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Planning a Read-Aloud Event for Families - When schools, afterschool programs, libraries and other community organizations involve parents in their children's education, children have more successful learning experiences. Download

Parent Involvement - When schools care about families and support parents as equal partners, children reap the benefits. Download

Basic Intergenerational Financial Literacy Resources - Four user friendly resources for teachers and adult learners. Download

Family Money Matters: Exploring the World of Economics - More resources for teaching Basic Intergenerational Financial Literacy. Download

Helping Welfare Parents Move into the Workforce - Family literacy programs face several tasks in moving welfare parents into the workforce. It is more than just helping parents find jobs. It means teaching them workforce skills. Download

Family and Child Education (FACE) - Download

Federal Definition of Family Literacy - Download

Parent and Child Together (PACT) Time - Download

Links to Other Web Sites

The Literacy Tabloid - www.famlit.org/tipsforparents - Celebrate literacy all year long and begin a ritual of lifelong learning with the 2006 Literacy Tabloid by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation, Verizon and the National Center for Family Literacy. The tabloid includes literacy information and activities for parents and children of all ages.

Reading Connects - www.literacytrust.org.uk/readingconnects/ - Reading Connects is a National Reading Campaign initiative in the United Kingdom. It provides ways to encourage reading for pleasure with practical tried-and-tested ideas, case studies, and resources for developing reading. Click on "What's New" to download a 48-page family engagement reading toolkit for schools.

Child Development Institute - www.cdipage.com/ - Resources and suggestions for parents on child development from infants to teenagers.

FPG Child Development Institute - www.fpg.unc.edu/ - Share knowledge to enhance child development and family well being, children birth through eight.

Your Child Development and Behavior Resources - www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/ - Guides parents through the tangle of Internet information on children’s development and behavior.

¡Colorín Colorado! - www.colorincolorado.org/homepage.php - This bilingual English-Spanish site offers information, activities, and advice for Spanish-speaking parents and educators of English language learners. It is the companion site to Reading Rockets, and is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Beginning With Books Center for Early Literacy - www.beginningwithbooks.org/ - The mission of Beginning with Books is to increase meaningfully the numbers of children who become capable and enthusiastic lifelong readers. Beginning with Books programs operate in partnership with other organizations serving low-income families. This site includes tips for reading to young children, facts about early literacy, and professional development resources.

Blue Web'n - www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ - An online library of more than 2000 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects).

Family Literacy Special Collection - literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/FamilyLit/ - This site is part of the National Institute for Literacy LINCS Special Collections. This collection provides quick and easy access to a variety of high quality resources. These resources include scientifically based research about family literacy and information about parenting issues, professional development, interactive children's activities, classroom materials, and more.

International Reading Association - www.reading.org/resources/tools/parent.html - The IRA provides resources to help parents as they take on their critical role as their children’s first and most important teachers. Parent brochures are available to download in both English and Spanish.

International Reading Association - www.reading.org/ - Click on the second paragraph of Tips and tools for parents and teachers. Here you will find free parent brochures in English and in Spanish to download and print.

National Center for Family Literacy - www.famlit.org - The NCFL is recognized nationally and internationally as the leader in family literacy. The intergenerational approach pioneered by NCFL has received critical acclaim and has helped hundreds of thousands of families start on a path to success. By providing professional development services, research and policy analysis, NCFL annually trains more than 5,000 practitioners and reaches thousands more through its advocacy efforts, working to expand the literacy opportunities for all families nationwide.

Reading Rockets - www.readingrockets.org - Reading Rockets offers information and resources on how young children learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. It is produced by WETA and funded by a major grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

StudyDog - www.studydog.com - StudyDog is a computer-based, supplemental reading program designed for children from Pre-K to 2nd Grade. StudyDog focuses on specific early reading skills that children need to practice and accomplish in order to become successful readers. StudyDog was developed under the guidelines of the National Reading Panel and other reading experts and has shown to be particularly effective.

The Center for Early Literacy Information (CELI) - www.earlyliteracyinfo.org - CELI is a resource for researchers, teachers, families, school administrators and others who are looking for early literacy information from a variety of sources including articles, books, reports, technical papers, and more.

Children’s Defense Fund - www.childrensdefense.org - Access resources designed to assist child advocates in their everyday work with policymakers and community-based organizations.

National Association for the Education of Young Children - www.naeyc.org - NAEYC provides resources and information for guidance for educators of children birth to age eight, and for parents as guidance for choosing the best possible care and education for their children.

National Even Start Association - www.evenstart.org - The Even Start program integrates early childhood education, adult literacy and basic education, and parenting education into a unified literacy program. Program directors and staff, educators, and parents can find links to various research articles and web sites to support their efforts to raise the levels of literacy in families and across communities.

National Head Start Association - www.nhsa.org - Find program information and legislation for the National Head Start Association. NHSA provides a national forum for the continued enhancement of Head Start services furlough income families and their children’s ages, birth to 5.

Reading is Fundamental - www.rif.org - Find out how RIF uses support from the U.S. Department of Education, corporations, nonprofit organizations, and countless individuals to place more than 200 million books in the hands and homes of children who need them most.

Additional Courses

Certificate in Family Literacy - www.worldcampus.psu.edu/pub/famlt/ - For an in-depth study of family literacy, parenting education for supporting language and literacy development, early literacy development, adult literacy, and adult education, explore the Certificate in Family Literacy offered by the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy and the National Center for Family Literacy, available online through Penn State University's World Campus.