This toolkit helps schools and families join efforts to support children’s literacy growth in remote or blended learning environments.
Remote literacy learning includes a mixture of literacy learning experiences that are teacher-led, family-led, and student-led. It is a collaboration among schools, families, and students. Parents have an important role in helping develop your child’s literacy skills.
You can coach your child’s literacy learning at home. This means interacting with and guiding your child so he or she grows and succeeds.
This toolkit helps teachers and families understand what the alphabetic principle and phonics are and how to support a child's development of these important reading skills.
Help your child practice early literacy skills and understand ideas during everyday life.
Learning to read is difficult and does not happen naturally. It requires explicit and systematic instruction, which is especially important for struggling readers. Learning to read involves many different skills that must be taught to your child. Instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension will help your child learn to read.
Expert: Donald Compton, Ph.D
This toolkit helps parents and educators learn about dyslexia and how to support the literacy development of students with dyslexia.
Expert: Susan Lowell
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Read an information sheet that explains the steps a family can take when a child is struggling to read.
Topic: Dyslexia, Advocacy
Read this infographic to learn ways to model reading with children.
Topic: General Literacy
This infographic shows how the number of minutes a child reads each day adds up and helps make a child a better reader.
Topic: Fluency with Text
Academic Language
Definition
The formal language common in books and at school that students need to understand and communicate in academic disciplines.
Public libraries are a great resource for your child’s literacy learning. They often provide free literacy events, in addition to children’s audio and print books. Library staff can help find resources to support your child’s learning at home.
Check your local library to see what it offers!
If you cannot read traditional print books due to a visual impairment, physical disability or dyslexia, Bookshare may be for you!
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The research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2021 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliterarcy.org
