacy Skills: This article includes information on how to explore illustrations with children to help them build literacy skills.
PBS Parents - Reading Activities: This website provides reading activities to do during a normal everyday routine that can foster literacy development.
Reading Rockets: Resources to help struggling readers build phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.
Starfall: This educational website offers a number of fun activities for reading and spelling with interactive games (K-2).
Great Articles for Parents on Reading
10 Things to Raise a Reader
Learning to Read- The Simple View of Reading
Reading Tips for Kindergarten Parents
Reading Tips for First Grade Parents
Reading Tips for Second Grade Parents
Reading Tips for Third Grade Parents
Hand These to Kids Needing a Boost for the First Day Blues: https://www.slj.com/story/back-to-school-roundup-books-for-the-first-day-of-school
100 Children’s Authors and Illustrators Everyone Should Know:
Right to Read: