Topic: Beginning Reading

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.

This toolkit helps teachers and families understand what fluency is and how to support a child’s development of fluency with text.

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.

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.

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.

This toolkit helps parents and families take part in literacy experiences at home to develop children’s reading and language skills.

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.

Four tips to use when reading with your child.

Questions to ask about your child's reading instruction at school.

Questions to ask about your child's assessments and instruction at school.

Helping your child with speech sounds supports early reading success.

Asking questions can help your child understand what she reads.

Helping your child stretch apart and connect sounds to sound out words supports early reading success.

Questions to ask about your child's reading skills.

Difficulties can be spotted early, ask these questions if you have concerns about your child's progress at school.
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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 © 2022 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliterarcy.org