March is Reading Month
Welcome to our Community Literacy website where LITERACY resources are linked to the community.
Links to Other Websites
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Adult Literacy
- Book Club in A Bag
- Willard Library's Book Club in a Bag provides everything your book club needs for a great discussion.
- http://ns.willard.lib.mi.us/bookclub/
- Child Care Resource and Referral
- Provides a database of licensed preschool, child care or home care opportunities.
- http://www.mi4c.org
- Book-'The Literacy Principal'
- Shows that literacy initiatives and programs are most effective when principals encourage teachers and the whole school community to embrace literacy education. Rooted in "real classrooms," the book includes profiles of principals who have been successful in affecting their school's literacy environment. By David Booth & Jennifer Rowsell.
- http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idProduct=8146
- Calhoun County Community Report Card
- Calhoun County Indicator Data collated by the The Coordinating Council (TCC) of Calhoun County
- http://www.tcccalhoun.org/Community_Report_Card.html
- Calhoun Intermediate School District
- The CISD supports the following programs for young children: Child Find; Early On; Great Parents, Great Start; and the Michigan School Readiness Program.
- http://www.calhounisd.org/departments/earlychildhood/
- Community Action Agency (CAA)
- Information about CAA programs such as Head Start, Early Head Start, Expectant Mothers Program, Fatherhood Program, and Early Reading First.
- http://www.caascm.org/ECS.htm
- Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy
- Family literacy is a relatively new field. The Institute has set a research agenda to inform policymaking and professional development.
- http://www.ed.psu.edu/goodlinginstitute/about.htm
- KCC Early Childhood Literacy Program
- Provides early childhood literacy web links, resources, and learning experiences.
- http://www.kellogg.edu/literacy
- List of Calhoun County licensed daycare centers
- Click on Calhoun County
- http://www.dleg.state.mi.us/brs_cdc/sr_lfl.asp
- National Institute for Literacy
- The National Institute for Literacy, a federal agency, provides leadership on literacy issues, including the improvement of reading instruction for children, youth, and adults. In consultation with the U.S. Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services, the Institute serves as a national resource on current, comprehensive literacy research, practice, and policy.
- http://www.nifl.gov
- New publication on encouraging kids to read
- 'Reading Doesn't Matter Anymore...' by David Booth. Argues for redefining what reading means and remembering that story is the heart of literacy. Over 100 literacy events to celebrate reading in school and in the world beyond
- http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=9038&r=sb070315d
- Readers with Special Needs
- The International Reading Association provides links to resources related to readers with special needs.
- http://www.reading.org/resources/community/links_lit_special.html
- The Big Read
- The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.
- http://www.neabigread.org
- The Partnership for Reading
- Offers information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on research-based evidence. Includes information on the research, principles about reading instruction suggested by the research, and products for parents, teachers, administrators, and policy-makers.
- http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading
- What makes a good after-school program?
- Article in research journal of the American Psychological Association. Easy to read. Author: Tori DeAngelis
- http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar01/afterschool.html