Build Resiliency

Build Resiliency

by | May 30, 2024

Florida Department of Education recently launched a comprehensive new online resource — “Resiliency Florida”. This first-in-the-nation approach provides downloadable resources for parents, educators and youth-serving organizations, all focused on empowering students to persevere and overcome life’s inevitable challenges.

This platform is a testament to what we can achieve together — empowering communities to thrive despite challenges.

 

The Importance of School Meals

The Importance of School Meals

by | May 30, 2024

School meals help millions of children from low-income families get the nutrition they need to learn and grow. This section covers how the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program work, why they’re so important, and how they can be improved to reach more students through policy changes at both the federal and state level.

BookSmart

BookSmart

by | Oct 2, 2023

BookSmart is a free digital library for children 3-12 years old. It showcases digital books in various languages, including English and Spanish. BookSmart can be viewed as a website or downloaded as an app on any electronic device that uses iOS or Android software. It can be used:

To enhance in and out of school time reading.
To help parents engage in conversations around books.
To provide book access and programming for out of school clubs and libraries.

Be sure to use 4-character library code FACC to access our Florida library.

Supporting Your Child’s Learning at Home

Supporting Your Child’s Learning at Home

by | Sep 6, 2022

Learning to read begins at home through everyday interactions with children, long before they attend
school. Supporting literacy development as children enter elementary school and progress through grades positively affects their reading ability. The Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast (REL-SE) provides family activities with easy-to-follow instructions to help children practice foundational reading skills at home for students in kindergarten through grade 3. This resource provides short family videos for tips and support on how to use the activities to help children grow as readers. Using the family activities at home can help children develop language, link sounds to letters, blend letters and word parts to read and write the words and ultimately read for understanding.

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Parent Guides for B.E.S.T. Standards English Language Arts

by | Sep 6, 2022

The B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) are literacy standards for Florida students that will shape their education and make Florida the most literate state in the nation. Parent Guides are available to help families learn more about the B.E.S.T. ELA Standards for students in grades kindergarten through grade 8. This resource provides suggested book lists, activities to encourage learning at home in ways that are fun for parents and children and important educational (academic) words that parents will see in their child’s grade-level standards.