Free/Inexpensive Materials
Criteria for Inclusion:
- Tested in the context of PLA/ALSC Parent/Caregiver workshops
- Free or inexpensive
- Easily available
To request that materials be added, please send one copy to:
Julianna Kloeppel
Public Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Words on the Go
Cards on a ring loaded with ideas for fun games related to phonological awareness. Useful for parents, early childhood educators, and library staff. $7.50 each set of cards. Checks payable to ACPL Foundation. Purchase orders accepted on orders of $250 or more.
Download the Words on the Go order form here.
Booklet for Participants (optional)
Reading Right from the Start: What Parents Can Do in the First Five Years by Toni Bickart , Diane Trister Dodge
Lo que pueden hacer los padres durante los primeros cinco anos
Both available through:
Teaching Strategies, Inc.
5100 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: 1-800-637-3652
FAX: 202-364-7273
Upper and lower case magnet letters (2 ½’)
Lakeshore Learning Materials
2695 E. Dominguez St.
Carson, CA 90810
Phone: 1-800-778-4456 FAX: 310-537-5403
Large Letters
Oriental Trading Co.
#IN-57/2132
#IN-57/2133
www.orientaltrading.com
Curious George Reading Program from ALA
In this flexible and customizable program, incorporate early literacy information from Every Child Ready to Read into your reading program. Recognize the child as well as the adults for their critical role in supporting the joy of reading and the skills that will help their children become good readers. You can customize this reading program to offer some structure as you work with small targeted groups. The activity sheets for each of six early literacy skills can be used with the reading program or as part of storytimes.
Poster: "Help Your Child Get Ready to Read"
Also available in Spanish
Outlines six early literacy skills using colorful crayons
Multnomah County Public Library
Early Childhood Resources
205 NE Russell Street
Portland, OR 97212-3796
Phone: 503.988.5458
FAX: 503.988.5441
Eensy Weensy Rhyme Book
Multnomah County Public Library
Early Childhood Resources
205 NE Russell Street
Portland, OR 97212-3796
Phone: 503.988.5458
Fax: 503.988.5441
Born to Read: How to Raise a Reader brochure
American Library Association
P.O. Box 932501
Atlanta, GA 31193-2501
866-756-7252
Born to Read Brochure - Full Text Online
Free reproducible language and early literacy activities in English and Spanish
English and Spanish language versions of the birth-to-three parent-child activity materials are now available for downloading on the Washington Learning Systems website. The development of these materials was supported by Grant H324M020084 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The materials are made available by Angela Notari-Syverson and colleagues, and may be copied and distributed as long as they are not sold.