University of Virginia
Webbing Into Literacy: A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy
This site offers a ready-to-use rhyme a week program for early literacy; the program offers dated units for weekly download to use throughout the entire year. It provides four different types of downloadable items each week for use with...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ready to Learn 2015 2020 Initiative
Through the Ready To Learn (RTL) Initiative, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS, and local PBS stations provide free, evidence-based educational resources that help teachers, caregivers, and parents build early science...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy provides hundreds of engaging online books for beginning readers and students learning English. The books are sorted into categories and themes that complement early learning programs. What makes their books unique is...
The Balanced Literacy Diet
The Balanced Literacy Diet: Interactive Story Retelling
The goal of Interactive Story Retelling: Encouraging Retelling with Picture Supports is to build early comprehension skills and promote oral expression by having students sequence the events in a story using pictures and then retell the...
Other
National Gallery, London: Take One Picture Literacy
This program encourages teachers to use paintings to teach literacy skills to primary age children. Here you can find a dozen examples of projects to try with your students that incorporate art and language arts.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Teaching Reading: Expert Interviews
Learn from nationally known researchers and experts in literacy and early education. Topics include phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, writing, summer learning, early childhood education, dyslexia, and more.
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental: Tips and Resources
Here are some ideas to encourage reading for children of all ages as well as the whole family to try. It provides reading tools including a new literary assessment tool "Literacy Tracker."
PBS
Pbs Newshour Extra: Remember Your First Book?
Article reports on the importance of early reading with children.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Phonics and Decoding
This resource provides information and techniques for teaching phonics and decoding, which assist with early literacy.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 10: Toddling Toward Reading
Hosted by Reba McEntire, "Toddling Toward Reading" examines what it takes to give preschoolers the early literacy skills they need to become successful readers. Features children's book author and illustrator Sandra Boynton, whose...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study
While much has been learned about literacy in the elementary grades, less is known about programmatic approaches that help struggling adolescent readers acquire the skills they need to succeed in high school. The Enhanced Reading...
US Department of Education
U. S. Department of Education: Teaching Our Youngest
A publication entitled Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers and Child Care and Family Providers created under the direction of the Early Childhood-Head Start Task Force. Available in html or PDF format, the publication...
PBS
Pbs Parents: Early Math
Help nurture the development of early math skills -- from infant to grade 2. Site provide information about math literacy and developmental stages. For each age range, you will find several online games and printable activities for core...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ready to Learn Collection
Through the Ready To Learn Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, CPB and PBS are partners in developing high-quality educational media and resources to advance critical early learning skills for children ages 2-8 to...
Other
An Introduction to Early Modern European History
An excellent introduction to and overview of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. This article touches on all aspects of the period.
US Department of Education
U.s. Department of Education: Helping Your Child Become a Reader
Help young learners become better readers with these literacy resources and ready-to-use reading strategies.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets
The national literacy initiative, Reading Rockets, provides information and resources on how students learn to read, why so many struggle, and how educators can help.
Kentucky Educational Television
Kentucky Educational Television: Art to Heart
Resources for parents and teachers developed to accompany an eight-part series from Kentucky-based PBS affiliate KET about using the arts to enrich the educational experiences of young children. Includes downloadable arts activities and...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Ncam: Cornerstones
Cornerstones is a technology-infused approach to literacy development designed for early elementary children who are deaf and hard of hearing (and that can be used with other students who learn well visually and struggle with literacy).
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reading Camp Day 1: Alpha Pig's Alphabet Day | Super Why!
The SUPER WHY Reading Camp builds on the signature early literacy approach of the SUPER WHY television series. Each day at Reading Camp, children transform into one of the SUPER WHY characters. Click on the Super Why links to access an...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: An Introduction to Middle and Early College High Schools
Middle and early college high schools are typically located on community college campuses, which allow students to begin working toward an associate's degree while they complete the necessary coursework for a high school diploma, and...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games
Simple interactive games to help young students build reading skills.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh: Leaders: Word Building
This lesson walks teachers through a strategy for teaching word building skills to early elementary young scholars. The site includes links to a page on preparing the materials needed for word building lessons, and to a page which...
Other
The National Academies Press: Open Book: Eager to Learn
A complete copy of the book Eager to Learn by The National Research Council's Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy, edited by T. Bowman, M. Suzanne Donovan, and M. Susan Burns, copyright 2000. The book focuses on preschool education and...
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