Item |
Website |
Comment |
First School - Preschool Activity and Crafts |
www.first-school.ws/theme/
alphabetp1.htm |
Alphabet printable worksheets and colouring pages |
The Center for Literacy and Disability Studies |
www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/about.html |
Centre devoted to promoting literacy learning and use for people with disabilities. |
Learn to Read At Starfall |
www.starfall.com/ |
Early alphabet awareness, phonological awareness, and early reading experience. |
Let's Play! Projects |
letsplay.buffalo.edu/ |
Information about early adaptive play. Resources for adapting play equipment for children who have disabilities, and resources for early interaction with computer software. |
The Assistive Technology Training Online Project, University Of Buffalo
Low Tech Writing Tools |
atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/
Populations/LowTech/writing.php |
Resource that provides an overview of low tech writing aids. Provides a continuum from low tech to high tech aids. |
Baltimore City Public School System: Adapted Library Project |
www.bcps.k12.md.us/boardmaker/
adapted_library.asp |
This site provides Picture Communication Symbols to support reading activities for favourite children's stories. Boardmaker is required to use these files. |
National Centre to Improve Practice |
www2.edc.org/NCIP/tour/toc.htm
www2.edc.org/NCIP/library/vi/toc.htm
www2.edc.org/NCIP/tour/r-lit_EmergentLit.html |
This site provides an overview of considerations for promoting early language and literacy development. Pictures and video accompany some of the descriptions.
There is a separate link devoted to technology to support students who have visual impairment and a separate link to Emergent Literacy Considerations |
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers |
www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=9 |
Article by Dawn Ramsburg on Emergent Literacy. |
Story Place Preschool Library |
www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/
bathonstory.asp?themeid=8 |
Simple online stories and activities. Preschool stories are read while elementary level requires silent reading. Elementary stories provide some interaction (choosing characters, etc.) |
Stories Online |
www.kidskonnect.com/StoriesOnline/
StoriesOnline.html |
Individual stories and libraries of stories. Some are illustrated while others are not. |
Lil' Fingers Storybooks |
www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/
index.html |
Preschool stories with very simple animation. Some have activity pages. |
Ebook Library |
web.rbe.sk.ca/support/ebooks/ |
A series of ebooks created by school children. These stories use Quick Time Player. |
Children's Storybooks Online |
www.magickeys.com/books/#yc |
Animated stories without speech. |
Education World: Preschool Zone |
www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/
pep/pz.html |
Links to theme related worksheets, Boardmaker files, Intellitalk II files, and lists of software titles for preschool age children. |
Literacy: Issues for people who are blind, parents and professionals |
blindness.growingstrong.org/ed/
literacy.html#em |
A series of articles about supporting literacy development for people who have vision impairment. |
Early Literacy Telecollaborative Project |
www.earlyliterature.ecsd.net/ |
A compilation of research, strategies and resources for parents and teachers. |
Munroe Public Library: Children's Book Lists |
www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/
predict.html |
A resource which categorizes predictable book titles by type (e.g. pattern stories, rhyme) |
Tumblebook Club |
www.tumblebooks.com/club/asp/
book_details.asp?ProductID=2246 |
This site requires subscription to access a variety of online ebooks, which can be read with or without voice. |
Beginning Literacy Framework, Musselwhite, C., Erickson, K., & Ziolkowsky, R. |
www.donjohnston.com/djlearning/
djlearning2.htm |
Article posted on the Don Johnston website that describes the continuum of reading development from emergent through transitional to conventional. |
Invest in Kids |
www.investinkids.ca/ |
This site provides parents with many resources that support early child development. |
