Literacy Tool Kit
Literary Modules
Ever Wonder How Children Learn To Read
Begin here to learn about the components and characteristics of childhood literacy
Download the Information Guide
Building Blocks for Reading Success
Helping your child with phonics and fluency
Building Blocks for Reading Success
All about the alphabet and phonemic awareness
Helping Your Child Become A Reader
Learn practical ways to help your child with early reading skills.
A Child Becomes A Reader
How children learn to read and write and things you can do with your children to help them become readers.
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Building Blocks for Reading Success
Common Spelling Rules
Fostering Early Writing Skills
A guide to activities that parents can do with their children
Delaware Dept.of Education Reading First Program
U.S.Dept.of Education Resources for Parents
National Reading Panel (NRP)
Reading Rockets
International Reading Association
Reading Assist Institute
Pre-K
Building Blocks for Reading
Building a foundation for reading through phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency
How to Foster Early Reading Skills (Spanish)
A guide to activities that parents can do with their children
Download the Presenters Guide in Spanish
Key Components of Communication in Young Children
A fact sheet to help parents understand the components of communication in young children
Spanish
Building Blocks for Reading
Building a foundation for reading through phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency
Download the Powerpoint in Spanish
Building Blocks for Vocabulary
Building a foundation for vocabulary and comprehension
Download the Powerpoint in Spanish
Key Components of Communication in Young Children
A fact sheet to help parents understand the components of communication in young children
Download the Fact Sheet in Spanish
Key Components of Communication in Young Children
A guide to activities that parents can do with their children
Secondary Striving Readers (SSR)
Parents, Children, and Literature
Learn strategies that will help your child become a more fluent reader.
Parents, Children, and the Writing Process
Learn strategies that will help your child become a prepared and fluid writer
Reading and Writing… Working Together
Learn practical strategies to help struggling readers and writers, and understand why children may struggle with reading and writing
Striving Readers
Learn reading and writing tools that help children when composing a paragraph
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