These Web sites are useful sources of information about early literacy for parents and early childhood education professionals. These sites can help you to learn more about early literacy, and give you lots of ideas to enhance what you already do with your child or in your classroom. The sites are listed alphabetically.
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections This site for researchers and policymakers is a joint effort between the National Center for Children in Poverty, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan , and the Child Care Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Create-a-ReaderThis site combines technology, online games and exercises to encourage the development of early literacy skills. Early Head Start National Resource Center The Center works to ensure that Early Head Start programs have information and training on best practices in providing developmentally and culturally sensitive services for infants/toddlers and their families. Early Reading First Initiative of the U.S. Department of Education that provides funds to local education agencies and public or private organizations that serve children from low-income families. Get Ready to Read!An early literacy program from the National Center for Learning Disabilities designed to bring an easy-to-use screening tool to parents and early childhood professionals and to ensure that every child becomes a successful reader. Language and Literacy Environments in Preschools This ERIC Digest, or short report, written by the authors of Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, discusses the research on preschool literacy environments and their contributions to early reading development.
Literacy Tips for Parents PBS TV show Between the Lions provides parents with "Literacy Tips for the 10-Minute Parent." These tips include reading activities for the kitchen and bath time.
Partnership for Reading
The Partnership for Reading offers information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research. Explore this site for information on the research, principles about reading instruction suggested by the research, and products for parents, teachers, administrators, and policy-makers.
Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS-PreK)
A phonological awareness and literacy screening that measures young children's literacy knowledge. The tasks of the assessment reflect skills that are predictive of future reading success.
Read*Write*Now
Literacy activities for children birth through preschool and their parents or caregivers.
ReadWriteThink! A partnership between the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. Its goal is to provide educators and with free access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
Reading By 9 Parent Guide The Los Angeles Times has published a reading guide for parents as part of its "Reading by 9" program. The guide, in both English and Spanish, contains brief articles on topics such as early screening, developmental milestones in reading and encouraging reluctant readers.
ReadyWeb An electronic collection of resources on school readiness sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education and funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Research to PracticeThe Research and Training Center on Early Childhood Development was established to create a bridge between research and early childhood practices. The website includes information about effective early childhood practices based on research. RIF "Reading Checkup Guide" An online "reading checkup guide" from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Reading Is Fundamental. The Knowledge Loom This Web site's early literacy section examines best practices for effective early literacy programs, using principles from the National Research Council's "Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children." The National Center for Early Development and Learning A research project supported by the US Dept. of Education's Office of Educational Research & Improvement and operated by the FPG Child Development Center, UNC Chapel Hill in collaboration with the University of Virginia and UCLA. The focus of this Center is to enhance the cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through age eight. The National Reading Panel A site that presents findings following two years of research and hearings on the best approaches for teaching children to read. The report, available online, addresses issues such as phonemic awareness, reading fluency, reading comprehension and vocabulary development.
Tufts University Child and Family WebGuide A guide to trustworthy Web sites on topics of interest to parents and professionals. All the sites listed on the WebGuide have been systematically evaluated by graduate students and faculty in child development at Tufts University.
Zero to Three Zero to Three's mission is to promote the healthy development of our nation's infants and toddlers by supporting and strengthening families, communities, and those who work on their behalf.
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