FGLRC’s Early Literacy & Related Resources Repository

The Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign (FGLRC) has had the pleasure of working with a variety of state-level agencies and education partners serving on our State Leadership Network since the inception of our campaign. Many high-quality science-of-reading-based resources are developed and readily available through these partners. FGLRC’s Early Literacy Resource Repository serves as a hub for the best of these resources intended for parents, early learning professionals, teachers, and policymakers. Resources will be updated within this repository several times annually to ensure that newly developed partner resources are featured in a timely manner.

The following Florida partners, while not all exclusively literacy-focused, provide services and resources that help support the overarching work of our campaign which focuses on birth-five school readiness, student attendance, summer learning, healthy students, and family engagement. We encourage you to become familiar with these websites, in addition to accessing their key early literacy resources within our repository.
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Training for Promising Literacy Practices in K-5 Out-of-School-Time Programs

Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign (FGLRC), an initiative of Florida Alliance of Children’s Council & Trusts (FACCT), offers an engaging in person trainin...
g based on FGLRC’s ‘Promising Literacy Practices in K-5 OST Programs’, a document designed for K-5 OST staff and directors.  Training participants will be guided through 21 literacy practices aligned to the 7 categories of the Florida Standards for Quality Afterschool Programs. They will partake in small group discussion and activities that support these literacy practices, and will be familiarized with supporting literacy research documents and resources. Visit Resource
Parents

BookSmart

BookSmart is a free digital library of books appropriate for children 3-12 years old. It features hundreds of books in numerous languages, including English and...
Spanish. It can be used to enhance in- and out-of-school reading, to help parents engage in conversations around books, and to provide book access and programming for out-of-school clubs and libraries. This platform can be viewed as a website or downloaded as an app on any electronic device that uses iOS or Android software. No personal information is required to access these digital books. Simply visit booksmart.world/facct to get started, or click the link below. Visit Resource
Educators

IES Practice Guide: Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding

This practice guide provides four recommendations for teaching foundational reading skills to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade. Each recommendation in...
cludes implementation steps and solutions for common obstacles. The recommendations also summarize and rate supporting evidence. This guide is geared towards teachers, administrators and other educators who want to improve their students’ foundational reading skills. Visit Resource
Educators

Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Student Center Activities

Student Center Activities are available for use in Pre-K through fifth grade classrooms. The activities are designed for students to practice, demonstrate and e...
xtend their learning of what has already been taught, sometimes with teacher assistance and sometimes independently. Students can complete the activities in small groups, pairs or individually. Accompanying these Student Center Activities is a Teacher Resource Guide that offers important insights on differentiated instruction and how to use the Student Center materials. Visit Resource
Parents

Supporting Your Child’s Learning at Home

Learning to read begins at home through everyday interactions with children, long before they attend school. Supporting literacy development as children enter e...
lementary 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. Visit Resource
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Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Reading Program Repository

The Reading Program Repository is a resource to provide a one-stop shop to support Florida Local Education Agencies (LEAs) with being good consumers of research...
when selecting reading programs that best meet the needs of their students. The collection of reading programs listed in this repository is based on LEA program selections through the High-Quality Reading Curriculum Grant. The Reading Program Repository will continue to expand, including only programs of interest to Florida LEAs. Each of the programs included in the repository have been reviewed by either the What Works Clearinghouse or Evidence for ESSA. Individuals can use a filter to pull information on specific programs to obtain quick-glance information or view a full program description. Visit Resource
Parents

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

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 lit...
erate 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. Visit Resource
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Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign

Science of Reading (Defining Guide)

This eBook from The Reading League provides a firm definition of what the science of reading is, what it is not, and how all stakeholders can understand its pot...
ential to transform reading instruction. Digital copy citation: 1st within text citation: (The Reading League [TRL], 2022) Subsequent text citations: (TRL, 2022). To purchase a hard copy of this book, click here. Visit Resource
Stakeholders

The Florida Gap Map

To ensure children are prepared for an increasingly complex workforce, they must have a strong foundation. The Florida Chamber Foundation’s Florida Business All...
iance for Early Learning Project has been working to promote the importance of quality early learning and raise awareness among business leaders. A child’s future success may also be impacted by where they live. Research shows many students living in high poverty areas have fewer resources and may perform at lower academic levels than children living in higher socioeconomic income areas. The Florida Chamber Foundation’s Florida Prosperity Project is uniting business leaders behind the effort to create equity of opportunity and end generational poverty in Florida one zip code at a time. The Florida Gap Map brings together the important work of the Florida Prosperity Project and the Florida Business Alliance for Early Learning Project. This online tool gives business and community leaders throughout Florida important information on the schools in their community. Visit Resource
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ExcelinEd Policy

From kindergarten through third grade, children are learning to read. Then in fourth grade, they transition to use reading to learn. A comprehensive state early...
literacy policy can ensure all students enter fourth grade with the foundational reading skills they need to learn, graduate and succeed. ExcelinEd’s  comprehensive early literacy policy empowers students with the ability to read and opens doors and opportunities each student deserves. This policy toolkit offers resources and tools to support states working to advance a comprehensive early literacy policy. Visit Resource
Parents

New Worlds Reading Initiative

New Worlds Reading is Florida’s free at-home literacy program to help eligible VPK through 5th grade students in Florida bolster literacy skills, build reading ...
confidence, and foster a lifelong love of reading. Each month, eligible kids receive a free book tailored to their interests with resources and activities for caregivers and children to use together. The UF Lastinger Center for Learning administers the program and selected Scholastic as a partner. Books are selected in collaboration with the Florida Department of Education and are available in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and braille. For more information, visit newworldsreading.com. Visit Resource
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University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning

