LINKS TO LITERACY (L2L)
Vol 2 Issue 1

This compilation of Internet sites is designed to support Head Start’s literacy initiatives.
The list will be published in electronic format only.

We welcome comments and feedback: nanettel@headstartinfo.org.
Please be sure to check out our Literacy Toolkit online at: http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/literacy_tk.htm

A Synopsis of the 2002 Early Reading First Project Grantees (Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/earlyreading/2002abstracts.doc
     Early Reading First provides funding and support to turn preschool programs into centers of excellence by improving instruction and classroom environments through scientific research-based practices in language, cognition and early reading. Summaries of the first thirty programs to be funded are provided.

PLA and ALSC's Preschool Literacy Initiative (American Library Association)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/ECRR/ECRRHomePage.htm
     A model research-based program enlists parents and caregivers as partners in preparing their children for learning to read and provides the most effective methods to achieve this end. The unique structure focuses on the distinctive phases of a young child’s emergent literacy – pretalkers, talkers and pre-readers.

Wee Talk (Preschool Speech and Language Services)
http://www.weetalk.net/learn.htm
     Understanding spoken language and speaking are the first steps toward literacy. Speech and language pathologists provide developmentally appropriate information about how babies and young children learn to talk and what parents and caregivers can do to help their children learn to use language.