Resources for Early Childhood Educators and Early Literacy Providers

Your Local Public Library and Local Elementary School Library

http://www.readingrockets.org/

New PBS early literacy initiative, January 2008
www.thejournal.com/articles/21574

PBS kids shows and materials
http://www.pbskids.org/

Reading Rainbow
www.pbskids.org/readingrainbow

Sesame Street
www.pbskids.org/sesame

Tips for parents of preschoolers to grade 3
www.readingrockets.org/article/7833

Book distribution to support early literacy
www.nccic.org/poptopics/bookdist.html

Television programming to support early literacy
www.nccic.acf.hhs.gov/poptopics/television.html

www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/earlylit/resources/#websites

www.literacy.uconn.edu/earlit.htm

Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
www.annenberginstitute.org/VUE/spring07/resources.php

Guidelines for Implementing Reading First LEP/ELL Students in New York State
www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/docs/ELL-LEPguidance.FinalSept.2007.doc

Overview of Native Language Instruction in New York State
www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/resource/NLA/CH9DApD.pdf

Early Literacy Profile, AN ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT Provided by the New York State Education Department
www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/ela/pub/elp1.pdf

NYS Education Department Office of Early Childhood and Reading Initiatives
www.nysed.gov/earlyreadinginitiatives

NYS Reading First 2006-2009 Application and Guidelines
www.emsc.nysed.gov/funding/readfirst06092.htm

NYS Reading Academy
http://www.nyreadingacademy.org/

NYS Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.nysaeyc.org/

National Institute for Literacy
www.nifl.gov/nifl/early_childhood.html

NYS Teacher Centers
http://www.teachercenters.org/

English Language Learners Literacy, Colorin Colorado
www.aft.org/teachers/colorado.htm

Early Childhood Education Reports
www.aft.org/teachers/pubs-reports/ece.htm

NYS Reading Association
http://www.nysreading.org/

American Federation of Teachers Early Childhood Education
www.aft.org/topics/ece/index.htm
www.aft.org/teachers/pubs-reports/reading.htm

National Education Association (NEA)
www.nea.org/webresources/ece06.htmlwww.nea.org/earlychildhood/nearesources-earlychildhood.html

NYS Teacher Center Online Academy
Offers several Web-based courses related to early literacy. For a full catalog and registration information go to http://www.olacatalog.org/ .

A Parent's Guide Special Education in New York State for Children Ages 3-21 (Also available in Spanish).
www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/policy/parentguide.htm

Programs and services provided for families of children with disabilities at five parent centers located in New York City, Buffalo and on Long Island.
www.vesid.nysed.gov/lsn/parent.htm

NYS Special Ed Preschool Publications
www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/preschool/home.html

Reading resources from the U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/parents/read/resources/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln

Teaching Reading to Students with Disabilities: Tools for Schools. (Transcript of a March 13, 2002, broadcast)
www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/sate/reading2.html

The Education & Learning Trust is NYSUT's primary way of delivering professional development to its members. ELT offers courses for undergraduate, graduate and in-service credit, partnership programs that lead to master's degrees and teaching certificates, and workshops and professional development programs for teachers, school-related professionals, and members from the health care community.

• ELT offers the following graduate courses related to early literacy:
• Beginning Reading: Grades Pre-K-3
• Creating a Balanced Reading and Writing Classroom
• Enhancing ELL in Elementary Classrooms
• Enhancing Literacy for All Students
• Multicultural Children's Literature
• Reading Strategies for At-Risk Students, K-8
• Literacy for Students with Special Needs

For information on ELT, go to www.nysut.org/elt ; e-mail ELTmail@nysutmail.org; or call (800) 528-6208 or (518) 213-6000 in the Capital District.