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Help your child practice speech sounds and letters during everyday life.
Cuatro consejos para usar al leer con su hijo.
Puede entrenar el aprendizaje de alfabetización de su hijo en casa. Esto significa interactuar con su hijo y guiarlo para que crezca y tenga éxito.
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This one-pager game helps a child practice letter sounds quickly.
Topic: Phonics
This guide provides tips on using apps together with your family, real life examples, information on how to find and choose the apps that best fit your family's needs and ways that apps can support children's healthy development and learning, and links to other information and resources.
Topic: Beginning Reading, Language Development
Use this resource to coach your child on close reading.
Topic: Comprehension
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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.
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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 © 2023 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliteracy.org
