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Literacy Links

Don't forget to have your child's eyes tested. Research indicates that children with vision problems (such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, or dyslexia) that go undetected and/or uncorrected can have learning and/or behavior problems. Signs of vision problems can include some or all of the following: squinting, closing or covering one eye, sitting close to the TV, holding books very close, headaches, nausea, dizziness, clumsiness, tilting head, daydreaming, rubbing eyes, distractibility, reluctance to look at letters or numbers, inability to notice things, losing place in book, using finger to mark place in book, difficulty in learning to read.

 
bulletImagination Library - donates books to children - founded by singer Dolly Parton
bulletReach Out and Read - donates books to children at medical checkups
bullet ProLiteracy America
bullet99 Ways to Get Kids to Love Reading: And 100 Books They'll Love a book by Mary Leonhardt
bullet99 Ways to Get Kids to Love Writing: And 10 Easy Tips for Teaching Them Grammar - by Mary Leonhardt
bullet U.S. Department of Education - how to recognize a good reading program
bullet Get Ready to Read
bulletFirst Book - mission is to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books.
bullet Children's Book Council
bulletNational Institute for Literacy
bulletNational Center for Family Literacy - a nonprofit training and program development organization
bulletInternational Literacy Institute
bulletNational Center on Adult Literacy
bulletAlliance for Childhood - "challenges the increasing emphasis on computers in early childhood and elementary schools"
bulletAmerican Library Association
bullet Parents' Choice Foundation
bulletERIC Clearinghouse - Reading, English and Communication - resources for parents and teachers
bulletReading is Fundamental - "Links to the Literacy World"
bullet Reading is Fundamental's Shared Beginnings Program - encourages teen parents to read to their children
bulletThe Library of Congress
bullet International Reading Association
bulletSafer Child sections on the importance of reading and tips for getting your child to read.
bulletThe Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons - by Michael Levin and Charan Langton
bullet Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox and Elaine Bruner - dismisses the notion that children with disabilities cannot learn to read
bullet KidsHealth - "Understanding Dyslexia"
bulletSafer Child Learning Abilities page - learning disabilities and giftedness
bulletSafer Child Communication Page - includes section on communication disorders and difficulties
bulletSafer Child Financial Literacy page - don't forget this important topic in your child's education
bulletSafer Child Just for Fun page for suggestions on books and other fun activities

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