25 Fun Ways to Encourage Reading
This booklet for parents contains ideas and strategies to encourage children to read. It is presented by Schwab Learning as a pdf document.
ACEI Speaks: Multiple Intelligences-Different Ways of Learning
The Association for Childhood Education International describes the characteristics of each type of multiple intelligence and provides suggested activities for parents to do with their children.
All About Reading: K-5
Resources for turning your children into life-long learners.
Beginning to Read
Activities for parents to do with their children to help develop pre-reading skills. (Kindergarten - Second Grade)
Between the Lions: Main Site Index
The producers of Between the Lions offer games and activities to support the development of literacy for students 4 -7 years old. Also included is a how to use this site survival manual for parents, and recommended books.
Born to Read: How to Raise a Reader
A fact sheet that includes easy-to-do tips developed by the members of the Association of Library Service to Children. Also available in Spanish.
Building Information Literate Communities
Here's a look at information literacy and how it determines the quantity and quality of thinking required
A Compact for Reading & School-Home Links
A Reading Partnership Action Kit that offers suggestions on creating a home- school connection to help children read. The School-Home Links Reading Kits are a set of activities to help families support the development of reading skills their children (kindergarten - 3rd grade) are learning at school.
Early Years
Activities for parents to do with their toddlers and preschoolers to help develop early pre-reading skills. (Birth to Preschool)
Encouraging the Young Reader
Activities for building stories, increasing reading fluency, building vocabulary, finding the main idea, using dictionary skills, and practicing writing skills for grades 3 - 6.
Every Child Reading: An Action Plan
Top Ten Tips for parents in helping their children toward reading success from Learning First Alliance.
Which books are appropriate for which age?
Great Sites from the American Library Association
700+ wonderful websites for kids and the adults who care about them with a librarian's guide to Cyberspace.
Helping Your Child Become a Reader
Suggestions from the U.S. Department of Education on how to help build a good foundation for your child to become a lifelong reader.
Helping Your Child Learn to Write Well
Tips for helping your child to write well.
How Parents Can Assist with Phonics K-2
Provides tips on what parents can to do help development of phonics skills.
Great Web Sites for Parents, Caregivers, Teachers, and Others
Tips from the American Library Association for parents that include: 10 Ways Kids Connect @ the Library, How to Raise a Reader, Know What Your Children are Reading, and Good Books for Kids.
Leading the Way to Literacy
PBS and Between the Lions make available helpful video tips for Reading with Children, Talking, Singing and Reading, Visiting the Library, Words All Around Us, Art and Writing, and Exploring with Computers.
Let's Use the Library
Suggestions for increasing your child's interests in the library and guidelines for visiting the library.
Parents Have Homework,Too
A parent's role in a student's education has many dimensions.
Parent Send-Homes
Suggestions from Scholastic for at-home activities for art, music, language arts, science, math and social studies.
Read Aloud Virginia promotes reading aloud as a healthy family activity.
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
This site is dedicated to promoting children's learning through the development of family-school-community Partnerships.
Questions to Ask your Child About a Story
Encourage parents to turn off the TV and read with their children. Here are some discussion starters to share what has been read.
Raising Readers: The Tremendous Potential of Families
How parents can help build a strong foundation for developing reading skill and literacy.
READ*WRITE*NOW: Suggested Reading List
A list of books organized for children from birth - preschool, preschool - grade 2, grades 3 & 4, and grades 5 & 6.
The South Carolina Department of Education gives some helpful ideas regarding the importance of reading aloud to children.
Reading and Writing Activities
Tips for improving writing skills, learning activities.
Ready, Set, Read: an America Reads Challenge
Activities that a family can use to help young children learn about language and support the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
School-Home Links: Reading Kit
The Reading Kit supports reading and language art skills for children from kindergarten through third grade. This kit contains approximately 400 activities that teachers may use to encourage home support of reading activities.
Simple Things Families Can Do to Help
Simple things you can do to help all children read well.
Supporting Ways Parents and Families Can be Involved in Schools
Thinking Skills: How Parents Can Help
In this article from Education Minnesota, parents are given clues to help recognize the teaching of thinking skills in the classroom. Other information includes how thinking skills are evaluated and suggestions to help children think more actively.
Tips for Parents on Reading Aloud
The Children's Literacy Initiative offers tips for parents on reading aloud to their children.
Top Ten Ways to Help Your Kids Get A's
Ideas from FamilyEducation Network for parents to get involved and motivate their children to achieve and do their best.
What You Can Do: Action Steps for Families
A guide that provides suggestions on how parents and family members can help their children become readers and develop an interest in reading.
Booklists
Award Winning Children's Books
A list of over 1,200 award-winning books organized by age groups.
Booklists for the Young Adults
Booklists for young adults, 12 -18 years old, that include: Best Books, Quick Picks, Popular Paperbacks, Top 10 Best Books, Top 10 Quick Picks, and 2000 Selection Audio Books.
The Caldecott Medal Awards for Children's Books
The history of the awards and information on the award-winning books and their authors.
A list of books that received the annual award presented to authors and illustrators of African decent whose books support an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream".
Meet the author, discussion guides, reading circles and just some of the activities found on Scholastic's site dedicated to Harry Potter.
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
An award given to children's authors or illustrators whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature.
The history of the awards and information on the award-winning books and their authors.
The Pura Belpre Award
Find the books that received the award given to illustrators or authors of Latino/Latina heritage whose work best portrays and celebrates the Latino cultural experience for children and youth.
Teenagers have written book reviews which they share online.
Interactive Reading Activities
DynaMo's Den
Spellbinding interactive spelling game.
FunBrain.com - Kids Center
Student learning games involving numbers, grammar, words, spelling, space, and culture, among others. Take a free personality test or send a FunCard to a friend.
FunBrain.com- Parents Place
Parents can find learning games appropriate to their child's age or grade level. Take the Parent-Kid Challenges, or browse the wealth of parenting resources from Family Education Network.
Kids Domain: Online Games
Activities for younger students to practice pre-reading skills. Requires Shockwave plug-in.
Learning Planet
Interactive activities that help develop reading and number skills for students from preschool through 6th grade.
TEAMS Electronic Hallway
TEAMS Home Page
Los Angeles County Office of Education