Resources For Family Literacy

TCALL Resources

Directory of Literacy Providers - To locate Even Start Family Literacy Project Sites please go to our Provider Directory and use the drop down menu for Program Type. Click on Even Start and all Even Start providers in Texas will return as your search information.

Family Literacy Listserv - Email discussion list for Texas Family Literacy practitioners and their partners

Family Literacy Resource Listings - (On TCALL Library Search page use Broad Search Categories box to find library resources in these subject areas, equivalent to the hard-copy bibliographies.)

Early Childhood Loan Resource Highlights - These abbreviated bibliographies highlight the "best of" Clearinghouse loan resources available for early childhood educators by age group, from infants (birth to age 1) through kindergarten (age 5-6).

Follow-Up Data on Parents in Even Start Programs in Texas, 2004 and 2005 (Don F. Seaman & Chia Yin-Chen, 2005)

Full-text Documents - See Family Literacy section

The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas

Reach Out and Read Assessment: The Final Report (Jacqueline Gramann, March 2007)

Texas LEARNS Resources

Even Start in Texas - This page of the Texas LEARNS website includes important information for the field selected by the State Even Start & Family Literacy Coordinator.

Texas Family Literacy Resource Center - TFLRC is a statewide initiative, funded by the Texas Education Agency through Texas LEARNS to provide a center for statewide professional development and technical assistance for Family Literacy projects.

National Institute for Literacy's LINCS Resources

Family Literacy National e-mail Discussion Group (facilitated by National Center for the Study of Adult Learning & Literacy)

"Family Literacy Special Collection" Web-based resources reviewed and compiled by National LINCS

For more information from a searchable nationwide adult education & literacy database, go to LINCSearch

Other Web Sites of Interest

Center for Parent Education and Family Support

Children's Learning Institute - Housed at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, CIRCLE is engaged in numerous research, community programs and training activities related to the goal of promoting quality learning environments for young children. Training in the early childhood component of Even Start family literacy is one aspect of their work.

Colorin Colorado - Designed by WETA's Reading Rockets, this website provides information, activities, and advice for Spanish-speaking parents and educators of English language learners.

Early Childhood Research and Practice - ECRP is a a peer-reviewed electronic journal sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8, emphasizing practice-related research and development.

Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) - part of Texas Cooperative Extension within The Texas A&M University System, FCS offers practical information for families: raising children, housing and environment, eating well, managing money, and staying healthy.

Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Parenting Resources - part of Texas Cooperative Extension within The Texas A&M University System, FCS offers a variety of parenting resources.

Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Online Courses for Child Care Providers - part of Texas Cooperative Extension within The Texas A&M University System, FCS offers online courses for child care providers.

Family Literacy page on website of CPAL (Community Partnerships for Adult Learning) - Site includes How-To's, Research, Journals, and Website links that explore issues related to family literacy instruction, such as parenting and child development and teaching to different age groups simultaneously. It also includes professional development ideas for family literacy educators, classroom materials, and links to family literacy websites.

Family Literacy Policy Page - National Center for Family Literacy

Free Parent Education Handouts – Washington Learning Systems site includes numerous downloadable parent-child activities targeted for children from birth through preschool age, developed with federal support for evidence based programs to promote early literacy, language, cognitive, and social development.

National Association for the Education of Young Children

NAEYC Journal Articles Available Online - The National Association for the Education of Young Children has an
Online edition of their journal, Young Children. Called Beyond the Journal, the online edition offers readers a number of articles, resource lists, and other documents online that are not included in the print issue, as well as some that are published in both venues. On the main Young Children journal page, click on the link to Beyond the Journal.

National Center for Family Literacy

National Even Start Association - The mission of this voluntary association is to provide a national voice and vision for Even Start Family Literacy programs.

Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners was developed by National Center for Family Literacy and National Center for ESL Literacy Education at the Center for Applied Linguistics. Texas practitioners may also request a hard copy free from the Clearinghouse Library.

Reach Out and Read - ROR is a research-based program that promotes early literacy by bringing new books and advice about the importance of reading aloud into the pediatric exam room. Doctors and nurses give new books to children at each well child visit from 6 months of age to 5 years and "prescribe" parents reading to children from infancy.

Reading Rockets - Getting ready to read begins long before the first day of kindergarten. A child's experiences with language, letters, and books build the foundation for becoming a reader. Check the early literacy section this reading website for parents and educators for ways to make learning to read as easy as A-B-C! Also see the site's Reading Research section for research and reports to guide decisions about reading instruction.

Recognition and Response: Pathways to Success for Young Children - Even at age three or four, some children show signs that they struggle to learn. Some of these concerns will resolve themselves over time, but some may be precursors of learning disabilities. Developed by the National Center for Learning Disabilities, in collaboration with the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the Communication Consortium Media Center, and several key state partners, this website offers numerous free resources based on a new and innovative Recognition and Response system. The system is a research-based approach to helping teachers and parents respond to signs of learning difficulty in young children as early as ages 3 or 4, before they experience school failure.

RIF Leading to Reading - Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most. RIF’s Leading to Reading Website offers activities and stories for babies and toddlers, preschoolers, and their grownup friends.

Texas Association for the Education of Young Children

Texas Association of Parent Educators

Verizon Thinkfinity - Sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide and funded by Verizon Communications, the website is an Internet tool developed to recruit, orient and train literacy volunteers. Online courses are available for existing and potential volunteers, as well as program directors and staff of literacy programs. Some courses are self-paced, others instructor-led, and some will be a blend of the two types.


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