Websites

A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners. The “for families” tab includes a list of articles and a resource library.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/families

DLTK's Crafts for Kids features a variety of printable children's crafts, coloring pages, worksheets and activities including projects for holidays, educational themes and some of our children's favorite cartoon characters. The mini-books are quite simple with images that should appeal to young children and simple, repetitive

This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs.  This website provides information on: What skills to teach, How to teach these skills, Videotaped examples of instruction with learners with special needs

https://aacliteracy.psu.edu/

Research is beginning to emerge about the effects of screen time on child development. This is an interesting article from Psychology Today outlining five ways that screen time impacts a child.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-wealth/201508/screentime-is-making-kids-moody-crazy-and-lazy

This website provides suggestions for sound-loaded books, snacks, activities, and sensory table ideas to provide exposure to different letters and speech sounds your child may be working on learning.

http://www.literacyspeaks.com/Alphabet_Pages/Alphabet-Page.html

This website provides an endless list of articles on topics such as: “How to Help Your Child Use Early Sentences,” “Why Interaction Must Come Before Language,” and “E-Book or Paper Book: What’s Best for Young Children?” and many more!
http://www.hanen.org/Helpful-Info/Articles.aspx