The Richmond Rotary Club supports literacy and learning in our community. Here are a few
Resources that highlight the importance of literacy and provide information on how to develop
reading skills in children.
Resources that highlight the importance of literacy and provide information on how to develop
reading skills in children.
• Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success: https://
www.nap.edu/read/6014/chapter/1
This guide was created by the National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and
Social Sciences and Education; Board on Behavioral, Cognitive and Sensory Sciences;
Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children.
• 2020 What’s Hot in Literacy Report from the International Literacy Association (IRA)
https://literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/resource-documents/
whatshotreport_2020_final.pdf
The ILA’s annual report offers a look at the issues and topics that literacy professionals
think are critical to the future of literacy education.
• 13 Things Babies Learn When We Read with Them by Julia Luckenbill
https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/13-things-babies-learn-when-we-read-them
Article promoting literacy and learning from the National Association for the Education of
Young Children.
Young Children.
• Helping Your Child Become a Reader from the U.S. Department of Education
https://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/reader/reader.pdf
Book created for parents to assist with literacy training in the home.