Family Resources Overview
Supporting parents and caregivers in helping their struggling readers and English language learners become successful readers
An informed parent, given resources and tools, can be a primary source of reading intervention for their children.
RISE Parent Meeting
Shantell Barrett Blake shares her experiences identifying and working with struggling readers
How I found the approach that I share with you, was attending a similar meeting. I had a struggling reader between first and second grade that led me to the method I now share with you.
Shantell Barrett Blake
Parent Webinar with Literacy Specialist Laura Axtell
Your Child’s Best Advocate:
Parent Webinar with Mary Beth Gilliland
Reading Method Overview
Resource Library
“The more you read, the more you know, the more places you’ll go. ”
— Dr. Seuss
“Literacy is… the road of human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.”
-Kofi Annan
Dyslexia Resources
“Reading disability affects approximately one in five children”
-Dr. Sally Shaywitz
“Literacy is one of the greatest gifts a person could receive.”
-Jen Selinsky
“If a child memorizes ten words, the child can only read ten words, but if the child learns the sounds of ten letters, the child will be able to read 350 three-sound words, 4,320 four-sound words, 21,650 five-sound words.”
- Kozloff, 2002