Educator Briefs (October 2006)

Discover What's New on GetReadytoRead.org!
We have been very busy creating new, free resources to make this back-to-school season filled with learning and fun. Throughout our site you will find exciting and friendly ways to make helping children develop vital early literacy skills easier than ever.

For more information, go to: www.getreadytoread.org.

Learning to Read the World: Language and Literacy in the First Three Years
This new book, From Zero to Three, is a collaborative endeavor with chapters written by experts in the field. It provides a comprehensive plan for helping those who interact with toddlers and infants to create the best possible literacy environment for them. Written in clear language, it gives examples, ideas and applications for working with the very young and their caregivers.

For more information, click here.

Supporting Preschoolers with Challenging Behavior
This resource from the Center for Evidence-Based Practice offers guidance for teachers on how to support preschoolers with challenging behavior, provides handouts and visual supports to explain detailed strategies, and supplies teachers with templates for creating helpful materials.

For more information, click here.

Professional Development Webcasts
Listen, watch, and learn with these webcasts from Reading Rockets. Top experts in the field will discuss key issues in reading.

For more information, click here.

Enhance Your Newsletters
Ed Extras is a free monthly service that offers elementary schools and PTAs formatted one-page articles about learning that can be included in parent newsletters. You can download the articles as a PDFs or Word documents in English or Spanish.

For more information, click here.