Resources about early literacy

Kindgarten in Kansas

Congratulations! Your child will soon be old enough to enter kindergarten! During this time of mixed emotions, as you move into the role of trusting partner of his/her kindergarten teacher, this booklet will help ease the process. Designed to provide you information on what you need to know and what you can expect as the first day of school approaches, we hope it is just what you’re looking for! This resource may also be purchased from KPIRC for $1.00 per copy by emailing your request to kpirc@kpirc.org

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with early childhood Head Start kindergarten transition Order from KPIRC early childhood education family early literacy back to school school readiness family school partnership development on March 05, 2010 #

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Reading Tip Sheets for Parents

Reading, and a love for reading, begins at home. Our one-page Reading Tip Sheets offer easy ways for parents to help kids become successful readers. Although we've divided these tips by age, many of them can be used with children at various ages and stages — we encourage you to choose the ones that work best for your child. Tip sheets for parents of children in Preschool through Third Grade are available in eleven languages!

Filed under Parents Early Childhood Espanol and tagged with early literacy fluency phonemic awareness phonics literacy reading on January 15, 2010 #

Our Book by Us!

Download this book and use it with your child to create a wonderful masterpiece! We’ve created this book to give every adult and child a fun way to spend time together, even if you only have five minutes a day.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with reading writing early literacy literacy on January 14, 2010 #

American Academy of Pediatrics: Literacy Toolkit, Sharing Books Tip Sheets

Conversations between parents, mothers and grandmothers, parents and child care providers, parents and children. They are each talking about the important matters discussed in the doctor's office including vaccines, sleep issues, speech development, and so many other topics that are essential to a child's development. Why add another topic to the list of things we talk about with parents? Why talk about books and pre-literacy development? Why provide books or urge visits to the local library? There are many reasons ...

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with literacy reading early literacy on January 14, 2010 #

Reading Skills Pyramid

The Reading Skills Pyramid visually depicts the patterns of concept acquisition that children follow in becoming successful readers up through third grade. We recommend a high level of parent involvement in this process by providing high quality educational materials, establishing a pattern of daily reading, creating a rich language environment, and discussing your child's progress with teachers and following up on their recommendations. While most children follow the same sequence of acquiring literacy skills, they do so at their own pace. All children are different: if you have questions or concerns about your child's progress in reading, contact his or her teacher.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with reading early literacy literacy phonemic awareness phonics on January 14, 2010 #

National Institute of Literacy Early Childhood Resources

Copies can be ordered by downloading or calling EDPubs at 1-800-228-8813 (TDD/TTY1-877-576-7734), emailing edpubs@inet.ed.gov, or faxing 1-301-470-1244.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with early literacy reading literacy on January 14, 2010 #

Early Literacy

Early literacy is one term used to describe the stage of literacy development occurring before children are able to read and write. From infancy, children begin to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that influence lifelong reading and writing behaviors. These early literacy experiences help children discover the purposes of, and relationships between, speech and print.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with literacy early literacy reading writing on January 14, 2010 #

Parent Connect

This first issue of Parent Connect focuses on getting your children ready to go Back to School! Whether you are sad to see summer end or are ready for school to get started, this issue offers some ideas to help you transition into the 2009-10 school year and keep it running smoothly. We also begin with reminding you of the value of family engagement. If you weren’t aware of how important your participation in your child’s learning is, you will be, after reading this article! As always, please contact us if you desire more information on family involvement in education. Please visit our new website at www.kpirc.org for more information or resources. We hope you enjoy the Parent Connect! Table of Contents: A Note from the Director Page 1 Ready, Set, Back to School Page 2 Parent Involvement is Important Page 3 10 Questions to Ask Your Child About His/Her Day at School Page 4 “Positive Word” Search Page 4

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with early literacy back to school newsletter on August 27, 2009 #

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Summer Fun With Reading

Reading with or to a child over the summer will help keep a child's reading skills alive and prevent the loss of reading skills over the summer. This booklet provides many tips and ideas on how to do this. This book is also available in hard copy for $.75 each.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with summer activities early literacy literacy reading on July 29, 2009 #

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Tips for Reading with Your Children

Tips on literacy from the Minnesota Humanities Commission.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with early literacy literacy reading on July 29, 2009 #

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