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[|Helping Your Child Become a Reader] offers dozens of activities families may use to help young children learn the alphabet, play with rhymes, "read" picture books, act out poems, predict what happens next in stories, create a bookcase, enjoy family stories, write notes and stories, and more. (Department of Education) [|Reading Planet] is designed to help families and children explore the world of books. It features an annotated list of 1,000 children's books that can be browsed by age group, author, or category (e.g., popular, classic, award winning). Children can post reviews of their favorite books and read reviews by others. (Department of Education) [|Reading Rockets] features easy-to-do parent tips, video clips and transcripts from interviews with some of the nation's foremost reading experts, motivational e-cards that grandparents and teachers can send to children, a forum for sharing suggestions, booklists, and answers to key questions. This website, which accompanies the PBS "Reading Rockets" television series. (PBS, Department of Education) [|Reading: Improve Student Performance] is a collection of resources for helping all students learn to read well. It includes instructional materials, research reports, and national assessment frameworks and report cards. Learn about the five building blocks of reading, the What Works Clearinghouse, National Reading Panel, Reading First, and other federal programs and resources to support success in reading for all children. (Department of Education) [|National Institute of Literacy] provides information about research, practices, and policies aimed to improve reading instruction for children, youth, and adults. (Department of Education) [|Children's Literature: Digitized Print Materials] provides 50 digitized texts of rare books: The Arabian Nights, A Child's Garden of Verses, Ballad of the Lost Hare, A Christmas Carol, Humpty Dumpty, The Grasshopper Stories, Mother Goose Finger Plays, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Rocket Book, The Secret Garden, Stories from Hans Andersen, The Three Bears, Three Little Pigs, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and others. (Library of Congress) [|School-Home Links Reading Kit] offers four hundred activities for strengthening children's reading and writing skills (one kit for each grade level, kindergarten through 3rd grade). These kits, part of the "Compact for Reading," not only help improve children's reading skills, but also provide guidance on creating and maintaining school-family partnerships. (Department of Education)
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