Student and Parent Resources

Explanations Parents May Use to Explain COVID-19 in Multiple Languages

Helping Your Kid With...

The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk

https://www.meadowscenter.org/library/resource/helping-your-kid-with

Educational experts at MCPER have created videos to help parents and guardians use effective practices to teach students at home due to COVID-19. Videos will be posted regularly, so be sure to return to this page often to get the latest information.

Reading Resource for Students with Reading Disabilities

Bookshare

https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/learning-center/learning-at-home

(link for parents and at-home learning)


Reading Tips

Colorin Colorado, English and Spanish

https://www.colorincolorado.org/families

Colorin Colorado https://www.colorincolorado.org/reading-tip-sheets-parents, One-page Reading Tip Sheets are available in thirteen languages and offer easy ways for parents to help kids become successful readers, babies to 3rd grade.


Questions to ask as students are reading texts

http://www.katyisd.org/campus/KDE/Documents/Before%20During%20and%20After%20Questions%20-%20ELA.pdf


Practical Ideas for Reading Instruction

Practical Ideas for Parents Booklet

https://buildingrti.utexas.org/sites/default/files/booklets/Practical_Ideas_for_Parents.pdf

Parent resource for beginning reading instruction that can be done at home. Practical ideas for young children.


Practical Ideas for Parents Booklet - Spanish

https://buildingrti.utexas.org/sites/default/files/booklets/Ideas_Practica_Para_Padres.pdf

Spanish version of Practical ideas for reading instruction that can be provided at home.


Put Reading First Helping Your Child Learn How To Read: A Parent Guide (Preschool through grade 3)

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pubs/documents/PRFbrochure.pdf


Additional Resources

Hands-On Activities for Families

https://www.weareteachers.com/hands-on-activities-for-families/

These activities involve items found around the house. They provide perfect opportunities for exploration and writing/drawing what they learned and/or the steps they followed.

Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org/resources/parents-mentors-1 Start-up guides and resources for parents and mentors.