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Parent Resources
Overview
CDE's Literacy team aims to provide guidance for advancing students who may need extra help with their reading through various resources such as the Read. Learn. Lead. website. Read. Learn. Lead. is a great tool for parents and caregivers to access engaging resources, tips, and activities that can further help with your child's love of reading.
Parents are children’s first teachers. Parents play an important role in laying the foundation for reading and literacy skills. Simple, everyday routines are opportunities for developing your child’s pre-reading and reading skills. By talking, telling stories, and singing songs, parents are helping to develop oral language skills in their children.
Creating a reading routine is an excellent way to model the importance of reading as well as expose your child to new vocabulary and concepts and ideas all while enjoying stories and time together. Making books accessible for your child to explore on their own is another great way to encourage reading at home.
This page provides reading and literacy tips and recommendations for parents, storytelling resources in audio and video format, and information on how to access your local public library.
In addition to fostering a love of reading, parents are the foremost expert on their child and their best advocate. Resources on navigating potential reading difficulties are also provided. Additional information on how we learn to read can be found in the Science of Reading page.
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The Colorado READ Act and the Science of Reading for Families
Families play an important role in building the foundation for reading and literacy skills. Educators partner with families to communicate and collaborate around reading development. To support this partnership, the Elementary Literacy and School Readiness Office (ELSR) at the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has created a series of turnkey resources for parents, schools, and districts to build awareness of the Colorado READ Act, READ plans, and the Science of Reading. Each resource in the series is organized to answer four essential questions: what the topic is, why it is important, what it looks like at school, and how parents can support at home.
Click this button to access the Colorado READ Act and the Science of Reading for Families series
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