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Phonological Awareness: Rhyme Game (Spanish)
Engaging Your Child – ASL Video
Anixter Center we provide an array of services and supports for people with disabilities to live, learn, work, and play in the community.
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Positioning Your Child – ASL Video
Anixter Center we provide an array of services and supports for people with disabilities to live, learn, work, and play in the community.
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Creating a Reading Environment – ASL Video
Anixter Center we provide an array of services and supports for people with disabilities to live, learn, work, and play in the community.
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TOUNSÒL – Online Book – Haitian Creole
NABU is solving the global literacy crisis so that every child can read and rise to their full potential. Our vision is to provide every child with equitable access to literacy by 2030.
Dolly Parton Imagination Library boosts bilingual literacy
Families in Ohio now have the option to receive a 100% bilingual English/ Spanish Imagination Library book collection. The option is available to all children from birth to age five in Ohio!
KALBAS CALABASH – Haitian Creole Book
NABU is solving the global literacy crisis so that every child can read and rise to their full potential. Our vision is to provide every child with equitable access to literacy by 2030.
Question Words – ASL Video
It’s important to teach your child the meaning of the “question words” – who, what, where, when, and why. Practicing this will help them understand what each word is asking and give them the ability to respond appropriately. Make sure they can identify the appropriate words for each question.
Zaya’s Dream (Somali Book)
Zaya’s Dream is the story of a brave young refugee girl that finds hope, joy, confidence and renewed strength through education. The children’s book provides important lessons on the power of learning in overcoming obstacles and the remarkable strength of the human spirit, bringing young readers into Zaya’s world as she flees her homeland with her family and finds new hope at a refugee learning centre. Along her journey, Zaya learns to dream again.
Old Rock (is not boring) (Braille Audio Book)
Old Rock has been sitting in the same spot in the pine forest for as long as anyone can remember. Spotted Beetle, Tall Pine, and Hummingbird think just sitting there must be boring, but they are in for a wonderful surprise.
Playback Requirements
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Audio Books provided by APH are encrypted and can only be played using free playback equipment loaned to eligible individuals through the National Library Service (NLS) Talking Book program. A family will first need to register their child with NLS and receive an NLS digital playback device. Then they are set to download and playback the encrypted DPIL audio book files.
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Download Old Rock (is not boring) Audio Book Spanish Version (Piedra Vieja)
Danbi’s Favorite Day (Braille Audio Book)
Thrilled to invite her friends to celebrate Children’s Day as she did in Korea, she promises kites, tigers, and magic train rides. But when the reality of a picnic behind her parents’ deli falls short of her grand plans, Danbi must get creative to save the day.
Playback Requirements
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Audio Books provided by APH are encrypted and can only be played using free playback equipment loaned to eligible individuals through the National Library Service (NLS) Talking Book program. A family will first need to register their child with NLS and receive an NLS digital playback device. Then they are set to download and playback the encrypted DPIL audio book files.
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PBS Kids – American Sign Language
American Sign Language provided by Bridge Multimedia and The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) with funding from the US Department of Education.
Mister Rogers stays at Arthur’s house. / Fern draws an unflattering cartoon of Francine.
Support your child’s literacy development at home
Participate in literacy experiences at home. Taking part can develop your child’s reading, comprehension and language skills. It can also improve your child’s interest in reading, attitude toward reading and concentration.
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Read-Aloud Routine Bookmark for Parents, English and Spanish
During the 2012–2013 school year, Project ELITE worked with K–3 teachers at Baty Elementary School in Del Valle Independent School District to implement a new way of reading books aloud to enhance students’ vocabulary and comprehension. This bookmark presents a routine for parents to use with their children.
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Storybooks for Learners of English
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Helping Your Kid With . . . Building Vocabulary and Comprehension With Read-Alouds
Most of you read books with your kids. This video shows you how to use book read-alouds to build vocabulary and learning. Choose a book, predict what the book is about, talk about vocabulary, and enjoy your reading time! Hosted by Letti Grimaldo and Shannon Giroir.
