Resources on the importance of reading to and with your child …
Parents’ Read-At-Home Plan for Reading Success- Grades K-3
What Parents Can Do: Reading Tips from Kids
Reading Readiness: The Top 5 Skills
“Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.”
– Marilyn Jager Adams
Parents Resource Page on Reading Rockets
Helping Your Child Become a Reader
Choosing Books
When children choose books for independent reading, they should choose books that pique their interest and provide them with information while enjoying the act of reading. It is okay to choose books that the child may not be able to read independently as long as they are read with the support of a caregiver. For independent reading, children should choose books that provide some challenge as with the introduction of a few unfamiliar words. But it should not be too much to cause frustration. Reading with comprehension means reading with understanding which is the ultimate goal of reading!
Books That Heal – List of great books that promote social literacy skills
Bucket filler books – books that inspire positive behavior; the site also includes many printable resources to use with children at home.
Supporting Children’s Writing Skills
300 Creative Writing Prompts for Kids
How to Help Your Child Become a Better Writer
Invented Spelling Guidelines for Parents
Simple Ways to Model Writing for Your Child
Simple Writing Lessons for Primary Grades Series
Prompt Your Child to be a Better Writer
Scholastic Story Maker – K- 8 – A fun way for children to create their own imaginative stories.
Plinky – great site that provide random prompts for children to respond to. Just create an account and you’re ready to go!
Storybird– This program is a great way for creative students to express their thoughts more efficiently. It helps students create short, art-inspired stories that can be published and shared with others.
Playfic– the online community that lets you write, remix, share, and play interactive text-based games with the world.
The following is a list of resources, articles, and other readings on a variety of important topics of interest to help families work with their children at home.
What parents need to know about the research on how kids learn to read
Home Reading Helper- Many resources for supporting your child’s reading growth at home
Parent Resource Guides to Student Success – By grade level – Provides Common Core expectations for each grade level _ Excellent Resource!!
Ways to Promote Your Child Oral Language Skills
Learning Heroes – Resources for Parents and Students in Reading, math, and life skills (Grades K-12)
Noor Literacy 