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Overview
Six skill areas
Choosing books
Fingerplays & songs
Reading aloud - video clips
Reading tips - many languages
Partnering with your library
More literacy websites

for children & parents

  A B C games
Very easy online activities to explore the alphabet.
  Gus & Inky -
game 1 | game 2 | game 3
  Karaoke

Sing along with familiar songs. See words and pictures as you sing.
  One More Story
Listen to picture books. Available only at Library workstations.
  PBS Kids
Music and games with TV characters.
  Peep and the Big Wide World
Explore science and math concepts in online games for preschoolers.
 Sesame Street
Games, stories, art, music and more.
 TumbleBook Library
Listen to picture books. Click Story Books to begin.

for parents

  Brain Development

How do literacy skills begin in the early years in developing brain? From the Zero to Three organization.
  Center for Early Education and Development (CEED)

Information about young children, including children with special needs. From the University of Minnesota.
  ELSIE: Early Literacy Storytime Ideas Exchange

Find books to match each of the six early literacy skills.
  KidzSing Garden of Songs
Words and melodies for over 50 familiar songs for young children.
  Mem Fox's Ten Read Aloud Commandments

From a notable children's author and champion of literacy.
  Minnesota Storytime

Guides for picture books with suggestions for sharing stories with young children. From the Minnesota Humanities Commission.
  Parent Guide to Literacy

Pre-Talkers: birth to 2 years (pdf)
Talkers: 2 to 3 years (pdf)
Pre-Readers: 4 to 5 years (pdf)
From the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
  Reading Checkups

Simple questions to help prepare children to read. From the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  Ready for K

A Minnesota campaign working for comprehensive policy change for our children, their parents and caretakers.
  TV and Your Family
Information and tips for parents. From the American Academy of Pediatrics.