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Advocating for the Literacy Needs of Children

This toolkit helps families learn how to effectively advocate for children’s literacy needs and the use of evidence-based literacy practices in school and early childhood settings.
Audience: 
Parents & Families
Topic: 
Advocacy
Mother reading with child

Alphabetic Principle & Phonics

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.
Audience: 
Parents & Families, Schools & Districts
Topic: 
Beginning Reading
Family with Teacher

Families and Schools Partnering for Children’s Literacy Success

This toolkit helps families and schools work together to support children’s literacy success in and out of school.
Audience: 
Parents & Families, Schools & Districts
Topic: 
Partnerships
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Fluency with Text

This toolkit helps teachers and families understand what fluency is and how to support a child’s development of fluency with text.
Audience: 
Parents & Families, Schools & Districts
Topic: 
Beginning Reading, Fluency with Text
Mother and Child reading book

Learning About Your Child’s Reading Development

This toolkit helps parents and families understand the many different skills involved with teaching your child to learn to read and how to support your child's reading development at school and home.
Audience: 
Parents & Families
Topic: 
Beginning Reading
Teacher and Class

Phonological & Phonemic Awareness

This toolkit helps teachers and families understand the difference between phonemic and phonological awareness and how to support a child's development of these important reading skills.
Audience: 
Parents & Families, Schools & Districts
Topic: 
Beginning Reading
Kids around a computer

Remote Literacy Learning

These toolkits help schools and families join efforts to support children’s literacy growth in remote or blended learning environments.

Audience: 
Parents & Families, Schools & Districts
Topic: 
Remote Learning
Young Adults Reading

Self-Advocacy

This toolkit helps you learn how to effectively advocate for your literacy needs in school.
Audience: 
Parents & Families
Topic: 
Advocacy
Boy in class

Supporting Students with Dyslexia

This toolkit provides information about dyslexia and how to best support the literacy development of students with dyslexia. Explore the five sections to learn more about what dyslexia is, how schools can screen students for dyslexia risk, using data to identify supports for students with dyslexia, what effective reading instruction looks like, and how to intensify reading instruction for students with dyslexia.

Audience: 
Parents & Families, Schools & Districts
Topic: 
Dyslexia
Kids Reading a Book

Supporting Students with Reading Needs

This toolkit, developed in collaboration with the Idaho State Department of Education, helps parents and families use everyday time together as an opportunity for learning and building reading skills.
Audience: 
Parents & Families
Topic: 
Beginning Reading
Family Reading

Supporting Your Child’s Literacy Development

This toolkit helps parents and families take part in literacy experiences at home to develop children’s reading and language skills.
Audience: 
Parents & Families
Topic: 
Beginning Reading
Teacher in front of class

Understanding Evidence-Based Literacy Practices PreK-3: Family Edition

This toolkit helps families learn about evidence-based literacy practices in preschool through grade three and how they can be used to support all children's literacy needs in schools.
Audience: 
Parents & Families
Topic: 
Evidence-based
Class of students with hands up.

Understanding Screening

This toolkit helps educators and parents learn about screening and how screening can help determine which students may be at risk for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.
Audience: 
Parents & Families, Schools & Districts
Topic: 
Screening