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Reading Rockets: For Parents

For Parents

• Developing language skills
• Finding a tutor
• Building print awareness
• Beginning readers
• Interview with Mem Fox

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• Back-to-School Tips for Special Education Teachers >
• Family Literacy Bag: Farms >
• Helping Children With Communication Disorders in the Schools >
• Bright Ideas for Back-to-School Night … and Beyond >
• Who’s Who in Your Child’s School >
• American Sign Language/English Bilingual and Early Childhood Education >
• Beat the Heat with Your Weather Page >

READING ROCKETS BLOGS

Sound It Out

Dr. Joanne Meier

Joanne shares her experiences raising her own young readers, and guides parents and teachers on the best practices in reading.

• World wide waste of time? >
• Teaching nonfiction text features >

Reading together

• Parent tips: reading with your child (in English and 10 other languages)
• 103 things to do before, during and after reading
• Family literacy bags
• Grocery store activity sheets
• Getting dads involved
• More parent tips
• More on reading together

Early literacy and preschool

• Building literacy skills at home
• Developmental milestones
• Toddling Toward Reading
• Get Ready to Read screening
• Finding a high-quality preschool
• Is my child ready for kindergarten?
• More on early literacy
• More on preschool and childcare

Connecting with your child's teacher and school

• Who's who in my child's school?
• Parent involvement checklist
• Back-to-school night and beyond
• What a good reading program looks like

Children's books & authors

• Author interviews
• Browse our themed booklists
• Find award-winning books
• Poetry and kids
• Multicultural books
• Give books as gifts
• More on books and authors

How to...

• Find 'just-right' books
• Create a home library
• Hook a struggling reader

READING ROCKETS BLOGS

Page by Page

Maria Salvadore

Maria, our children's literature expert, explores the best ways to use kids' books at home and inside the classroom.

• What kind of book are you? >
• Books in the home >

Summer learning

• Adventures in Summer Learning
• Reading Rockets 'get ready for summer' beach bag
• Using summer fun to build background knowledge
• Summer reading for kids with dyslexia
• Finding a great summer program
• More on summer reading
• Summer booklists

Parent guides and tips

Helping your struggling reader

• A Chance to Read
• Empowering Parents
• Signs of a struggling reader
• What are learning disabilities?
• Target the Problem!
• Put Downs & Comebacks
• Getting help: 8 steps for parents
• Tutoring resources
• More on struggling readers

Testing

• Preparing your child for testing
• Understanding your child's reading score
• Having your child tested for learning disabilities