Literacy

Game Zone
English Language Games that you can play online (all ages). Read More

Kids Activities
Free activities for child care and afterschool professionals. This website is filled with many great ideas when you have the time to explore. Here are a couple of direct links to literacy topics.

• Literacy - Read More
• Letter & Word Art - Read More

The LitART LEARN Curriculum
Each LitART LEARN After School Literacy Series is a full year curriculum comprised of eight thematic literacy notebooks. A LitART notebook provides step-by-step activity plans for 200 activities based on 16 picture books and three novels.  Read More

Extending and Enhancing Literacy Learning in Afterschool Programs 
A new resource prepared by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. Offers guidance as to how to effectively support children's literacy development in the afterschool space, including the latest research on what makes a program effective. Download PDF

The SEDL National Center for Quality Afterschool – Arts
The Afterschool Training Toolkit is a wonderful website to explore when you have time, but here are a few direct links to get you started in a variety of literacty related activities.

• Book Discussion Groups and Literature Circles - Read More
• Read Aloud - Read More
• Story and Literature Dramatizations - Read More
• Writing - Read More
• One-on-One and Small-Group Tutoring - Read More