The UF Lastinger Center for Learning improves the quality of teaching, learning, and caregiving. We research, develop, and scale equitable educational innovatio...
ns for adults and children that put all learners on trajectories for lifelong success. We provide professional development in early learning, literacy, and mathematics. Visit Resource
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Approved Early Literacy Courses

Pursuant to Section 402.305(2)(d)5., F.S., all child care personnel must complete a single course of training in early literacy and language development of chil...
dren ages birth through five years that is a minimum of five clock hours or .5 CEUs. Early literacy training must be completed within 12 months of date of employment in the child care industry. Proof of completion may be documented on a certificate of course completion, classroom transcript, or diploma. Visit Resource
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Child Care Training Course Catalog

This catalog contains early childhood courses, which can be found throughout Florida. Training course topics include; behavioral and social-emotional developmen...
t, child welfare, developmentally appropriate practices, early intervention, rules and regulations, supporting special needs, and much more. Visit Resource
Parents

Transition to Kindergarten

Transition to Kindergarten resources are provided for families to ensure that their child(ren) start kindergarten ready to learn and continues to thrive during ...
the school year. Visit Resource
Parents

Parents’ Pages

Parent’s Pages, the Division of Early Learning monthly newsletter, includes resourceful information that encourages fun, learning and family bonding.
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Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards and Professional Competencies

Florida adopted the Florida Early Learning and Development Standards, Birth to Kindergarten in December 2017. The standards and benchmarks reflect the knowledge...
and skills that a child on a developmental progression should know and be able to do at the end of an age-related timeframe. Visit Resource
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First Teacher books

The Division of Early Learning’s First Teacher books offer guidance on child development and how to encourage children to explore, learn and grow. Each Fi...
rst Teacher book includes a Language and Literacy Domain for ages birth to four-year-olds. Visit Resource
Parents

Early Literacy Tips for Families

Tip sheet to encourage family engagement and build literacy skills.
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Stakeholders

Rural Food Insecurity: Research Brief and Report

Share Our Strength and Feeding America partnered on a qualitative research study and broader report examining food insecurity in rural communities across the Un...
ited States. Visit Resource
Educators

Innovative Breakfast Delivery Options

The most effective ways to boost school breakfast participation are by using Breakfast After the Bell models. Learn how each Breakfast After the Bell model is s...
tructured, and the percentage increase school breakfast programs can experience by adopting these models. Visit Resource
Educators

The Umbrella Model: Increasing Participation in Afterschool Meals

Increasing access to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Afterschool Meals Program, also known as the Supper Program, is critical to ending childhood ...
hunger. Currently, only a fraction of the children who receive a free or reduced-price lunch at school have access to a meal or snack after school. This resource provides recommendations on how to reach more students after school through this important meal program. Visit Resource
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Schools as Nutrition Hubs

Schools operating as Nutrition Hubs help children access the nutrition they need throughout the year by operating all available federal child nutrition programs...
— school breakfast, lunch, supper, and summer meals. This model helps ensure that all children benefit from the nutrition they need so that they can thrive educationally and physically. Visit Resource
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The Importance of School Meals

School meals are a lifeline to many children and families, easing financial strain and uncertainty and providing a comforting source of consistency for students...
. This resource demonstrates how school meals are essential to student health and academic success, how supporting school meals means supporting the local economy, and how collaboration and creativity can ensure meal service will be effective for everyone. Visit Resource
Parents
Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign

Language and Literacy Tip Sheets

Developed in partnership with the University of Florida Lastinger Center, Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign literacy tip sheets are designed to support famil...
ies, caregivers, and teachers who provide early reading instruction to preschool age children. These easy-to-implement tips and strategies help build early language and literacy skills right at home, are available in English and Spanish, and some provide links to video resources to watch early literacy instruction in action. Visit Resource
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Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign

Supporting Literacy in School-Age Programs

The Department of Children and Families Office of Child Care Regulation offers an online course titled ‘Supporting Literacy in School-Age Programs’....
The goal of this course is to prepare out-of-school time (OST) practitioners to foster the development of reading and writing in school-age children, and to identify and address risk factors for delays in literacy in order to mitigate or prevent future illiteracy. This 5 hour 6 module course is available in English and Spanish and includes an early literacy study guide with over 80 helpful resources links. K-5 Afterschool and Summer Camp providers are strongly encouraged to take this inexpensive, self-paced, online course to improve their literacy coaching skills with the students they serve. Visit Resource
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Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign

Promising Literacy Practices in K-5 Out-of-School-Time Programs

The ability to read is an essential tool for children’s success throughout their lifetime, with third grade reading proficiency being a critical milestone...
. This document details elements of K-5 afterschool or summer programs that may provide positive effects on reading achievement and are aligned with the seven domains of the Florida Standards for Quality Afterschool Programs. Along with 21 promising literacy practices, this document includes a reference section of important resources for out-of-school-time staff. OST programs may also request professional development training on this literacy tool, provided by the Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign at the Florida Alliance of Children’s Councils and Trusts. Visit Resource
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Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign

Early Learning Public Service Announcements

Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign’s YouTube channel has a variety of professionally produced public service announcement videos related to early learni...
ng topics. The videos are available in various short lengths and in English and Spanish, covering topics including The Importance of Early Language Development, The Importance of Attendance, and The Importance of Summer Learning Opportunities. Visit Resource
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Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign

EarlyCare Text Messaging Service

EarlyCare is a free parent and provider support provided via text message, providing health and education tips based on your child’s age. This resource is avail...
able for up to three children per text number, and is available for children birth – 8 years old, in English and Spanish. EarlyCare provides easy to understand messages on speech and reading development, wellness, growth and other educational milestones, and has a searchable resource library, including games, videos, articles, and learning & development tools for young children. To enroll, simply text LEARN to 52046! Visit Resource