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