Early Literacy Development
Infants, toddlers and preschoolers develop oral language and pre-literacy skills everyday that will help them become readers. It's an exciting and critical time of learning! Parents, teacher and childcare providers can find additional information about our youngest learners in the sections on Preschool and Childcare, Oral Language, Print Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, and in the section especially for preschool teachers.
Featured partner: Reach Out and Read
Our PBS Television Series:
Launching Young Readers
Find out about the early building blocks of learning to read and the importance of reading aloud.
Explore the challenges of teaching English language learners to read, and the different ways schools are working to create bilingual readers.
Learn how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don't.
The Basics
For Parents
Professional Development Webcasts
Listen, watch, and learn from top experts in these engaging roundtable discussions. Each webcast features a 60–minute video as well as recommended readings and suggested discussion questions.
Additional Resources We Recommend
FAQs
Our Literacy Blogs
