10 Great Reasons to Read to Your Child - http://www.columbiahealthnet.org/HealthArticles/readtokids.html Easy to use for your parents

Excerpts from Jim Release’s Read Aloud Handbook - http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah_chpt1_p1.html worth a browse

Helping Your Child Learn to Read - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/teacher_resources/help_kids_read/g1/g1index.html Prepared by Harcourt School Publishers

Home Reading Chart - http://www.uurc.utah.edu/Parents/HomeRead.php sample

Hubbard’s Cupboard - http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/literacy_kits.html Home reading using story bags

Journey Into Reading - http://www.kinderlit.ecsd.net/home_reading.htm A sample letter we created a few years ago for our kindergarten programs.

Kinderkorner: Home Reading Connection - http://www.kinderkorner.com/homereading.html Great resource

Pizza Hut: Book-It Program - http://www.bookitprogram.com/ A program for class participation

Raising Readers - http://www.nipissingu.ca/education/paulab/BOOKRR.pdf A 24 pg. pdf file that could be used for parent presentations.

Carol's Favorite - 2007

Read Together - http://www.readtogether.co.uk/ Scotland has a big home reading initiative. This is their parent website – interactive with audio.

Reading Activities to do at Home - http://childparenting.about.com/od/readingactivities/ Several great ideas

Reading is Fundamental - http://www.rif.org/parents/ Tips for parents for different age groups.

Reading Magic: Mem Fox - http://www.memfox.com/reading-magic-intro/ Audio files and information

Carol's Favorite - 2007

Scholastic - http://www.scholastic.com/familymatters/read/all/housetour/index.htm An interactive house image with ideas of what parents could do to stimulate reading in every room of the house.

Supporting Families’ Literacy Adventures - http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/home.html#Monthly%20Materials concrete ideas