January
Features
- Technology in the classroom
- Spelling and word study
- Tutoring and volunteering
- Start with a Book: Families and Communities, Think Like an Inventor
Celebrations and Events
- National Braille Literacy Month(opens in a new window)
- National Mentoring Month(opens in a new window)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: National Day of Service(opens in a new window)
- Universal Letter Writing Week
Featured Partners
- Youth Service America
February
Features
- Comprehension
- Assessment
- Start with a Book: Our Government
Celebrations and Events
- Digital Learning Day(opens in a new window)
- Valentine’s Day
- Presidents’ Day
- National School Counseling Week(opens in a new window)
- Black History Month
- NCTE African-American Read-In(opens in a new window)
Featured Partners
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Black Caucus
- American School Counselor Association
March
Features
- Content area literacy
- Kindergarten readiness, especially for kids with disabilities
- Start with a Book: Art and Artists, Music and Musicians
Celebrations and Events
- Read Across America(opens in a new window)
- Civic Learning Week(opens in a new window)
- Newspapers in Education Week(opens in a new window)
- National Wildlife Week(opens in a new window)
- Brain Awareness Month
- Music in Our Schools Month(opens in a new window)
- Women’s History Month(opens in a new window)
- Youth Art Month(opens in a new window)
Featured Partners
- Center for Development and Learning: Plain Talk Conference
- National Education Association
- Newspapers in Education
April
Features
- Pre-K guide for parents and caregivers
- Poetry resources
- Autism: basics, reading comprehension strategies
- Libraries: connecting school and public libraries for summer
- Start with a Book: Poetry, Our Green World, Numbers and Measuring
Celebrations
- International Children’s Book Day(opens in a new window)
- D.E.A.R. Day
- Earth Day(opens in a new window): EPA(opens in a new window) and Earth Day: National Geographic(opens in a new window)
- El día de los niños/El día de los libros(opens in a new window)
- Week of the Young Child(opens in a new window)
- National Library Week(opens in a new window)
- Environmental Education Week(opens in a new window)
- Autism Acceptance Month(opens in a new window)
- National Poetry Month
- Mathematics Awareness Month
Featured Partners
- American Library Association
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
May
Features
- Summer reading, writing, and learning
- Tutoring & summer programs
- Start with a Book: Passport to the World, Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Myths
Celebrations and Events
- Mother’s Day
- Teacher Appreciation Week(opens in a new window)
- National Children’s Book Week(opens in a new window)
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month(opens in a new window)
- Get Caught Reading Month(opens in a new window)
Featured Partners
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- National PTA
June
Features
- Summer reading, writing, and learning
- Start with a Book: Oceans, Rivers, and Ponds, Detectives and Explorers
Celebrations and Events
- World Oceans Day(opens in a new window)
- Father’s Day
- Summer Learning Week(opens in a new window)
- National Audiobook Month
Featured Partners
- National Summer Learning Association
- American Federation of Teachers
July
Features
- Visual literacy, media literacy
- Summer science
- Professional development: pre-service, first-year teachers, teacher mentors, literacy coaches
- Start with a Book: Bugs, Birds, and Animals, Dinosaurs, The Night Sky
Celebrations and Events
- Independence Day
- National Parks and Recreation Month(opens in a new window)
Featured Partners
- Reading Is Fundamental
- United Through Reading
August
Features
- Back-to-school “backpack” for teachers and parents
- Transitions to kindergarten, especially for kids with special needs
- RTI for teachers
- Start with a Book: Heroes and Superheroes, Flight
Celebrations and Events
Featured Partner
- Reach Out and Read
- First Book
September
Features
- Phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and concepts of print
- Screening for reading abilities/deficits
- Individualized education plans (IEPs)
- RTI for parents
- Parent engagement
- Start with a Book: Passport to the World, Builders and Building
Celebrations and Events
- Labor Day
- International Literacy Day
- Grandparent’s Day
- Banned Books Week(opens in a new window)
- Hispanic Heritage Month(opens in a new window) (Sept 15–Oct 15)
- Attendance Awareness Month(opens in a new window)
- Library Card Sign-Up Month(opens in a new window)
- Deaf Awareness Month
Featured Partners
- Jumpstart
- PBS Teachers
October
Features
- Writing
- LD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia
- Parent/teacher conferences
- Writing family stories
- Start with a Book: Families and Communities, Heroes and Superheroes
Celebrations and Events
- Jumpstart’s Read for the Record
- National Day on Writing(opens in a new window)
- National Bullying Prevention Month(opens in a new window)
- Family History Month(opens in a new window)
- National LD Awareness Month
- National Principals’ Month(opens in a new window)
Featured Partners
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- National Council of Teachers of English
November
Features
- Phonics (strategies, assessment)
- Fluency (strategies and assessment)
- Role of school psychologists and counselors
- Start with a Book: Weather Report, Passport to the World
Celebrations and Events
- Family Literacy Day(opens in a new window)
- Veteran’s Day
- Thanksgiving
- Geography Awareness Week(opens in a new window)
- National School Psychology Week(opens in a new window)
- American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Heritage Month
Featured Partners
- National Association of School Psychologists
December
Features
- Vocabulary and academic language (strategies)
- Background knowledge
- Building a home library
- Start with a Book: What’s Cooking?
Celebrations and Events
- December celebrations around the world
Featured Partners
- National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance
- National Center for Family Literacy