Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.

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Reading Tip Sheets

Reading, and a love for reading, begins at home. Our one-page Reading Tip Sheets offer easy ways for parents to help kids become successful readers. Although we've divided these tips by age, many of them can be used with children at various ages and stages — we encourage you to choose the ones that work best for your child.

Each tip sheet is available in eleven languages and can be downloaded as a PDF.

Tips for Parents of Preschoolers

Pre-kindergarten tip sheet

Tips for Parents of Kindergartners

Kindergarten tip sheet

Tips for Parents of First Graders

First grade tip sheet

Tips for Parents of Second Graders

Second grade tip sheet

Tips for Parents of Third Graders

Third grade tip sheet

Parent tip sheets in other languages

You can also download these tip sheets in the following languages:

tip sheets in various languages

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