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Zero to Three - Early Language and Literacy: Zero to Three is a national, non-profit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers. In this section of their website is information about how adults - parents, grandparents and caregivers - play a very important role in preparing young children for future school success and in becoming becoming self-confident and motivated learners.
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Reading Rockets - Launching Young Readers: Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project funded by the federal Office of Special Education Programs to provide accurate, accesible information on how young children learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. The Reading Rockets website provides a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better.
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Doing What Works - Preschool Language and Literacy: The DWW website is dedicated to helping educators identify and make use of effective teaching practices. Much of the DWW content is based on reports from teh What Works Clearninghouse (WWC). The Early Childhood Language and Literacy section focuses on two recommended practice areas: develop phonological awareness skills; and utilize interactive and dialogic reading practices to improve language and literacy skills.
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WWC - Early Childhood Education: The WWC provides high-quality reviews of the effectiveness of replicable educational interventions. The Early Childhood Education reviews focus on curricula and practices designed for use with 3-5 year olds to develop cognitive and language competencies associated with school readiness. A number of these relate to early literacy.
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The goal of the Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) is to promote the adoption and sustained use of evidence-based early literacy learning practices. This site has resources for early childhood intervention ptactitioners, parents, and othe caregivers of children, birth to five years of age, with identified disabilities, developmental delays, and those at-risk for poor outcomes.
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Growing Readers is a free monthly newsletter written especially for parents that offers practical tips for raising strong readers, writers, and learners. The one- or two-page articles are available in both English and Spanish.
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Kalkaska C.A.R.E.S. (Children Acquiring Reading Essential Skills) offers language and literacy activites based upon scientifically based reading research tp ensure that our students enter
kindergarten with the language, cognitive, and early reading skills necessary for continued success in school and life. The Program uses scientifically-based reading research to improve the classroom environment, quality of instruction, and curriculum and instruction.
Their site has some wonderful Family Activities:
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The Early Reading First program supports the development of early childhood centers of excellence that focus on all areas of development, especially on the early language, cognitive, and pre-reading skills that preapre children for continued school success and that serve primarily children from low-income families.
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Get Ready to Read! (GRTR!) is a national program to build the early literacy skills of preschool children. The program brings research-based strategies to parents, early education professionals, and child care providers to help prepare children to learn to read and write. Our goal is to ensure that all children have opportunities to become successful readers. Get Ready to Read! is an initiative of the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
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