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Summer Activities to Keep Kids Learning
June 21 is the first day of summer, and what better time to think about the many ways that families, tutors, summer school teachers, and other literacy volunteers can keep kids learning all summer long. ReadWriteThink's new Learning Beyond the Classroom section provides summer activities that educators can complete with their own children or share with families looking for ways to support summer learning. Try these summer activities to get started!
Resources for Parents from NCTE
Visit the NCTE Online Bookstore for details on a variety of publications.
Teaching Resource Collections
Visit this site for information on Adolescent Literacy, Grammar, Poetry, Spelling, Summer Reading and Learning, among other topics.
Read Together
While children in schools participate in Read Across America Day and celebrate Dr. Seuss's 102nd birthday on March 2, why not celebrate reading at home every day of the year? One of the best ways to make reading fun is to read together with your child. See the NCTE Guideline "Read Together: Parents and Educators Working Together for Literacy."
Celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day!
Better known to most readers as Dr. Seuss, Dr. Theodor Geisel was born 102 years ago this week. Mark his birthday with NEA's Read Across America, the largest reading event in the United States, by celebrating with read aloud, read along, and reading marathon activities.
Books on Children's Literature and Poetry Abound in NCTE's Online Catalog!
In the NCTE Online Bookstore, you'll find books on encouraging your children to enjoy reading poetry and other literature, as well as booklists describing hundreds of books organized by the readers' age and interests.
Family Message Journals: Teaching Writing through Family Involvement
Bursting with the energetic voices of young writers and their families, this book follows the development of emergent and beginning writers as they explore the power and joy of written communication.
Gendered Fictions
Gendered Fictions helps students explore how fiction and nonfiction texts construct gender by encouraging readers to take up "gendered" reading positions that support or challenge particular versions of masculinity and femininity.
Parent to Parent: Our Children, Their Literacy
Parent to Parent helps parents become active participants in their children’s literacy development. Authors Oglan and Elcombe offer parents a wealth of information to facilitate their children’s learning.
Parent's Guide to Literacy for the 21st Century: Pre-K through Grade 5
As schools adapt to meet today's changing definition of literacy, parents often are left with lingering questions: What's going on in my child's classroom, and why?
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