North East Digital Village
The Reading Room
Connecticut Reading Resources
New Haven Reads
New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510
For questions regarding literacy programs, events, contacts, volunteer opportunities, etc., call 203-946-5497 or 203-752-1923, or send email to Chris Alexander, Coordinator of New Haven Reads, at cnalex@aol.com.
The Greater New Haven Literacy Coalition, City Hall, Room 235B, 165 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510, 203-946-5480, gnhlc@yahoo.com
Early Reading Success
300 George Street, New Haven, CT 06511, 203.865.6163
The Early Reading Success Initiative represents a new partnership between public schools with special literacy needs, and Haskins Laboratories.
Literacy Volunteers of America: Greater New Haven
Non-profit educational organization that trains, certifies, and supports tutors to provide tutoring in Basic Literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
New Haven Office: Adult Education Bldg, 580 Ella Grasso Blvd., Room 13, New Haven, CT 06519, 203-865-3867, 203-562-7833 (fax)
Meriden Office: Meriden Public Library, 105 Miller Street, Meriden, CT 06450, 203-235-1714, 203-630-2423 (fax)
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Reading & Education Resources
Resources for those learning to read or improving their ability to read and those who teach others to Read. (What is literacy?)
Learning to Read
The Internet Picture Dictionary [English, French, German, Italian, Spanish]
cite: pdictionary.com/
Elements of Learning: Exercises designed to develop basic skills like color and shape recognition as well as simple reasoning - essential tools for processing information.
cite: ettc.net
The Learning Edge Interactive online newspaper for adult literacy students [Ontario, Canada]
cite: thewclc.ca
Reading is Fundamental: prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most.
cite: rif.org
Confusing Words: is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused. Some of these words are homonyms (words that sound alike but are spelled differently) and some are just commonly confused.
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Awesome Stories: finds the most relevant source material available and takes you to it within the context of clear, concise, entertaining stories. Here you will find famous events, history, movies and much more.
cite: awesomestories.com
SKillswise: Improve your English and maths with Skillswise. Factsheets, worksheets, quizzes and games to help improve your skills.
cite: bbc.co.uk
Reading Tips for Parents (Consejos de lectura para los padres): Help your child learn to read — have fun, too!
cite: latimes.com
Materials That Are Worth a Look!: Links to a variety of literacy and curruculum sites foir parents and teachers and YOU!
cite: literacynet.org
Paragraphpunch.com: This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic paragraph. Users develop an idea and write their own topic sentence, body, and a conclusion. The web site provides questions that help to guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing.
cite: paragraphpunch.com
Gedpractice.com: Free service to familiarize you with GED testing.
cite: gedpractice.com
American English Pronunciation & Reading Practice: Interesting Things for ESL Students. A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language. Listen & learn to pronounce. Test your ability to listen carefully.
cite: manythings.org
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National Sites
Advocacy & the Promotion of Literacy
State Orgianzations & University Supported Sites
Georgia: Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Massachusetts: System for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES)
Ohio: Family Literacy Resource Notebook
Pennsylvania: Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE)
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Literacy Corps
Tennessee: Center for Literacy Studies
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Literacy & Technology
Adult Literacy & Technology Network
Literacy Information aNd Communication System
Literacy Tech
Literacy & Social Services
Correctional Education Association
Homes for the Homeless (HFH)
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