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Help my Child Read: Reading Resources from the US ED.
http://www.ed.gov/parents/read/
resources/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln
Fun activities parents can use to build children's language skills.
Oral Reading Fluency
Retell Fluency
, from the University of Oregon.
http://dibels.uoregon.edu/measures/orf.php
A two-page guide of DIBELS resources.
How Parents Can Assist with Phonics K-2 from the Irvine Unified School District, CA.
http://www.iusd.k12.ca.us/parent_resources/parphncs.htm
Quick and easy tips.
Music to Build Reading & Language Skills.
http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/Reading.html
(Scroll down to the Reading Comprehension section.) Words to say or sing.
Research Link / Family Literacy from Educational Leadership March 2004 | Volume 61 | Number 6 published by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
http://www.ascd.org/publications/
ed_lead/200403/holloway.html
"...research indicates that family literacy activities contribute to children's success in school and that family literacy programs can provide opportunities for educational success for parents and children."