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Fun and Information for Kids
Book Adventure
A reading motivation site where kids can build lists, take quizzes on books they've read, and more.
KidsLinks
The kids page of the Indianapolis Public Library not only takes students into the world of books, but also provides a summer book blog for kids.
KidsPoint
The youth area of The Central Rapahannock Regional Library website in Fredericksburg, Virginia, features a book-based fun & information.
KidSpace @ the Internet Public Library
KidSpace@the Internet Public Library is a fun learning and teaching environment basedon subject collections.
K-2 Literacy & Learning
America's Literacy Directory
America's Literacy Directory is a service of the National Institute for Literacy and Partners and offers links to literacy programs nationwide
Between The Lions
Get wild about reading with the Between the Lions website, which features stories, games, songs and things to print.
Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
This site is an archive providing information and ideas on teaching children how to read.
Compact For Reading
Compact for Reading connects schools and homes to help children read and is geared toward K-3 students.
Effective Use of Library for Young Learners (PBS From the Start)
Titled "Effective Use of Library for Young Learners" this article helps teachers and caregivers make the library experience a positive one for young children.
The Gateway to Educational Materials
The Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
Get Ready To Read!
Get Ready to Read! Is a program of the National Center for Learning Disabilities that features resources and activities for early learners. Much of the material on this site is in English and Spanish.
Helping Your Child Become A Reader
The U.S. Department of Education has activities and information on assisting the reading abilities of children up to age 6.
National Institute for Literacy
The National Institute for Literacy, which is administered by the Secretaries of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services, is designed to support programs and services that improve the quality of literacy programs nationwide.
National Reading Panel
publications and materials, as well as upcoming speaking engagements by Panel members. This site is also an archive, featuring the congressional charge to the NRP, biographies of NRP members, meeting minutes, and other historical information.
Ohio Resource Center for Math, Science and Reading
Ohio Resource Center for Math, Science and Reading enhances teaching and learning by promoting standards-based best practices in mathematics, science, and reading for Ohio schools and universities.
PBS Parents
PBS Parents is designed to help parents use PBS resources to enhance learning in the home, from reading and language, child development and particularly children and media.
The Partnership for Reading
The Partnership for Reading offers information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research.
PBS Ready To Learn
PBS Ready To Learn is an early learning partnership between PBS and the US Department of Education that integrates free and universally available children's educational television and online resources with community outreach to help parents and educators prepare young children for success in school.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that looks at how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
The Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers website provides an overview the Launching Young Readers series along with articles about literacy and transcripts of inteviews with literacy experts.
Reading Is Fundamental
RIF (Reading is Fundamental) is a nationwide project that, through a grassroots network, prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most.
The Super 3
The "Big6™" is copyright © (1987) Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E.
Berkowitz. For more information, visit: www.big6.com. The Super3 is a
version of the Big6 for very young students. The Big6 is an information literacy model.
Using Language to Learn: Activities for Preschoolers
The Bridges Project, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is the school to home technology initiative.
The Whole Child
The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years is a PBS series based on the nationally-acclaimed textbook The Whole Child: Developmental Education for the Early Years by Dr. Joanne Hendrick. The series and the website focus on children's physical, emotional, social, creative, and cognitive development.
Research & Articles About Literacy & Learning
Background Research: Dialogic Reading for Two- and Three-Year-Olds
American Library Association offers helpful information on how to read to preschoolers.
Developmentally Appropriate Practices: What Does Research Tell Us?
This ERIC Digest from the Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting examines recent research on DAP and social-emotional and cognitive development, and describes what has been learned about DAP in early childhood classrooms.
Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children
International Reading Association's website supports teachers, parents and child care providers in their efforts to teach young children to read and write.
Early Years Are Learning Years: Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practices
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Dialogic Reading: An Effective Way to Read to Preschoolers
Reading Rockets explains dialogic reading and shows how to use that technique to help young children develop the reading and writing skills necessary for success.
Ready Web
ReadyWeb is an electronic collection of resources on school readiness sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative, College of Education, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Fun & Information for Kids
Kidspace
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County's Kidspace website offers a wide variety of activities from online games to reading and writing opportunities.
CML Kids
The Columbus Metropolitan Library provides reading activities children of all ages.
NGA Kids
National Gallery of Art's Art Zone has interactive art that kids can make online.
OH!Kids
OPLIN -- the Ohio Public Library Information Network -- features a website with activities for learning and fun.
PBS Kids
Games, stories, music and coloring featuring PBS programs and characters, all for younger children.
PBS Kids GO!
PBS Kids GO! is aimed at older children and has literacy-based activities as well as interactive games.
RIF Reading Planet
RIF -- Reading is Fundamental -- has the Reading Planet website with literacy-based activities.
Libraries & Library Resources
Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University
With abstracts of over 5000 children's picture books, the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University offers a place for designing literature-based thematic units for all subjects.
International Children's Digital Library
The International Children's Digital Library offers site visitors several different ways to access age-appropriate children's literature from a database of over 10,000 books in different languages.
Internet Public Library
For over ten years, the University of Michigan's Internet Public Library has been providing its vast collection of online resources that help students and teachers integrate the Internet into their work.
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County offers a wealth of resources for students and teachers, ranging from age-appropriate recommended reading selections to homework help in an easy-to-navigate form.
OhioLink
OhioLink, the Ohio Library and Information Network, is a consortium of Ohio's college and university libraries that provides access to information and rapid delivery of library materials throughout the state.
OPLIN (Ohio Public Library Information Network)
Through Ohio's public libraries, OPLIN provides Ohio residents with free public Internet access along with the use of high-quality research databases not freely available on the World Wide Web.
InfOhio
InfoOhio is the information network for Ohio schools that connects educational resources tp provide access for teachers and students.
School Libraries on the Web
School Libraries on the Web is a collection of web pages created or maintained by school librarians for either the school, the individual library, professional associations or curriculum related resources.
Academic Standards
Indiana's Academic Standards and Resources
Kentucky Instructional Resources: Preschool
Kentucky Instructional Resources: Elementary School
Ohio Guidelines for Effective School Library Media Programs
Ohio's English Language Arts Academic Content Standards
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