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Home is your child's first school. You are your child's first teacher. You can give your child the best possible chance for success by helping her become an excited and happy reader! When you read with your child, you're giving her the best possible chance for success in school, and in her future life!

LIBRARY CATALOG Books for Adults Deconstructing penguins : parents, kids, and the bond of reading by Goldstone, Lawrence Kids don't usually read deeply. But once they "get" the book, it can become one of their favorites! Discussions of many children's classics, including Mr. Popper's Penguins   Books for Teens So you want to be a wizard by Duane, Diane Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.   Books for Older Children Magic by the book by Bernstein, Nina After returning from a trip to the library, eleven-year-old Anne and her younger brother and sister discover a magic book which sends them on adventures in which they meet Robin Hood, giant bugs, and a dark, sinister man with a wolfish face.   Books for Younger Children Once upon a time by Daly, Niki Sarie struggles when she reads aloud in class in her South African school, but then she and her friend Auntie Anna find a book about Cinderella in Auntie Anna's old car and begin to read together.   More books for: Adults Teens Older Children Younger Children   FOR MORE LIBRARY RESOURCES TRY: Children -- Books and reading Early childhood education Early childhood education--Parent participation. Reading Reading -- Parent participation. Reading (Early childhood) Reading (Kindergarten) Reading (Preschool) Reading (Primary)

RESEARCH DATABASES  American Heritage Dictionary Find the definition, hear the word, and get synonyms!  Books In Print (Patron) Use Fiction Connection to find books by topic, genre, setting, characters, location or timeframe. Children can explore by series, picture books, recurring characters or award winners. Enter any date from the past century to read about what happened that year, and to see which books were bestsellers. Create and manage your saved list and saved searches.  Child Development Issues related to human development from conception through adolescence. Written for the general reader  Curriculum Resource Center Grades 6-12 Award winning on-line resource of printable teacher handout materials for middle, high school and junior college curriculums. Includes materials for history, geography, science, math and health.  Curriculum Resource Center Junior Edition On-line resource of printable teacher handout materials for elementary curriculums. Includes materials for people & events in history, maps, flags, timelines, science and careers. Great homework resource.  eLibrary Elementary Colorful, graphical search interface for finding answers from more than 130 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, weblinks, and audio/video titles. All are appropriate for elementary school students.  Facts for Learning Information about almost everything, for Elementary and Middle School students. Includes This Day in History, How to make a Diorama, and has great pictures to use in your reports!  Grolier Online Kids Great homework resource with a kid friendly interface. Includes information about countries, cultures, states, and science.  Kids Infobits Find information about animals, plants, people, geography, sports and many more subjects just for kids.  PressDisplay Read today's newspaper on-line. Over 200 newspapers from 55 countries! Your paper is here, before it can even get to the news-stand! Newspapers are archived for 14 days.  Read The Books Recommended reading for preschool through eighth grade. Check out the Time Gate and Your School's Reading List.  Searchasaurus Magazines and encyclopedias especially for kids. Includes the Animal Encyclopedia! WEB SITES  A Child becomes a Reader - K-3 A PDF document that has proven methods for you to help your grade K-3 child become a reader!  ABCTeach Free Resources ABC Teach is a subscription website for teachers and other educators. They do have free content for non-subscribers. See these great, free worksheets!  Colorín Colorado Information, activities, and advice for Spanish-speaking parents and educators of English language learners.  Family Storyteller The purpose of this site is to give parents and educators ideas, resources, and fun activities for sharing books with young children. From the University of Nevada at Reno.  Get Ready to Read A national initiative to build the early literacy skills of preschool-age children. The initiative provides an easy-to-administer, research-based screening tool to early childhood educators, child care providers, and parents in order to help them prepare all children to learn to read and write.  Home Literacy Checklist Is your home literacy-friendly? Here's a PDF Checklist that will help you decide! You are your child's first teacher. Your home is where your child will get his or her first experiences with books and reading.  Literacy Center Offers lesson ideas in literacy in four different languages: English, Spanish, French and German. Safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children.  PBS Kids Games and learning activities based on characters from PBS programs!  Preschool Education An online newsletter with quick, simple ideas to help with family literacy. Includes printables, coloring pages, and many fun activities!  