Celebrate National Poetry Month with these activities from Reading Rockets.

Try this family drawing activity from Great Schools to help your child develop language skills and recognize the different types of families.

Your Preschooler's Rights

Did you know that around eight percent of all young children are identified as having learning disabilities that may keep them from reaching important milestones as expected?

If you have questions about your child's development, your pediatrician, well-child clinic staff, or preschool teacher can help to answer your questions and suggest next steps.

If you find that there is reason for concern, please read NCLD's Parent Advocacy Brief, Preschool Services Under IDEA, to learn about the services your preschooler may be entitled to under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

You and your preschooler have rights, learn more about them today!

Download the Home Literacy Environment Checklist as a guide to determining if your child is getting enough experience with books and reading at home.

This checklist is a great guide to finding ways to further promote literacy in your household!

Download and read "Delaying Kindergarten." This paper provides a study of the different effects associated with the recent trend of older entrance into kindergarten.

Visit the Recognition and Response and RTI Action Network web sites today for more information about the Recognition and Response model!

Try these fun activities to help your students grow, learn and succeed!

Have your students participate in D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything And Read!)

Create a reading raffle for your classroom as suggested by Reading is Fundamental — the more books your students read, the better chance they have at winning a prize!

Read "What to Expect in Preschool: Math" to learn more about what the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics have identified as the important early math skills your child should be developing throughout preschool.

The article discusses the skills they are already learning in the classroom, and offers ways parents can bring, or introduce math into their child's home life.

The Obama Administration has released its blueprint for reforming the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (currently known as No Child Left Behind).

The blueprint challenges states to embrace educational standards that would put America on a path to global leadership by adopting college- and career-ready standards and reward schools for producing dramatic gains in student achievement.

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