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Bright ideas for back to school
A backpack full of resources to help parents launch a year of reading, learning, and discovery.
Empowering Parents
Discover how you can identify early signs of reading problems and get your child the help he needs. 
Environmental print
Letters are all around us. Use print found in your everyday environment to help develop your child's reading skills.
Family literacy bag: Farms
Go on a farm reading adventure! Try these hands-on activities centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books.
New booklist: School's Open
Old friends, new friends & first day jitters. Share these warm, funny stories for the new school year with your child.
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Reading Rockets Blogs
Sound It Out
Joanne shares her experiences raising her own young readers, and guides parents and teachers on the best practices in reading.
Reading together
- Parent tips: reading with your child (in English and 10 other languages)
- 103 things to do before, during and after reading
- Family literacy bags
- Grocery store activity sheets
- Getting dads involved
- More parent tips
- More on reading together
Early literacy and preschool
Connecting with your child's teacher and school
Children's books & authors
- Author interviews
- Browse our themed booklists
- Find award-winning books
- Poetry and kids
- Multicultural books
- Give books as gifts
- More on books and authors
How to...
Reading Rockets Blogs
Page by Page
Maria, our children's literature expert, explores the best ways to use kids' books at home and inside the classroom.
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