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.
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
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.