My Favorite Resources
I like to take in information by…
READING BOOKS!
- Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: A Guidance Document from the Center for Instruction by Joseph Torgesen, Debra Houston, Lila Rissman, Susan Decker
- Basic Facts About Dyslexia and Other Reading Problems by Louisa Moats and Karen Dakin
- Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print by Marilyn J. Adams
- Bringing Words To Life by Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, Linda Kucan
- Equipped for Reading Success by David Kilpatrick
- From Speech To Print by Louisa Moats
- How to Raise a Reader by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo
- How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine..For Now by Stanislaus Dehaene
- “If I Only Would Have Known..” What I Wish The Pediatrician, The Preschool Teacher, and the Librarian Would Have Told Me about Language, Literacy, and Dyslexia by Faith Borkowsky
- Looking for Heroes: One Boy, One Year, One Hundred Letters by Aidan Colvin and Liisa Ogburn
- My Dyslexia by Philiip Schultz
- Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum by Marilyn J. Adams
- Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf
- Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4-9 Practice Guide by What Works Clearinghouse
- Raising Resilient Children: Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child by Robert Brooks
- Reader Come Home by Maryanne Wolf
- Reading at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It by Mark Seidenberg
- Reading For Life: High Quality Reading Instruction for All by Lyn Stone
- Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read by Stanislaus Dehaene
- Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English by John Rickford and Russell Rickford
- Straight Talk About Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference in the Early Years by Susan Hall and Louisa Moats
- The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler
- The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach To Understanding How The Mind Reads by Daniel Willingham
Note: All books are also available on Amazon.
WATCHING VIDEOS OR WEBINARS!
- Building A Reading Brain At Home-Haskins Global Literacy
- Evidence Based Literacy Instruction
- Explore the Strands of the Reading Rope-AIM Institute
- 44 Phonemes
- Haskins Global Videos
- How Reading Interventions Impact the Brain – NOVA
- How the Brain Learns to Read-Stanislaus Dehaene
- Keys to Literacy-Joan Sedita
- Magic /r/ Video
- Effective Literacy Instruction-Nancy Young
- Literacy Academy: The Reading Brain-Michelle Elia
- Overview of Structured Literacy-Middle Tennessee State University
- Scarborough’s Reading Rope-95% Group
- Seek Common Ground-Family Guides – K-12
- Simple View of Reading-Linda Farrell
- The Purple Challenge-Part 1
- The Purple Challenge-Part 2
- What Science Says About How Kids Learn To Read-Education Week
- Why Fluency is a Foundational Skill-Jan Hasbrouck
COMBING THE INTERNET & RESEARCHING WEBSITES!
- AIM Institute for Research and Learning
- American Speech Hearing and Language Association-Speech Development
- Cox Campus (ages 0-5)
- Dr. Kastner’s Comprehensive Literacy Collection
- Etymonline-site for searching word origins
- Evidence Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI)
- Florida Center for Reading Research
- Glean Education
- Haskins Global Literacy Hub
- Helping Students After a School Shooting American School Counselor Association
- Heggerty-phonological awareness program
- International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
- Keys to Literacy-Joan Sedita
- Learning Ally-Audio textbooks/books
- Learning Without Tears-Handwriting and Keyboarding Instruction
- National Center on Improving LIteracy
- Ninety-Five Percent Group
- Neuhaus Education Center
- Read Washington
- Reading Rockets
- Reading Science Academy
- Readsters
- Right to Read Project
- The Reading League
- The Reading League Curriulum Navigation Reports
- The Reading League Adolescent Reading Intervention Evaluation Guidelines
- The Reading League: Adolescent Literacy
- Understood
- The Reading League: Families and Caregivers
- University of Florida Literacy Institute
- Vocabulary.com
- Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity
FOLLOWING AND COMMENTING ON BLOGS!
LOOKING AT INFOGRAPHICS!
