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Parent & Family Education

Pinterest: Resource Highlights on Lit Works’ Boards

  • Diverse Books, Diverse Kids
  • Parent-Ed: Art for Parents + Young Children
  • Parent-Ed Staff: Help Families

Activities: Parent-Child Activities & Parent Education

  • Activities Encyclopedia – savvysource.com
  • Activities – Ready at Five
  • CELL Practice Guides
  • Family Math Fun!
  • Family Time Machine – NCFL
  • Reading Activities from PBS Parents

Books for Kids: Suggestions & Opportunities

  • Donation Station at Center for Teaching through Children’s Books, National Louis University
  • Book Worm Angels – Open Books (Chicago)
  • First Book (For programs serving low-income kids; must register)
  • International Children’s Digital Library – online books in multiple languages
  • Kids Like Us
  • Scholastic Literacy Partnerships
  • We Need Diverse Books

Handouts: Tip Sheets, Booklets & Newsletters for Parents

  • Big Dreams: A Family Book About Reading (download PDF; hardcopy no longer in print)
  • Growing Readers/Ed Extras handouts – From Reading Rockets (English, Spanish)
  • Illinois Early Learning – Tip Sheets (English, Spanish, + multiple languages)
  • Multilingual Parenting Information – FRP Canada
  • Raising Young Children in a New Country (focus on kids 0-5) – BRYCS
  • Raising Children in a New Country (re kids of all ages) – BRYCS
  • Parenting Guides – University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development (English, Spanish)
  • Ready at Five – ParentTips/Sugerencias (English, Spanish)

Local Resources: Chicago & Illinois

  • Chicago Literacy Alliance
  • Chicago Public Library
  • COFI: Community Organizing & Family Issues
  • Illinois Secretary of State (SOS) Literacy Office – Family Literacy page
  • Story Kits for SOS-funded family literacy program

Professional Resources

  • BRYCS – Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services
  • Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs (FRP Canada)
  • Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
  • Colorin Colorado (Bilingual – English, Spanish)
  • Early Years Blog (EdWeek)
  • Erikson TEC Center – Technology in Early Childhood Learning
  • Illinois Early Learning (English, Spanish, Polish)
  • NAEYC – National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • Online screening tool “Ages & Stages”
  • Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners – See Parent Education/Family Literacy sections.
  • Thirty Million Words® Initiative – University of Chicago
  • Zero to Three

Research, Facts, Stats

  • 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 Programs: Who Benefits? – Kent State University, 2003
  • Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map
  • National Center for Families Learning

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