Did you know that family involvement is the number one predictor of early literacy success and future academic achievement?

Literacy skills begin in the home and families can have a powerful impact on a child’s literacy development. Engaging with your child at home and on the go in daily literacy activities can create a more enriching learning environment and significantly impact your child’s reading and writing skills. To assist you, Side by Side has created Literacy Tool kits for busy families. Side by Side is a science of reading network of professionals and community members who are learning and sharing how children and youth can best “learn to read” so they can “read to learn”.

Explore The Literacy Cooperative Early Literacy Resource page for a variety of free resources designed to inspire a love of reading in your child’s life. These tools will help shape the foundation for a lifetime of educational success for children under five. You can access the page here.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a free, book gifting program that mails a brand new, age-appropriate book to enrolled children, every month from birth until five years of age, creating a home library of up to 60 books and instilling a love of books and family reading from an early age. You can register your child under the age of five here.

What is a Family Toolkit? How do I use it?

We believe families are an under-utlizied resource and partner.  As we all know, learning starts at home.  For too long, families have not been provided usable resources to support their own child’s reading development.  This toolkit is meant to provide you with real resources you can use at home with your child that will improve their reading skills.

Resources are broken down by ages and stages.  First, use the What is the Science of Reading tab to build your own understanding of how the brain learns to read.  Then, find the tab that matches your child’s age, read the overview and download the toolkit.  Interact with the resources and use them daily for 15 minutes with your child.

Access the Family Toolkit for Kindergarten

here.

 

Printable Flashcards

  • Flashcards Set 1:

    • Download the printable version here.

  • Flashcards Set 2:

    • Download the printable version here.

  • Flashcard Set 3:

    • Download the printable version here.

  • Flashcards Set 4:

    • Download the printable version here.

  • Flashcards Set 5:

    • Download the printable version here.

Learn how to print these flashcards at the Cleveland Public Library here.

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