Get Ready to Read! News, October 2006

NCLD Launches New Early Education Web Site
 
Recognition and Response. Have you heard of it? If not, you soon will. The Recognition and Response system is an emerging early childhood system designed to help teachers and parents recognize and respond to signs of learning difficulty in young children as early as possible. This month’s newsletter feature explains the basics and background behind Recognition & Response and provides you with lots of resources to help you learn more and spread the word to colleagues and friends. Visit our new Web site: www.RecognitionandResponse.org.

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Early Literacy Activity: Making a Menu
Try this activity to help children become familiar with one of the many functions of print.  Look here each month for a different engaging, child-friendly, and fun activity idea!

Literacy Word of the Month
Print Knowledge

News Briefs
In this month's News Briefs, learn how prekindergarten may be the key to narrowing the achievement gap, find out about a link between social and academic development in young children, read about the PBS show that emphasizes the importance of good teaching in preschool and early school years, and more.

Ask Get Ready to Read!
Look here every month to find the answers to frequently asked questions from our help e-mail box. This month, we answer a question from a parent about how to participate in our early literacy webinar series if you can't attend during the scheduled time. 

Resources for Parents
Help your child become a happy and confident reader with multilingual tips from Reading Rockets and Colorín Colorado, teach your child different speech sounds with a list of nursery rhyme books, and get help finding quality pre-k in this month's Parent Briefs.

Resources for Educators
Read about a new book that gives examples, ideas, and applications for working with the very young, get guidance on how to support preschoolers with challenging behavior, and learn about webcasts from Reading Rockets that discuss key issues in reading in this month’s Educator Briefs. 

News from the Field
This month's news comes from a mother in Georgia. Watch and listen to her explain why she thinks the GRTR! Web site is a great place for parents and their children.