- National Center for Improving Literacy-Avoiding a Lemon
- Pediatrician Wellness Literacy Screening Infographics-Birth->Grade 2 and Grade 3+ – Lori Josephson
- Phonological Awareness-What Is It and How Does It Relate to Phonemic Awareness?-National Center for Improving Literacy
- Progression of Phonological Awareness Skills-Melanie Schuele
- Right To Read Project
- Scarborough’s Reading Rope: Strand by Strand-95% Group
- The Lexile Framework for Reading-lexile.com
- The Science of Reading: What It Is and What It Is Not-National Center for Improving Literacy
- Understanding Dyslexia: Myths vs. Facts-National Center for Improving Literacy
READING ARTICLES!
- “A Pediatrician’s Role in Dyslexia: Where Theory Meets Practice” – Porter
- “At a Loss for Words: How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers” – Hanford
- “A New Model for Teaching High Frequency Words” – Farrell, Osenga, Hunter
- “Building Phoneme Awareness”-The International Dyslexai Assocation
- “Catch Them Before They Fall” – Torgesen
- “Dialogic Reading: An Effective Way to Read Aloud with Young Children” – Whitehurst
- “Evidence Challenges Teaching Words ‘By Sight'” -Moats
- “Fluency Norms” (2017 Update) – Hasbrouck and Tindal
- “Hard Words: Why aren’t kids being taught to read?” – Hanford
- “How Spelling Supports Reading” – Moats
- “How Words Cast Their Spell” – Joshi, Treiman, Carreker, Moats
- “Identifying and Teaching Students with Significant Reading Problems” – Vaughn and Fletcher
- “Keep Your Eyes on the Words” – Farrell
- “Literacy Instruction at a Distance: Strategies For Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities” – Yasenchock
- Many American Parents Have No Idea How Their Kids Are Doing in School – Anderson
- “Model Teacher Pam Kanfer Leaves Lasting Impact On Children’s Lives”- Christensen
- “Monthly Tips for Parents Newsletter” – Reading Rockets
- Reading Reckoning: Inside the Debates Over Literacy Methodes – Shannon Maughan
- “Reading Rockets Reading 101 for Parents” – Reading Rockets
- “Scarborough’s Reading Rope: Strand by Strand – 95% Group
- School Based Speech-Language Pathologists: Who We Are and What We Do” -ASHA 2024
- “Science of Reading Defining Guide” – The Reading League 2022
- “Spotlight on Recharging Reading Success” – Ed Week
- “Structured Literacy and Typical Literacy Practices: Understanding Differences to Create Instructional Opportunities”-Reading Rockets
- “Structured Literacy:Applying the Science of Reading in the Classroom” – Carreker
- “Structured Lilteracy and Typical Literacy Practices: Understanding Differences to Create Instructional Opportunity” – Spear-Swerling
- “Suggested Systematic Phonics Scope and Sequence” – Keys to Literacy
- “Teaching Reading is Rocket Science Update” (2020) – Moats
- “The Influence of Sleep and Exercise, Emotions and Stress on the Development of Executive Functions: Implications for Parents and Early Years Educators” – Tabor
- “The Physics of MRI and How We Use It To Reveal the Mysteries of the Mind” – Broadhouse
- “The Science of Reading: If We Know Better, We Must Do Better, Applying the Science of Reading in Tennessee” – SCORE
- “These Are the Executive Functioning Skills Kids Should Learn, Grade by Grade”-Jill Staake
- “Towards a Dynamic, Comprehensive Conceptualization of Dyslexia” – Wolf, et. al.
- “Understanding and Assessing Fluency” – Hasbrouck
- “Understanding Dyslexia: Why Early Prevention and Intervention are Crucial” – CORE
- “Unraveling the Myths Around Dyslexia” – Korbey, Edutopia
- “Waiting Rarely Works: “Late Bloomers” Usually Just Wilt” – AFT
- “Want to Improve Children’s Writing? Don’t Neglect Their Handwriting” – Graham
- “What Can The Simple View of Reading Teach Us About Disciplinary Learning?” -Lawrence
- “What Parents Need to Know About the Research on How Kids Learn to Read”- Mader
- “Why We’re Teaching Reading Comprehension in a Way That Doesn’t Work” – Wexler
LISTENING TO PODCASTS!
