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Are
you looking for more information about literacy, books, or
learning to read? Below are some links that we hope
you will find useful.
*We regret
that we are unable to respond to parent inquiries. Our staff
is dedicated to our mission to helping educators and their
schools.
Reading Rockets
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/7833/
Reading Rockets is an educational initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation's capital, and is funded by a major grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This site includes parent tip sheets. These one-page sheets are now available for you to download as a PDF in nine languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
The
Association for Library Service to Children
http://www.ala.org/alsc/parents.links.html
The Association for Library Service to Children works to improve
and extend library services to children in all types of libraries.
The site includes discussions and evaluations about children's
literature, tips for parents on reading with children (as
well as many other issues around raising children), and many
excellent links for parents and for children.
"Between the Lions"
www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions
"Between the Lions", an educational children's show, runs
daily on PBS with the aim to promote literacy and reading
enthusiasm in an entertaining, adventurous way. This site
is the show's main site, featuring the episodes' stories,
character spotlights, and show schedules, as well as suggested
reading lists and literacy teaching tips for parents.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English,
and Communication
www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec
Hosted by the University of Indiana, ERIC is reportedly the
world's largest educational database. Both parents and educators
will find a wealth of information here dealing with early
literacy development, including suggested reading lists, literacy
promoting lessons and activities, data from the National Center
for Educational Statistics, and research-based reading instruction
theory.
Free Library of Philadelphia
www.library.phila.gov/children/childprog/children.htm
This section of the Free Library of Philadelphia's main web
site deals exclusively with children. The site features information
on children's events hosted by the Free Library, a link to
the children's department at the Free Library's Central Branch,
suggested reading lists, and resources for parents.
National Center on Education and the Economy
www.ncee.org
This non-profit organization for educational progress has
valuable sections for parents on its home page. One of its
suggested resources is an inexpensive and highly regarded
handbook for parents of kindergarten through third grade children,
entitled "What Parents Need to Know About Reading and Writing."
Published by New Standards and available on NCEE's site, this
pamphlet helps parents understand what children should be
reading and how they should be writing at given ages.
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