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This video shows how child interests can lead to learning.
Topic: Language Development


This video shows you ways for making your home rich in early learning experiences.
Topic: Language Development


This short video clip shows how simple everyday experiences can teach children powerful lessons, which are the building blocks for reading and writing.
Topic: Language Development


This video shows simple but powerful ways to promote early literacy skills in four and five year olds.
Topic: Language Development


This video describes the importance of "tuning in" to your child's behavior, and reviews the characteristics of a "tuned-in" adult-child interaction style.
Topic: Language Development


Find resources related to specific disabilities for Virginia schools.
Topic: Dyslexia



The goal of the plan is to ensure that all children have the necessary skills to become successful readers, writers, speakers, and listeners with the critical thinking skills that are required to be successful as they progress and transition through the stages of their lives from birth through high school graduation.
Topic: Advocacy, Professional Development


This video provides an example of how an educator can implement one of the NCII sample reading lessons to extend practice for a student virtually.
Topic: Remote Learning


This video provides an example of how an educator can implement one of the NCII sample reading lessons to extend practice for a student virtually.
Topic: Dyslexia, Reading Disabilities, Remote Learning


This video provides an example of how a parent can implement one of the NCII sample reading lessons to provide additional practice opportunities
Topic: Dyslexia, Reading Disabilities, Remote Learning


This diagram serves as a visual overview of four recommended practices based on the Improving Adolescent Literacy Practice Guide. The diagram can be used by presenters or professional developers to orient their audience to the central practices and recommendations in the Adolescent Literacy topic.
Topic: Comprehension, Vocabulary, Adolescent Literacy


This visual diagram can be used to engage preschool teachers in discussion about their early literacy instruction.
Topic: Beginning Reading


The diagram serves as a visual overview of three recommended practices based on the Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade Practice Guide-teach comprehension strategies, focus on text structure, and engage students with text. It can be used by presenters or professional developers to orient their audience to the practices and recommendations central to the K-3 Reading Comprehension topic.
Topic: Comprehension, Professional Development



The visual diagram illustrates three essential practices (universal screening, progress monitoring and differentiation, and systematic skill instruction) based on the recommendations in the Practice Guide.
Topic: General Literacy


This sheet by the Idaho Commission for Libraries includes an activity, song, and
tips to help develop your young child's language and vocabulary skills.
Topic: Language Development, Vocabulary


This sheet by the Idaho Commission for Libraries includes an activity, song, and
tips to help develop your young child's language and vocabulary skills.
Topic: Language Development, Vocabulary, Spanish


This lesson on affixes and suffixes may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
Topic: Vocabulary


This lesson on base words and prefixes may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
Topic: Vocabulary


This vocabulary lesson may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
Topic: Vocabulary


Consider using this planner as a resource to help teachers plan how they will highlight and explicitly teach vocabulary words they have selected from a story.
Topic: Vocabulary, Beginning Reading


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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://improvingliterarcy.org