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Literacy & Parenting Links

Literacy links:

The American Library Association
This web site offers many tools and services for parents and kids alike. http://www.ala.org

Teaching Children To Read
Information on teaching children to read plus information on how children learn to read, reading for children, reading programs, reading aloud to children, reading activities, reading games, importance of reading, benefits, encouragement, and research. http://www.teaching-children-to-read.net

Grid Club
An interactive site with many informative and educational games for ages 7-11, produced by a partnership of England's Channel 4 educational department with other United Kingdom agencies and organizations. http://www.gridclub.com/index.html

Okaloosa Walton Community College
A helpful site for parents, children and literacy educators, offering a variety of quality links for instruction in parenting, child development and adult literacy. It also provides resources for parent and child activities. http://literacy.owcc.net/famlit/index.htm

The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County
The Coalition promotes reading programs and related activities through volunteers and literacy events in Florida's Palm Beach County. http://community.gopbi.com/literacy

BookLoons
Provides features, reviews and excerpts of books in genres including Contemporary, Fantasy, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, SF, Travel, and tales for Teens and Young Readers. Updated weekly and currently has about 1200 reviews. http://www.bookloons.com

Get Ready to Read!
Get Ready to Read! promotes early literacy in preschool children through child literacy assessment tools, activities, and caregiver support. http://www.getreadytoread.org

Parenting links:

The Drew Bledsoe Foundation's Parenting with Dignity Program
A Web site offering a vast resources and Web site links library both for parents and kids. The Web site's primary mission is to teach effective parenting skills. http://www.ParentingWithDignity.com

News & Periodicals

Parenting Plus
A monthly magazine for parents in the Palm Beach and Treasure Coast, Florida areas. http://www.parentingplus.com

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