New Spanish Get Ready to Read! Activity Cards
Great news! The Get Ready to Read! early literacy activity cards especially for parents or other adults working with one child are now available in Spanish. Like all of our activity cards, they are free and easy to print out in color or black and white.

For more information, go to: http://www.getreadytoread.org/content/view/232/492/

Summer Reading and Summer Learning
The long hot days of summer provide lots of time to read. It's also a time to make sure kids don't fall behind. The following articles provide information about summer reading and summer learning loss. Plus you'll discover great activities to encourage kids to learn, read, and have fun in the summer sun.

For more information, go to: http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/summer

Pocket Family Health Guide
Download the Bright Futures Family Pocket Guide, a quick child health reference written especially for families. This guide highlights six important child health topics, with information organized into four age groups. Bright Futures for Families is a project of Family Voices, developed in collaboration and with the support of the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

To download the guide in English: http://www.brightfuturesforfamilies.org/pdf_toc.shtml

To download the guide in Spanish: http://www.brightfuturesforfamilies.org/pdfsp.html

Online Early Literacy Games
LiteracyCenter.Net aims to provide safe, free online learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. There are many leveled games and activities that help teach kids about colors, letters, phonemes, handwriting, and words, including uppercase and lowercase matching games, and concentration games using letters, numbers, and simple sight words.

For more information, go to: http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm

Online chat About Speech, Language and Literacy
Check out the transcript from our May 23rd online discussion about the relationship between early speech-language development and learning disabilities. Learn more about the fascinating, and often overlooked, connection between speech and language abilities in young children and future reading and writing success.

For more information, click here.

Play With "Between the Lions"
"Between the Lions" is an award-winning PBS television series that premiered in April 2000. It is designed to foster the literacy skills of its viewers, while playfully demonstrating the joys of reading.  The "Between the Lions" website has lots of fun activities, including reading games that you can play online.

For more information, go to: http://pbskids.org/lions/games/