Busy Parents:

The following links are to a series of free YouTube videos for parents to help their children. The videos in the “Raising Readers” series are short (two to four minutes each), easy to understand, and demonstrated with real families.

The “Raising Readers” video series is currently available in English and offers simple research-based strategies that parents can use to support their children’s reading and writing development at home. 

The “Raising Readers” series contains 12 videos focused on these topics:

• Building the Reading Habit
• Promoting a Love of Reading (Grades K-5)
• Promoting a Love of Reading (Grades 6-12)
• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics 
• Fluency 
• Vocabulary 
• Comprehension Strategies 
• Comprehension of Fiction
• Comprehension of Informational Texts 
• Writing (Grades K-2) 
• Helping Your Child with Writing (Grades 3-5) 

The videos in the “Raising Readers” series are short (two to four minutes each), easy to understand, and demonstrated with real families.