- Amplify: Science of Reading: The Podcast with Susan Lambert
- Dylsexia Uncovered -Tim Odegard Ph.D.
- Educate-Emily Hanford
- Educate-Emily Hanford
- Glean Education
- Haskins Global
- Reading With Your Kids
- See, Hear, Speak
- Sold a Story-Emily Hanford and Christopher Peak Fall 2022
- Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
- Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read-Mark Seidenberg
CONNECTING WITH OTHERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
- FaceBook Groups
- Breaking the Code
- Cox Campus Community
- Decoding and Phonemic Awareness Reading Specialist
- Dyslexia/Specific Learning Disability Advocacy
- Evidence-Based Teaching of Reading and More
- IDA (International Dyslexia Association) Member Group-many states have their own FB Groups
- Science of Reading (SoR) Parents’ Group
- Science of Reading: The Community
- Science of Reading (SoR)-What I Should Have Learned in College; many states are starting their own FB Groups
- Science of Reading (SoR)-Kindergarten/First Grade Discussion Group
- Science of Writing: Research Based Instruction
- Speech Language Pathologists Role in Language and Literacy
- The Reading League Teacher Group-The Science of Reading is for YOU!
- Twitter/X
- Faith Borkowsky @FaithBorkowsky
- Stanislaus Dehaene @standehaene
- Michelle Elia @MichelleJElia
- Nadine Gaab @GaabLab
- Susan Hall @susanhall_EdD
- Emily Hanford @ehanford
- Jan Hasbrouck @janhasbrouck
- Pam Kastner @liv2learn
- Louisa Moats @LouisaMoats
- Mark Seidenberg @SeidenbergRead
- Tim Shanahan @ReadingShanahan
- Lyn Ston @lifelonglit
- Maryanne Wolf @MaryanneWolf_
- Nancy Young @NancyYoung
SPENDING TIME WITH MY KIDS USING KID FRIENDLY RESOURCES!
- A Word a Day-vocabulary builder!
- “Brains On” Podcast-grow background knowledge and vocabulary!
- Celebrities Read Books to Kids-always great!
- E Reading Worksheets-reading, grammar, writing worksheets, games too–all free!
- Elemeno-FREE decodable books available and organized by sounds your kids are learning
- Elementary School Reading Apps-top picks-some free, some paid
- Florida Center for Reading Research Activities K-3-easy to use activities for parents and educators grades K-4!
- Free Rice-vocabulary builder
- Haskins Global-Ask A Brain Scientist-find out how the brain functions with your kids!
- Highlights Magazine-an oldie but goodie!
- Kid-Zone National Center for Improving Literacy-various activities for kids!
- Learn That Word-vocabulary builder!
- Mobile Apps to Enhance Structured Literacy-webinar to view first, then pick the apps you like!
- National Geographic Kids-grow background knowledge and vocabulary!
- Newsela-current articles on innumerable topics of interest to kids-each article is written at various reading levels
- PBS for Parents-activities including games ages 2+
- Quill-grammar and writing activites Grades 1-12–all free!
- Reading Rockets-fun for kids in all areas of literacy!
- Reading Simplified-virtual activities!
- Ready-To-Go Vocabulary Resources-FUN apps for all ages!
- Really Great Reading-Heart Word Magic-ways to learn the most common and harder to learn words!
- Rhode Island Department of Education – Games to Support Early Literacy Skills
- Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms-great fun to up figurative language!
- Short Stories for Kids-listening comprehension boost!
- Southport CoLab-lots of free resources on various topics
- Starfall – Games for Pre-K to Grade 3
- SuperDVille-amazing social-emotional learning group for kids with learning differences!
- The Play of Words-fun with language for all ages!
- University of Florida Literacy Institute – activities for kids in all areas of literacy, including High Frequency Non-Phonetic Words!
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