For Other Professionals
Early Literacy Development
Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers learn skills everyday that will help them become readers. It's an exciting and important time of learning! Other related areas include Parent Tips, Preschool and Childcare, and Phonemic Awareness.
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Featured video
Our shows on PBS
- Toddling Towards Reading
- The Roots of Reading
- Sounds & Symbols
- Empowering Parents
- Becoming Bilingual
- Reading and the Brain
- A Chance to Read
Professional development webcasts
Activities
- 'Now I Know My ABCs…'
- Speech Sounds: Suggested Activities
- Phonemic Activities for the Preschool or Elementary Classroom
- Meet the Word Families
FAQs
In our LearningStore
- Early Literacy in Action
- Literacy for Young Children
- Launching Young Readers: Toddling Toward Reading
In our blogs
Sound It Out
- Learning more about learning disabilities
- Careful watching and listening during those first few days of school
- On the cusp of reading
- Two ideas worth spreading
- Transitional kindergarten: The answer for some
- More...
Page by Page
Top articles
Basics
- Preschool Language and Literacy Practices
- Speaking Is Natural; Reading and Writing Are Not
- Reading for Information
- Recognition and Response: An Early Intervening System for Young Children At-Risk for Learning Disabilities
- How We Neglect Knowledge and Why
For parents
- Get Ready to Read: Screening Tool
- How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?
- Oral Language: Expanding Your Child's Vocabulary
- Waiting Rarely Works: Late Bloomers Usually Just Wilt
- Ready to Read: Heading for the Classroom
For teachers
- Vocabulary Development with ELLs
- Repeated Interactive Read-Alouds in Preschool and Kindergarten
- Waiting Rarely Works: Late Bloomers Usually Just Wilt
- Phonemic Activities for the Preschool or Elementary Classroom
- Speech Sounds: Assessment Tip
Milestones
Early intervention for LD
- Developmental Delay
- RTI Goes to Pre-K
- Recognition and Response: An Early Intervening System for Young Children At-Risk for Learning Disabilities
Comprehension strategies
Download and print
- Environmental Print
- Good Night, Sleep Tight: Preschoolers and Sleep
- Developing Writing and Spelling at Home: Pre-K
- Start the New Year Off Right: Resolve to Raise a Reader!
- Learning That's Hands-On Holiday Fun (Pre-K)
- More...
Research
- Starting Out Right: Pre-K and Kindergarten
- How Words Can and Cannot Be Learned by Observation
- Building and Supporting an Aligned System: A Vision for Transforming Education Across the Pre-K-Grade Three Years
- Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Child-Parent Center Early Education Program
- Family and Neighborhood Sources of Socioeconomic Inequality in Children's Achievement
- Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children
