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Dear Parents/Caregivers:
I was blessed with 22 years’ experience in the field of education. I was a special education teacher, administrator and elementary principal. If your family is dealing with learning or behavioral issues in school I would be glad to offer pro bono advice along with a listening ear.
Sincerely,
Mark S. Johnson
[email protected]
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Daytime Emmy®-nominated and award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Oprah Winfrey, Chris Pine, Kristen Bell, Rita Moreno, Viola Davis, Jaime Camil, Kevin Costner, Lily Tomlin, Sarah Silverman, Betty White, Wanda Sykes and dozens more.
Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide. Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners.
https://www.storylineonline.net
The A to Z of Teaching Beginning Reading
Yale Center For Dyslexia Creativity
Click the Link
http://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/what-parents-can-do/the-a-to-z-of-teaching-beginning-reading/
IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
Web Resources for Families and Educators
Click the Link
https://iowareadingresearch.org/resources/web
SERC
SERC is a quasi-public agency established under statute to serve the CT State Board of Education in supporting educational equity and excellence. They offer a comprehensive library of resources dealing with specific learning disabilities and Dyslexia, a language based learning disability.https://ctserc.org/about/serc-programs/dyslexia/resources-for-families-students
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center
Connecticut’s Resource for Children with Disabilities; Empowering and Educating Families https://cpacinc.org
American Library Association Book Recommendations for Children
Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children’s books. According to the Notables Criteria, “notable” is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children’s books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children’s interests in exemplary ways.
According to ALSC policy, the current year’s Newbery, Caldecott, Belpré, Sibert, Geisel, and Batchelder Award and Honor books automatically are added to the Notable Children’s Books list.