Put Reading First A PDF document that has ways to help your Preschool thru Grade 3 child become a great reader!  Reading Rockets From WETA (Public broadcasting) Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.  Sesame Workshop Being ready for school requires more than recognizing letters and numbers. It requires the ability to listen, get along with others, and develop friendships. It requires a sense of mastery over behavior and emotions and the ability to predict and recognize the consequences of actions. It requires enthusiasm for learning. Sesame Workshop is unique in its focus on the full range of children's developmental needs.  The Partnership for Reading Information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research. LOCAL RESOURCES  Area Health Education Center of Southern Nevada Many helpful services, including tutoring in math, science, and other academic areas for at-risk students.  Boys and Girls Clubs of Las Vegas, Family Resource Center Strenghtening families, neighborhoods and communities by providing access to services, to promote individual and family self-sufficiency and well being, while striving to eliminate isolation, abuse, crime, poverty and disease.  Child Development Center From the University United Methodist Church, developmentally appropriate practices to help children learn naturally through their play.  Classroom on Wheels (COW) More than just a mobile classroom, in a cow-patterned bus, it's (1) a mobile, free bi-lingual preschool with a parenting development course and an accredited drug prevention program, (2) Computers On Wheels, providing basic computer skills for the underserved parents of our preschoolers, and (3) Clinic on Wheels, providing free medical and dental screenings, health education, community-based resource referrals and treatment for minor health problems.  Cooperative Extension Service Child Care Resources Resources available to help your very young learner.  Cooperative Extension Services free publications Free publications for and about children from the Cooperative Extension Service  Education and Career Development from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Las Vegas Fun and exciting programs to help your child become an education Superstar! Fun, Fun, Fun!  Family Resource Center From University Medical Center, help and activities for your very young learner. Click on "View Class Calendar" for a list of fun and helpful events!  Family to Family Connection Family to Family Connection offers free services to families of newborn babies and infants up to the age of one year. Check out the Events link, for great learning classes and activities!  Nevada HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) The HIPPY program helps parents teach their three-, four- and five-year-olds at home. Parents spend fifteen minutes a day at the kitchen table with a story book, a puzzle, or a learning game, helping children enter kindergarten ready to learn.  Nevada Literacy Find literacy programs and resources, all over Nevada  Sunrise Children's Foundation Great services from Sunrise Hospital, to help advance your youngest learners! NATIONAL RESOURCES  Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) CIERA's efforts acknowledges many influences on children's reading acquisition. The multiple influences on children's early reading acquisition can be represented in three successive layers: Readers and Texts, Home and School, and Policy and Profession. An Archive of Early Reading resources.  Compact for Reading A Compact for Reading is a written agreement among families, teachers, principals, and students to work together to help improve the reading skills of kindergarten through third grade children. Our publications, A Compact for Reading Guide and the School-Home Links Reading Kit, are designed to help Compact partners set reading goals, and provide lessons and activities that allow children to accomplish these goals. Provided by the Department of Education, and available in English and Spanish, in PDF format.  Focus on Beginning Readers From the International Reading Association, a rich collection of resources to help you start young children along the path to literacy and a lifelong love of reading. Check out the green index on the right, for other great topics and help!  Guía de recursos para las familias hispanas Esta guía les indicará lo que debe esperar de sus escuelas, sus maestros y su hijo, en todas las edades y en todos los grados. Les indicará cómo ayudar a su hijo a completar sus estudios en la escuela, de qué recursos disponen, y las medidas que ustedes, su familia y su comunidad pueden tomar para ayudar a su hijo a aprender  Help My Child Read From the Department of Education, great links to sites that can help your child become a reader!  National Center for Family Literacy The mission of the National Center for Family Literacy is to create educational and economic opportunity for the most at-risk children and parents. Click on Resources (in the top right) for great tools!  Prepare my Child for School From the Department of Education, links to many sites that can help you with your child's early literacy!  Reach Out and Read Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a program that promotes early literacy by bringing new books and advice about the importance of reading aloud into the pediatric exam room.  Reading is FUNdamental Reading Is Fundamental prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most.