Get Ready to Read! Newsletter
September 2007

Feature: Concerned about Your Child's Learning? The Law is on Your Side!
The preschool years are a time of learning and discovery for all children. While most children have problems with learning and behavior from time to time, approximately eight percent of all young children are identified as having disabilities that may prevent them from reaching developmental milestones as expected.  In this month's feature, learn about how a key education law can help you meet the needs of your preschool age child  

Early Literacy Activity: My Name Has Letters
Try this activity to help your child learn that his or her name is made up of letters and what those letters look like. Look here each month for a different engaging, child-friendly, and fun activity idea!

Literacy Term of the Month
Decode

News Briefs
Find out the good news about how phonics works with literacy instruction, read about literacy in second-language learners, learn what states can do to supply new and better preschool facilities and more in this month's News Briefs.

Ask GRTR!
Look here every month to find the answers to frequently asked questions from our help e-mail box. This month, find out about a video on the Get Ready to Read! Web site that features step-by-step instructions on using the Get Ready to Read! screening tool. 
 
Resources for Parents
Find out about a new magazine that helps parents incorporate reading activities into daily routines, find the right book for your child with PBS's new Bookfinder, get a list of back-to-school books for your child, and more!

Resources for Educators
This month, check out the new "Ask the Experts" feature from the Recognition & Response home page, prepare for the new school year with resources from Reading Rockets, find out about a new series of Web seminars on Response to Intervention, and more!

News from the Field
This month, read about a first grade teacher and educational therapist who encourages her students to use the Get Ready to Read! online games with younger siblings.