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

Literacy Strategies After School
A new resource prepared by the Connecticut After School Network. Literacy Strategies After School is a 400-page compilation of 50 different strategies and lesson suggestions for increasing literacy with students in grades 1-6. Developed specifically for use outside of the traditional classroom, these strategies are aligned with the Common Core State Standards, and include extensive samples and resource lists. 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