Money Talks
A 5-part Online Series for Middle School Families (Available in English and Spanish)
What is Money Talks?
Money Talks is a short, family-friendly online series about talking to your middle school child about money. For each of 5 topics, you will find conversation starters to use at home with your child(ren), quotes from parents/caregivers like you, games, activity ideas, and other resources. We also share adult financial planning tools for free from OSU Extension that you normally have to pay for! You can click to any topic, any time. No need to review topics that don’t interest you. Do you have a million things on your mind and worry that you’ll forget what to do? Within each topic you can download a planning tool to keep track of your talks!
We Can Learn English in Every Subject
When we are learning a language, we do not segment academic and language information separately in our brains. Instead, we use our knowledge as an integral system to communicate with others and learn new content. In this set of activities, parents can find ways to help their children practice English and home languages while learning academic content.
Parents/caregivers: When you click on each grade level, a 5-page pdf document will download. You are free to practice as many activities as you can during 5 weeks. For each week, you will have 7 options to choose from: Daily Care Routines, Homework Routines, Mealtime Routines, Play and Leisure Routines, Outside Routines, Walking/Driving/Bus Routines and Anytime!
Teachers: Each set of activities has been developed to help you create opportunities for parent engagement beyond the classroom walls. These activities are thought to support multilingual children’s language and literacy development at home. Each set would be based on content from the All Ohio Literacy Learning Modules-Multilingual Series.
Click on the language to display the grade levels PreK, K-2 and K-5 and download a set of activities in English, Arabic, Somali, Chinese, Spanish or Japanese.
Multitiered System of Supports for English Learners
Project ELITE developed a bookmark that presents a routine for parents to use with their children, based on the PK–3 read-aloud system. The parent and family guide is similar to the steps designed for teacher-led text reading but is modified for a simple and fun way to support literacy and family bonding through book reading. The bookmark guides parents in teaching children new vocabulary words and interacting with children during reading time to support language and comprehension development. The bookmark and training presentation are available in both English and Spanish.
Bilingual: Chuukese/English and Marshallese/English Read-Aloud Videos
By Waipahu High School Graduates Using the Pacific Readers published by Bess Press
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KidLit TV
Read Across America partner KidLit TV is a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers working together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives.
Children can experience authors and illustrators reading their works through KidLit TV’s Read Out Loud program, which includes an array of titles featuring diverse people and cultures. Find more read-alouds, plus podcasts, activity ideas, book trailers, and more at their award-winning website.
Dyslexia Resource Guide for Ohio Families
What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is one of the most common learning disabilities. People with dyslexia have many strengths, but have unexpected trouble learning to read. These difficulties are not related to a person’s intelligence or motivation. Children with dyslexia can learn to read. Families, early childhood teachers, or kindergarten teachers are often the first to notice children having difficulty with talking or learning at school. It is important to pay attention to potential signs that a child may have dyslexia. Children with dyslexia can show any mix of signs. While any one sign does not necessarily mean your child has dyslexia, it is important to talk with your child’s teachers if you have concerns.
African Storybook
Open access to picture storybooks in the languages of Africa.
For children’s literacy, enjoyment and imagination. New Storybooks
Sesame Workshop Games and Storybooks
Explore our Games and Storybooks. Help incorporate playful learning into your child’s early education through different kinds of games, storybooks, and interactives that will keep them curious, confident, and excited to explore more.
International Children’s Digital Library
The ICDL Foundation’s goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children’s literature from the world community.
Read Aloud Resources
ALL Ohio (Advancing Literacy Learning in Ohio) is a compilation of high-quality professional learning resources for Ohio’s P20 education system. ALL Ohio serves as a tool to strengthen educators’ knowledge and skills in evidence-based language and literacy practices grounded in the science of reading.
Spanish Academy – 15 Fun Children’s Spanish Books
Reading books is one of the greatest pleasures available to us. Reading in another language is even better, as it offers all the good things about reading— plus the added benefit of learning a new language! Finding reading material in Spanish is easier than ever thanks to the many resources available online.
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