Literacy
HOW TO MAKE YOUR HOME A READING ZONE
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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED...
How do I help my child choose a book that's interesting?
How do I help my child choose a book that my child can read?
How do I know what books are appropriate?
What are some hot titles right now?
How do I encourage my child to read more?
To answer these and other questions, here are a few websites you can visit:
Deciding what your child should read next?
Goodreads will:
Take what your child had read in the past and will matches your child with some new and exciting books
Show you books your child's friends are reading
Track the books your child is currently reading, have read, and want to read
Check personalized book recommendations
Find out if a book is a good fit for your child from reviews
Find out more about Goodreads here
Genres of interest for your child:
Amazon is beyond a place to just purchase books for your child.
You can find a book review
Get details about the level of the book
See parallel books of interest
READ WRITE THINK www.readwritethink.org
Looking for engaging ways to introduce your child to reading or to encourage your teen to write?
Need some age appropriate book suggestions or rainy-day activities?
The materials here are your answer! All of them are created by experts to be fun, educational, and easy to use outside of school. They are great after school resources for parents.
Additional Parent Resources - also in Spanish
Motivating teen readers here
Helping a teen choose a book here
Being safe online here
Encouraging higher order thinking here
Modeling good reading habits with teens here
Parent & afterschool resources here
Support literacy learning all year long here
Trying to motivate the boy in house to read?
This site provides a Guys Read Library, a list of great short story book collections on various topics that are more suited to the boys in your family. Don't worry girls, you can read them too!
Trying to find the right level of books for your child to read?
The Scholastic website is not just a place to go and order books, it also offers:
School Book fair
Book Club
Parent resources: articles...
Guides for understanding your child's reading level
Guidance for building a library of books that would be suited for your child
Recommendations on book series that helped kids become totally fluent readers
JIM TRELEASE www.trelease-on-reading.com
What are the best read alouds available for my child?
Jim Trelease's goal is to help children make books into friends, not enemies. Here is a list of some of the resources available:
Book lists: comics, picture books, short stories...
Censorship page index
Book reviews
Free parent handout brochures about reading here
Thirty do's to remember when reading aloud here
Message for dads: Dad--What's the score? The American Male Reading-Problem
COMMON SENSE MEDIA www.commonsensemedia.org
What to know if the book is appropriate for your child's age?
On this site, you can search by book title and the book will be rated on various levels. It will also give you an overview of the book as well as the age appropriateness.
Must read list with the best books for kids
Book review by parents and kids
Spanish resources available. Click on Latino
YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION www.ala.org/yalsa
Is your teen looking for a new book?
This website is great to find out what is hot right now for teen reading. There are also ideas for the struggling teen reader.
Working together to create lifelong readers.
Literacy is at the root of a person's ability to succeed and the family is at the heart.
-Lind, 1999