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Baby to 2yrs.

Reading Check up for Babies and Toddlers How are your children developing as readers, and what can you do to help? Use RIF's series of...	Facts About Reading Aloud Source: Family Reading. NCES Fast Facts. National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department...	Reading Aloud to Your Children: The Loving, Personal Gift Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure Without doubt, reading aloud is a gift you can freely give your...
Reading With Your Child Author: Bernice Cullinan & Brod Bagert Source: Helping Your Child Learn to Read. (1996)....	Getting Your Child to Love Reading Author: Kathryn Perkinson Source: Perkinson, K. (April, 1993). Helping Your Child Use the Library...	Building a Family Library Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure What's Involved? A home library doesn't have to be...
Conversations That Count Author: Derry Koralek Source: Adapted from: Koralek, D. (1997). ReadySetRead for Families: Early...	The Five Essential Components of Reading Source: U.S. Department of Education Reading with children and helping them practice specific...	Literacy Milestones from Birth to Age Six Authors: Andrea DeBruin-Parecki with Kathryn Perkinson & Lance Ferderer Source: Helping...
Children With Disabilities Can Be Successful Readers Author: Laura J. Colker, Ed.D. Source: RIF Exchange Show #406 According to G. Reid Lyon, former...	Raising Readers Source: Fast Facts on Raising Readers. What Families Can Do. America Reads Challenge, U.S....	Getting the Most Out of Picture Books and Illustrations Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure Picture books represent a unique literary form that ...

Ages 3 to 5

Ready to Read Encourage your young reader to strike out on his or her own and finish a book with no help. ...	Facts About Reading Aloud Source: Family Reading. NCES Fast Facts. National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department...	Reading Check up for Pre-Schoolers Source: Reading Checkup Guide: Helping Your Children Become Better Readers, Developed...
Reading Check up for Soon-to-be-Readers (Pre-K through 1st Grade) Source: Reading Checkup Guide: Helping Your Children Become Better...	Reading Aloud to Your Children: The Loving, Personal Gift Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure Without doubt, reading aloud is a gift you can freely give your...	Reading With Your Child Author: Bernice Cullinan & Brod Bagert Source: Helping Your Child Learn to Read. (1996)....
Getting Your Child to Love Reading Author: Kathryn Perkinson Source: Perkinson, K. (April, 1993). Helping Your Child Use the Library...	What Can Families Do to Keep Children Reading During the Summer? Author: Laura J. Colker, Ed. D. Source: RIF Exchange Show #407 As children's first and most...	Building a Family Library Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure What's Involved? A home library doesn't have to be...
Conversations That Count Author: Derry Koralek Source: Adapted from: Koralek, D. (1997). ReadySetRead for Families: Early...	Creating a Reading Environment at Home Source: RIF Motivational Activities Handbook RIF considers family involvement essential to any...	Providing a Literacy-Rich Home Environment Source: RIF Exchange Show #103 Literacy development is a continuous process that begins in...

Ages 6 to 8

Ready to Read Encourage your young reader to strike out on his or her own and finish a book with no help. ...	Children Who Can Read, But Don't... Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure Studies show what common sense tells us: the more kids read, the...	Reading Check up for Soon-to-be-Readers (Pre-K through 1st Grade) Source: Reading Checkup Guide: Helping Your Children Become Better...
Reading Check up for Beginning Readers (Grades K-2) Source: Reading Checkup Guide: Helping Your Children Become Better Readers, ...	Reading Check up for Developing Readers <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0...	Reading Check up for Independent Readers (Grades 3 and Up) Source: Reading Checkup Guide: Helping Your Children Become Better Readers...
Reading Aloud to Your Children: The Loving, Personal Gift Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure Without doubt, reading aloud is a gift you can freely give your...	Reading With Your Child Author: Bernice Cullinan & Brod Bagert Source: Helping Your Child Learn to Read. (1996)....	Getting Your Child to Love Reading Author: Kathryn Perkinson Source: Perkinson, K. (April, 1993). Helping Your Child Use the Library...
Keeping Kids Off the Summer Slide Something is waiting for many children this summer, and their parents don’t even know it...	What Can Families Do to Keep Children Reading During the Summer? Author: Laura J. Colker, Ed. D. Source: RIF Exchange Show #407 As children's first and most...	Building a Family Library Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure What's Involved? A home library doesn't have to be...

Ages 9 to 12

Children Who Can Read, But Don't... Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure Studies show what common sense tells us: the more kids read, the...	Reading Check up for Independent Readers (Grades 3 and Up) Source: Reading Checkup Guide: Helping Your Children Become Better Readers...	Getting Your Child to Love Reading Author: Kathryn Perkinson Source: Perkinson, K. (April, 1993). Helping Your Child Use the Library...
Keeping Kids Off the Summer Slide Something is waiting for many children this summer, and their parents don’t even know it...	Teenagers and Reading Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure Perhaps the teenager in your family was once an avid reader, but...	What Can Families Do to Keep Children Reading During the Summer? Author: Laura J. Colker, Ed. D. Source: RIF Exchange Show #407 As children's first and most...
Building a Family Library Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure What's Involved? A home library doesn't have to be...	Creating a Reading Environment at Home Source: RIF Motivational Activities Handbook RIF considers family involvement essential to any...	Providing a Literacy-Rich Home Environment Source: RIF Exchange Show #103 Literacy development is a continuous process that begins in...
Reading and Writing at Home Source: Read with Me: A RIF Parent-Teacher Partnership Which will your child learn first: to read...	Encouraging Young Writers Source: RIF Parent Guide Brochure Long before they go to school, before they even know the...	Forty-Four Proven Ideas Parents Can Use to Help Their Children Do Better in School Author: Dr. John H. Wherry Source: The Parent Institute Making Time Count Put specific...

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