Parent & Family Education
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Most resources are FREE.
COLLABORATE! Working With Parents
IDEAS! Parent-Child Activities & Parent Education
- Activities Encyclopedia - savvysource.com
- Activities - Ready at Five
- Bedtime Math
- CELL Practice Guides
- Family Math Fun!
- Literacy House - an interactive tool for parents from NCFL
- Story Kits for Illinois Fam Lit Programs - IL SOS Literacy Office
- Washington Learning Systems: Easy Activities with Infants-Toddlers (English, Spanish)
- Washington Learning Systems: Easy Activities with Preschoolers (English, Spanish)
- Washington Learning Systems - On the Go Activities (English, Spanish, + multiple languages)
- We Give Books - Read quality children's books online
- Wonderopolis
HANDOUTS! Tip Sheets, Booklets & Newsletters for Parents
- TOP CHOICE: Tip Sheets- Illinois Early Learning (English, Spanish, + multiple languages)
- TOP CHOICE: ParentTips in English - Ready at Five
- TOP CHOICE: ParentTips in Spanish (Sugerencias) - Ready at Five (Spanish)
- Big Dreams: A Family Book About Reading - Download PDF (hardcopy no longer in print)
- Cultivating Readers: A "Magazine" for Parents - NCFL & Harcourt Brace
- Cultivando el habito de la lectura: A "Magazine" for Parents - NCFL & Harcourt Brace (Spanish)
- Dad's Playbook: Coaching Kids to Read
- Growing Readers/Ed Extras handouts - From Reading Rockets (English, Spanish)
- Let’s Read in Spanish! – Spanish-language children’s books (for purchase)
- Parenting Guides - University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development
- Parenting Guides in Spanish (Guias para padres) - University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development
- Parenting the Preschooler Newsletters - UW Extension (English, Spanish)
- Raising Children in a New Country: An Illustrated Handbook - BRYCS
- Scholastic Books Literacy Partnerships - learn about discount program for non-profits
- Tips for Turning Everyday Activities into Learning Activities (English, Spanish, + multiple languages)
- You & Your Child Parenting Guides in English - Office of Child Development at Pitt
- Your Baby's Development - Zero to Three (English, Spanish)
RESOURCES! Info on Early Childhood & Parent Education
- TOP CHOICE: Ready at Five (English, some Spanish)
- TOP CHOICE: Colorin Colorado (Bilingual – English, Spanish)
- TOP CHOICE: Early Years Blog (EdWeek)
- BRYCS - Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services
- Center for Early Literacy Learning - CELL
- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
- Early Connections: Technology in Early Childhood Educations
- Erikson TEC Center – Technology in Early Childhood Learning
- Get Ready to Read (English, Spanish, + multiple languages)
- How to Increase Higher Order Thinking
- Illinois Early Learning (English, Spanish, Polish)
- NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Online screening tool "Ages & Stages" - Developmental milestones screening from Easter Seals. NOT for diagnosis.
- Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners - See Parent Education/Family Literacy sections.
- Read to Me Program – Books and Read to Me DVDs for purchase
- Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) (English, Spanish)
- Washington Learning Systems – Free resources + resources for purchase (English, some Spanish)
- Zero to Three
HEALTH! Resources for Parents and Children's Educators
- KidsHealth
- MyPlate – Health & nutrition website from USDA (English + some Spanish)
- UIC - Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion
- What To Do for Health Series – Easy-to-read books for purchase, some discounts available
- What to Expect Foundation – Easy-to-read materials and educational tools, focusing on pregnancy– for purchase. (English, Spanish, + multiple languages)
LOCAL! Illinois & Chicago-Area Resources
- Book Worm Angels - "in-classroom lending libraries to public elementary schools where the majority of students read below grade level"
- Chicago Center for Early Education (CCEE)
- Chicago Literacy Alliance
- Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion - UIC
- Chicago Public Schools
- Chicago Public Library
- Chicago Public Schools - School Locator
- Children's Books Donation Station - National Louis University/National College of Education
- COFI: Community Organizing & Family Issues - "COFI works to build the power and voice of low–income and working families at all levels of civic life."
- Communities in Schools Chicago (CISC) - "partners with a broad range of service providers to connect students with programs and services"
- Illinois Secretary of State (SOS) Literacy Office - Family Literacy page
- Kids Like Us - "Access to the highest-quality collection of children's literature that reflects the lives and experiences of students in city schools"
- Open Books - "book donations, a retail bookstore, e-commerce, and volunteers to help support our literacy programs"
- Parenting 24/7 - U of Illinois Extension - For parents of infants through teens
- Rock for Reading
- Strengthening Families Illinois
- Tutor/Mentor Connection - resources for youth mentoring, tutoring and school to work leaders, funders
THE NEED! Facts & Stats - Research
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Annie E. Casey's Kids Count Data Center
- Developing Early Literacy: A Scientific Synthesis of Early Literacy Development and Implications for Intervention
- Early Literacy: Policy and Practice in the Preschool Years
- Family Literacy in Adult Education: The Federal and State Support Role - National Commission on Adult Literacy
- Family Literacy Programs: Who Benefits? - Kent State University, 2003
- Kids and Family Reading Report - Yankelovich & Scholastic
- National Center for Family Literacy
- 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3, 2003 - Todd Hart & Betty Risley
