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“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of Childhood.” - Fred Rogers
SCHOOL READINESS:
College and career preparation is a lifetime goal that starts with parents and infants. Houston has great resources to help you begin the path to college.
PBS Education
PBS Education is a great tool for parents to keep track of their child’s development. Help with different developmental and educational skills for children, including: education, fun and games, food and fitness, and issues and advice. They also have information about your child’s favorite PBS KIDS Programs, and online programs for parents.
Literacy Now
Literacy Now formerly Making it Better, provides programs that are tailored to meet the needs of students and provide families with resources to develop reading as a way of life at home. The goal is to help increase achievement and close reading gaps through our Reading Intervention, Reading Express, and Lunch Bunch programs.
HeadStart and Early Start
HeadStart and Early Start promote school readiness. Head Start and Early Start programs are free and promote school readiness of children ages birth to five.
Get Ready to Read!
Get Ready to Read! Helps prepare students to read before kindergarten. Free Early Learning Resources to prepare your child the year before kindergarten, has screening tools, transitioning to Kindergarten Toolkit, Skill-Building Activities, and Early Learning and Childhood Basics.
Houston Public Libraries
Houston Public Libraries has many resources to help students with academic success. This site offers reading lists, field trips, fun and games, and different events catered to children of all ages.
National Institute for Literacy – Shining Stars
These publications show parents how they can help their child to read. Each book has four sections and is divided by age groups beginning with toddlers and finishing with 2nd and 3rd grade.
Good Reason Houston
Good Reason Houston is a historic coalition of business, civic, education, philanthropic, and non-profit organizations, as well as volunteers, who have joined together to support public school education.
HISD Early Childhood - ReadyRosie
HISD is providing parents with a FREE subscription to ReadyRosie, an interactive tool that provides daily activities for adults to do with children ages 0 to 6. The activities are simple, take about two minutes, and help prepare children for success in school.