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. For more information, visit: www.big6.com/kids/K-2.htm

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.