"Early reading skills provide the foundation for children's academic success." --Lonigan, et al., 1999

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What We Know	Age Level
Homespun Fun: Literacy-Rich Home Experiences, (podcast)	0-1 year
The Role of Fathers in Their Child’s Literacy Development	Pre-K
The Role of Early Education in Third Grade Reading Proficiency	0-5 years
Literacy Development: Lesley Morrow - video	0-5 years
Early Literacy Learning can be promoted through Experiences with Print and Language [PDF]	0-5 years
Voice of Literacy (podcast)	0-8 years
Toddling Toward Reading (video)	0-8 years
Podcasts for Dads (iTunes)	0-8 years
Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel [PDF]	0-8 years
What Works: An Introductory Teacher Guide for Early Language and Emergent Literacy Instruction [PDF]	0-8 years
Building the Brain's "Air Traffic Control" System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function [PDF]	0-8 years
Cultivating Readers: Making Reading Active and Fun [PDF]	0-8 years
Reading Milestones: Toddlers	2-3 years
Early Reading and Scientifically-Based Research	2-6 years
Literacy Milestones	3-4 years
Reading Milestones: Preschoolers	3-4 years
Early Literacy: Policy and Practice in the Preschool Years [PDF]	3-5 years
How much are little ones really learning in preschool?	3-5 years
Relationship between Young Children's Nursery Rhyme Experiences and Knowledge and Phonological and Print Related Abilities [PDF]	3-5 years
Phonological Awareness: Developmental Continuum (video)	3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse: Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training [PDF]	3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse: Shared Book Reading [PDF]	3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse: Interactive Shared Book Reading	3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse: Dialogic Reading [PDF]	3-5 years
Early Literacy: Phonological Awareness - video	3-5 years
What Works Clearinghouse: Using Interactive and Dialogic Reading	3-5 years
Using Think-Alouds to Improve Reading Comprehension	3-8 years
Reading and Literacy Practices that Matter	3-8 years
Early Literacy Guidance, prekindergarten - grade 3 (New York) [PDF]	3-8 years
International Reading Association Insights on Teaching Reading (podcasts)	3-18 years
Making the Most of Extra Time: Relationships Between Full-day Kindergarten Instructional Environments and Reading Achievement [PDF]	5-6 years
Reading Milestones: Kindergarteners	5-6 years
The Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: An interactive framework	5-8 years
The Role of Fathers in Their Child’s Literacy Development	5-8 years
Big Ideas in Beginning Reading	5-8 years
Strategic Literacy Instruction (podcasts)	5-12 years
Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from two Student Cohorts	6-15 years
Developing Fluency (video)	7-10 years
Cognitive Strategy Instruction: Reading	8-18 years
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Activities	Age Level
CELL Pops – Posters for Parents and Classroom Teachers	0-5 years
Practice Guides Especially for Practioners	0-5 years
Letters and Symbols are Everywhere	1-3 years
Gus and Inky’s Underwater Adventures	3-5 years
Eight colorful Alphabet Books	3-5 years
Gus and Inky’s Wild Word Round-up	3-5 years
Learning Letters and Sounds (podcast)	3-5 years
Linking letter Sounds to Pictures: A is for Apple (podcast)	3-5 years
Nine Great Times to Read in Child Care Settings	3-6 years
Preschool and Kindergarten Activities	3-7 years
Readquarium	3-8 years
Interactive Whiteboard Games	4-8 years
Clifford the Big Red Dog Interactive Storybook	4-8 years
The Little Animals Activity Centre	4-8 years
Fun Reading Tips and Activities	4- 8 years
Chateau Meddybemps	4-12 years
Funbrain	4-16 years
Pounce the Word matching Game	5-6 years
What’s the Word	5-6 years
Building Sentence Puzzles	5-7 years
Read Along Stories and Songs	5-8 years
Graphic Organizer Templates	5-10 years
Internet Public Library Reading Zone	5-12 years
Read, Write, Think Literacy Activities	5-18 years
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Special Needs	Age Level
EZ at 2: Simple Assistive Technology Ideas for Children Ages Birth to Three	0-3 years
Scaling-up early Childhood Intervention Literacy Learning Practices [PDF]	0-5 years
Resources in Spanish	0-5 years
Second Language Literacy Instruction Position Statement of the International Reading Association	0-8 years
What Does It Mean To Use Visual Supports for Literacy?	0-8 years
Ideas for Using the iPad with Young Children with Disabilities	2-5 years
Visual Supports for Literacy (video)	2-8 years
EZ at 2: Simple Assistive Technology Ideas for Children Ages Birth to Three	3-5 years
Relative Effectiveness of Dialogic, Interactive and Shared Reading Interventions [PDF]	3-6 years
EZ Assistive Technology Activities for Children ages 3 to 8 years with Disabilities	3-8 years
Reading, Down Syndrome and predictors of differential Growth (podcast)	3-8 years
Predictors of and Interventions Associated with Later Literacy Accomplishments [PDF]	3-8 years
Autism Spectrum Disorders and Literacy: What you Should Know (video)	3-8 years
Do you See What I Mean? Creating Visual Literacy Supports for Students with Special Needs	3-8 years
Reading and Language Outcomes of a Five-Year Randomized Evaluation of Transitional Bilingual Education [PDF]	5-10 years
Teaching Literacy in English to K- 5 English Learners	5-10 years
Braille Word Games	5-13 years
Tell Me About the Story: Comprehension Strategies for Students with Autism	4-10 years
Seeking Help for a Struggling Reader: 8 Steps for Parents	5-8 years
Extensive Reading Interventions in K-3 [PDF]	5-8 years
Seeking Help for a Struggling Reader: 7 Steps for Teachers	5-8 years
Reading Rock Video (understand and encourage struggling readers)	5-8 years
Empowering Parents Video (early signs of reading problems)	5-8 years
How to Adapt Your Teaching Strategies to Student Needs	5-8 years
Teaching Reading to Students who are English Language Learners	5-10 years
How to Modify your Teaching for Students with Low Organizational Skills	5-10 years
Effective English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades [PDF]	5-11 years
Assisting Students Struggling with Reading	5-11 years
Cornerstones: Building Blocks of Literacy	5-11 years
Summary Table for Supplemental Intervention Reading Programs and Comprehensive Intervention Reading Programs	5-17 years
Assessment of English Language Learners (video)	5-12 years
Braille Bug	5-13 years
Strategies for Summer Reading for Children with Dyslexia	6-13 years