Reading & Literacy
 

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Opening the Door to Learning 2008 (English) Opening the Door to Learning 2008 (English)

October 2008 - Opening the Door to Learning (2008) was designed by a team of educators and librarians to help parents and caregivers strengthen literacy in the lives of their children from birth to DOWNLOAD PDF »

Literacy has always been important, and in today's knowledge-based global economy, it is more important than ever.

As a parent, you can have a powerful impact on your children's literacy — supporting and helping them grow into critical thinkers and discerning users of information.

This section is designed to help you make literacy a part of your family life:

  • Develop your children's literacy skills from the day they say their first word until the day they graduate from high school.
  • Understand what your child will be learning in school and when.
  • Give you many ideas for how to support your children's literacy learning.


With strong literacy skills, our young people will be prepared to succeed in school, develop their own interests, graduate from college and get good jobs.

In the “related materials” section, we have included brief lists of books that are appropriate for each grade level, selected by teachers and librarians to provide a glimpse into the books that are available in the libraries and schools of New York City. We hope these books will lead your family to many enjoyable hours of literacy activities.

Much of the material in this section was adapted from Opening the Door to Learning: Literacy Is a Family Affair, developed by New Visions for Public Schools and the New York City Department of Education.