Get Ready to Read! and your library are a perfect combination. This Web site is full of resources and information to help young children build the early literacy skills that they need to be ready to learn to read.

By sharing these resources with families that visit your library, you will provide them with early literacy experiences that will build skills and build a love of reading that will last a lifetime.

The Get Ready to Read! Web site is full of free resources that can easily be accessed on library computers. Families can use these resources online and librarians can print out activities and information that parents can use with their children. All materials on our Web site are free to print out and distribute.

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Here is some of what you will find around the site:

• Get Ready to Read! Screening Tool
  Families can use the Get Ready to Read! screening tool online in English or in Spanish.
  
  
• Early Literacy Activity Cards
  Our early literacy skill-building activity cards are engaging, child-friendly activities for preschoolers that are free and easy to print. You might also consider having these activities available for patrons to use in the library. Some librarians have found it helpful to include activity cards in their newsletters or Web sites.
  
  
• Online Games
  Families can play the three online interactive games that involve children in entertaining stories and engaging activities that explore a variety of essential early literacy skills.
  
  
• Early literacy checklists
  Early Literacy checklists can help parent and teachers create a literacy-friendly environment. We have checklists for the home, classroom and family child care that are easy to print and fun to use.