Training Opportunities

NHSFLC Resources

Partnerships & Links

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ECKLC | Washington Learning Systems | Zero to Three | The National Institute for Literacy | Colorín Colorado | The Office of Vocational and Adult Education | Marshall Adult Basic Education | Starting Out Right | Reading Rockets | Dolly Parton Imagination Library program

Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC)

The ECLKC is offered by the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start to provide comprehensive information for Head Start staff, families, and partners and for the early childhood education community: http://www.eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/

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Washington Learning Systems

Free, reproducible language and literacy activities are available from the Washington Learning Systems web site. These materials are in both English and Spanish and include forty-six home and community activities for adults and children that encourage early language and literacy development in young children: http://www.walearning.com

To download materials go to www.walearning.com and click on the purple button that says "Free Parent Education Handouts" on the home page. Look for the "On the Go" file to download the materials in PDF format. The new materials are designed to encourage parents to interact with their children while they are "On the Go" to facilitate language, early literacy, and positive parent–child interactions. The materials include 14 activities as well as accompanying hints for each of the activities about how to modify the activities to meet the specific developmental needs of the child.

To Preview "Talking and Books" NOW! To view the following clips you must have Quicktime. If you don't have quicktime please download Quicktime at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ and click on Free Download.

To Preview "Talking and Books" NOW! click her for Spanish version
To Preview "Talking and Books" NOW! click here for English version

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Zero to Three

www.zerotothree.org

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The National Institute for Literacy

http://www.nifl.gov/

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Colorín Colorado, a service of Reading Rockets

http://colorincolorado.org/homepage.php

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The Office of Vocational and
Adult Education in the U.S Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/index.htm

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Marshall Adult Basic Education in Minnesota

http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/

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Starting Out Right: A Guide to
Promote Reading Success by the National Academy Press

http://newton.nap.edu/html/sor/sor-2.htm

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Reading Rockets

http://www.readingrockets.org

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Dolly Parton Imagination Library program

Take a look at the "activity sheets" created and posted on this website. They show how to use dialogic reading strategies in specific books from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program. Here's the link

http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/interior.php?mid=4129

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