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PBS Kids - Reading Games
PBS Kids - Reading Games
PBS Kids - Reading Games

Explore reading and play games with your favorite PBS KIDS characters.
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Storyline Online
Storyline Online
Storyline Online

Storyline Online is a children's literacy website created by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, which provides free storytelling videos and resources for parents and teachers to foster a love of reading in children.
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Epic Books
Epic Books
Epic Books

Epic provides access to over 40,000 high-quality illustrated books and chapter books for children ages 12 and under. Create a login and it's free!
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Reading Machine
Reading Machine
Reading Machine

The Reading Machine provides links to 36 online games to help you teach and reinforce important reading skills, and to help your students practice and enhance their skills. The games make great "reward time" activities too.
Best Practices
What is the Science of Reading? Video
What is the Science of Reading? Video
What is the Science of Reading? Video

Reading is like a mathematical equation, find out what helps to move reading forward in our young readers. YouTube Video by University of Florida Literacy Institute.
Best Practices
What is the Science of Reading? - Timothy Shanahan
What is the Science of Reading? - Timothy Shanahan
What is the Science of Reading? - Timothy Shanahan

Timothy Shanahan shares best practices for teaching reading and writing. This week he answers questions and share more about the Science of Reading.
Best Practices
What is the Science of Reading?
What is the Science of Reading?
What is the Science of Reading?

Online article providing information about the Five Key Elements of Scientific Reading Instruction and the Three Elements of Science-Based Phonics Instruction.
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CREEC Network
CREEC Network
CREEC Network

The California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network is a program of the California Department of Education. The CREEC Network fosters regional partnerships throughout the state of California to promote environmental education and environmental literacy by providing teachers with access to high quality professional learning opportunities and education resources. Along with statewide sponsors and partners, each of the 11 California CREEC Regions provides professional learning opportunities and resources to educators as well as foster communications among schools and organizations interested in supporting the environmental literacy of California’s teachers and students. More information on the CDE’s CREEC Network program is posted on the CDE website. For Region 10 - RIMS information & resources go to: https://www.creec.org/Home/Region/10
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California Arts Education Framework
California Arts Education Framework
California Arts Education Framework

Celebrate and gain a greater understanding of California’s Arts Education Framework! Learn how the Arts Education Framework supports: Developing students’ artistic literacy Implementing the California Arts Standards for Public Schools, Prekindergarten Through Grade Twelve (Arts Standards) Providing equitable arts education for each and every student
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The Noun Project
The Noun Project
The Noun Project

Noun Project is building a global visual language that unites us — a language that allows quick and easy communication no matter who you are or where you are. The Most Comprehensive Icon Collection in the World. Our community of designers from 120+ countries is building the most diverse and extensive collection of iconography ever created. Icons are some of the most universal communication tools available, crossing language and cultural boundaries.
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National Resource Center For Asian Languages
National Resource Center For Asian Languages
National Resource Center For Asian Languages

National Resource Center for Asian Languages (NRCAL) was established in 2014 to improve the nation’s capacity for the teaching and learning of Asian languages including Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Khmer. NRCAL is 1 of 16 language resource centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
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International Children's Digital Library
International Children's Digital Library
International Children's Digital Library

This digital library hosts a collection of books from around the world. Ultimately, this organization hopes to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature available from the world community.
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Starting Smarter
Starting Smarter
Starting Smarter

The Starting Smarter website includes information on student score reports, sample test questions, parent-teacher conferences, and other no-cost resources in English and Spanish.
Best Practices
Multilingual Learning Toolkit
Multilingual Learning Toolkit
Multilingual Learning Toolkit

The Multilingual Learning Toolkit is an online hub for research-based key principles, instructional strategies, and associated, free, practical, and easy-to-use resources that are geared towards educators who teach PreK-3rd Multilingual Learners.
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Translanguaging: Theory, Concept, Practice, Stance… or All of the Above?
Translanguaging: Theory, Concept, Practice, Stance… or All of the Above?
Translanguaging: Theory, Concept, Practice, Stance… or All of the Above?

This CAL Commentary from Marybelle Marrero-Colón examines emergent practices, debates, and examples of translanguaging in the classroom and highlights the educational advantages and benefits of translanguaging in multiple contexts: dual language immersion, English as a Second Language, and more!
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CalSNAP SBCSS
CalSNAP SBCSS
CalSNAP SBCSS

CalSNAP is an all in one media library that allows teachers and students to search premier licensed media content through multiple vetted resources. The media resources that are available through CalSNAP include California Streaming, Khan Academy, Pics4Learning, Library of Congress, Common Sense Media, CK-12 and so much more! CalSNAP is a tool that can be used to help promote student agency and empower students to take their learning journey into their own hands as they acquire and synthesize information. Students are able to practice the digital citizenship skills that they have learned while becoming avid researchers.
Best Practices
Promoting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Health
Promoting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Health
Promoting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Health

This article offers teachers strategies that focus on building trusting relationships and conducting intentional teaching.
Best Practices
Building Positive Teacher-Child Relationships
Building Positive Teacher-Child Relationships
Building Positive Teacher-Child Relationships

This brief helps teachers support young children’s social and emotional development through evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures.
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History at Home: Exploring African American Heritage, Stories, and Culture Through Online Museum Collection
History at Home: Exploring African American Heritage, Stories, and Culture Through Online Museum Collection
History at Home: Exploring African American Heritage, Stories, and Culture Through Online Museum Collection

This blog post provides the general public with access to virtual museum collections of African American history, heritage, and culture.
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What Employers Can Do for Employees Whose Children Have Special Needs
What Employers Can Do for Employees Whose Children Have Special Needs
What Employers Can Do for Employees Whose Children Have Special Needs

This article helps working parents of children with special needs identity what they should look for in a company. It also helps employers see how they can better serve their employees.
Reports
Education Inequalities at the School Starting Gate
Education Inequalities at the School Starting Gate
Education Inequalities at the School Starting Gate

This study examines the relationship between children’s socioeconomic status (SES) and their cognitive and noncognitive skills when starting school using data from the kindergarten classes of 1998 and 2010.