Useful Links

Looking for parent handouts and tipsheets? You can find great documents from sources you trust.

• ECRR2 activities, sorted by age and activity, including some for children with disabilities, from CELL
• Activities and checklists from the National Center for Learning Disabilities   
• Behavioral concerns, bilingual kids and more in multiple languages from the Illinois Early Learning Project tip sheets on Talking, Reading and Games.
• Age-specific info from PBS
• Age-specific sheets in 11 languages from Reading Rockets
• Fun games to play from the National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Help your child become a Reader in English and Spanish from the US Department of Education
• Zero to Three

Want to see how some libraries are using video to communicate to parents about ECRR2 early literacy activities?

• See the series of 30 second public service announcements from the Calgary, Alberta Public Library
• The Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, Illinois has a blog with a 6-minute parent-oriented video about the ECRR2 activities.

Looking for booklists and storytime outlines?

• From ALA, see a terrific booklist for babies and toddlers (with some reference to specific needs).
• Also see the ALA storytime page.
• The blog from the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, Illinois has the fingerplays and books used in weekly storytimes.