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Literacy Tips and Activities for Parents

Jump into reading and learning!

Looking for ways to strengthen your children’s reading and writing skills, and nurture their interest in the world around them? Browse our resources below — everything from multilingual reading tips to hands-on STEM activities, with books and joyful reading at the center. 

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Growing Readers

Written especially for parents, Growing Readers provides monthly tips for raising strong readers and writers. All of our tip sheets are available in English and Spanish.

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Reading Tips for Parents in Multiple Languages

Our one-page parent tips offer easy ways for parents to support their children’s literacy development. The tips — for babies through grade 3 — are available in English and 12 other languages. 

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Literacy in the Sciences

Here you’ll find ideas for pairing STEM-themed books with hands-on activities, booklists, interviews with children’s authors, links to science-themed shows from PBS Kids, and more. 

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