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NEA Toolkit

Read Across America for Parents

Learn how and why to make room for books and reading together at home with these resources, activities, and information.
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Published: January 28, 2021
This resource originally appeared on NEA.org

NEA’s Read Across America

Raising Readers: What Parents Can Do

20 tips to help parents create a sense of enjoyment, wonder, and a passion for reading.

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National PTA and NEA

Developing Your Child’s Reading Skills and Raising Ready Readers

Tips to support children at each stage of their education with encouragement to read books that celebrate diversity and foster critical thinking.

National Center for Families Learning

Cultivating Readers

Available in both English and Spanish, the Cultivating Readers Family Guide provides tips to grow reading skills from birth to age eight.

Reading Rockets

Reading Tips for Parents (in Multiple Languages)

Divided by age, these one-page tip sheets for parents of babies through third graders are available in 13 languages.

Colorín Colorado

For Families

Bilingual resources offer parents tips on helping children learn to read, succeed in school, and learn a new language.

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PBS

PBS for Parents: Literacy

Age-by-age tips, articles, and activities related to literacy.

ReadWriteThink

Parent & Afterschool Resources

Reading and literacy resources for parents of students in grades K–12.

Understood

How to Help Struggling Readers Enjoy Reading

Resources to help parents of preK through grade 12 children enjoy reading, even if reading is a struggle.

 

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