Check out our latest FREE literacy screener for grades 3-12! The Adolescent Assessment of Literacy (AAL) is an online adaptive screener developed by NCIL to be used during the fall semester. Follow the link below to learn more and access the screener.
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Fall Literacy Screener Now Available!
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Sign Song
Center for Early Literacy Learning
This PDF shows how signing is an effective way for preschoolers to communicate by improving language and fine motor skills. It explores the different ways to practice signing in various settings.
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Reading Tips for Parents of Third Graders
Reading Rockets
The webpage offers valuable reading tips for parents of third graders through supporting independent reading habits, expanding vocabulary through varied literature, and encouraging critical thinking through discussions about reading content.
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Scribble Scribble
Center for Early Literacy Learning
This PDF explains how parents can support their child’s learning as early as infancy by providing them opportunities to scribble and draw.
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Being Bilingual Is a Superpower: Tips to Support Language and Literacy at Home
Reading Rockets
This video shares ways parents can support their children to view bi/multilingualism as a strength. Some of the advice they share include: speak to them in their home language, share stories and songs in their home language, listen to your child read out loud and talk about their meanings.
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How Most Children Learn to Read
Reading Rockets
This website outlines the process of reading acquisition in children through everyday play and interaction, and discusses the essential components of reading while still acknowledging the individual variability in learning styles and paces. It also provides insights for parents and educators on creating a supportive reading environment and fostering a love for reading in children.
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Beyond the Books: Tips to Get Your Child to Read More
Florida Center for Reading Research
This infographic provides tips for your child to read more.
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Typical Reading Development
Reading Rockets
This website provides a comprehensive overview of the stages of reading from infancy to early adolescence, while emphasizing key milestones such as language development and letter recognition. It also offers practical tips for parents and educators to support children’s reading skills at various stages.
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Reading and Writing SOS: Expert Answers to Family Questions
Reading Rockets
This webpage features a series of Q&A videos where experts give a badic ovrview to answer basic questions from families and caregivers on supporting children’s literacy.
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Reading 101 for Parents: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
Reading Rockets
This website highlights phonological and phonemic awareness in early literacy development and offers practical tips and activities for parents to support their children in developing these essential skills for literacy success.
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Reading and Writing SOS: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Fluency
Reading Rockets
This webpage features a series of Q&A videos where experts answer questions from families and caregivers on supporting children’s literacy. Specifically, answers on how to actively support phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency in children’s literacy.
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What We Know About Reading and the Brain
Reading Rockets
This website features interviews from experts who study the “reading brain” and the use of neuroimaging in early identification of children with dyslexia and other reading disabilities. These excperts argue that teachers can provide crucial help through intensive interventions that activate regions of the brain that support reading.
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Reading and Writing SOS: Vocabulary and Comprehension
Reading Rockets
This webpage features a series of Q&A videos where experts answer questions from families and caregivers on supporting children’s literacy. Specifically, answers on how to actively support comprehension and vocabulary development in children’s literacy.
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Parentese Dictionary
Center for Early Literacy Learning
A document for vocalization and listening, including the parents’ practices for parentese. The documents is esepcially for parents of infants.
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Reading 101 for Parents: Phonics and Decoding
Reading Rockets
This website discusses the importance of phonics and decoding skills in early literacy education. This site shares effective strategies for parents in guiding their children in phonics and decoding learning.
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Reading and Writing SOS: Writing
Reading Rockets
This webpage features a series of Q&A videos where experts answer questions from families and caregivers on supporting children’s literacy. Specifically, answers on how to actively support writing development in children’s literacy.
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Worlds of words
Center for Early Literacy Learning
A document is for literacy learning experiences, including the parents’ practices for literacy practices and the fun facts about the words learning. The document is especially for parents of infants.
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Reading 101 for Parents: Fluency
Reading Rockets
This webpage discusses fluency in reading and its crucial role in successful literacy development. It provides insights into the significance of fluency, while offering practical tips for parents to help improve their child’s reading fluency.
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Reading and Writing SOS: Using Technology for Reading, Writing, and Learning
Reading Rockets
This webpage features a series of Q&A videos where experts answer questions from families and caregivers on supporting children’s literacy. Specifically, answers on how to utilisze technology to better support children’s literacy.
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Supporting Oral Language and Vocabulary Development
Florida Center for Reading Research
A text that outlines ways to support oral language and vocabulary development at home for families with kidsin kindergaten. iNcluding asking response questions and modelling complete sentences.