Tips for Helping Children

Submitted by bww on Wed, 2008-03-05 21:07.

Get involved in helping children develop literacy skills.

Children struggle with reading for different reasons. Some may improve by simply replacing some TV time with extra reading time. Others may need help from a parent or tutor. About 15 percent of children have learning disabilities that require different teaching methods than those typically taught in school.

If your child needs more reading practice, please attend one of our free Cincinnati Reads training seminars, where you can learn how to help improve your child's reading proficiency. Call the Literacy Network at (513) 621-7323, or email hsmith@LNGC.org for information about this program.

If you think your child may have a learning disability, he/she may benefit from our Children’s Basic Reading Program, specially designed for children with learning disabilities. Call our hotline for information about this class or to receive referrals to educational testing sites or tutoring resources in our area. Our number is (513) 621-7323, or you can reach us by email at jsteimle@LNGC.org.

Here are links to other resources that can help you boost your child's reading skills:

www.proactiveparent.com This website aims to meet parents' and children's needs for reading education and other parenting resources. It offers prescreened links to many types of parenting resources.

www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/publications.html#ECD Access early childhood education publications for parents.

www.ed.gov/pubs/50things Moving America to the Head of the Class: 50 Simple Things You Can Do

www.reading.org/publications/brochures/brochures.html Browse International Reading Association parent brochures (also available in Spanish).

www.nifl.gov/nifl/publications.html Visit the National Institute for Literacy for additional publications.

www.interdys.org Get information from the International Dyslexia Association.

www.ldonline.org Find information from the Learning Disabilities Association of America.

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