Resources

Check out these oral language resources!

• Head Start has a resource on how parents and families support oral language and vocabulary.
   
• Handy Handouts (Spanish version) shares information about how to promote oral language in young children.
   
• Here are some playful activities from Playgroup WA to encourage oral language development!
   

Listed below are sites that provide additional support when you work with your child:

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers resources for parents to assist with their child from birth through teen years.
   
• The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has social and emotional learning tools and resources to inform and support parents.
   
• Conscious Discipline has free printable resources for parents to assist when addressing a child's social and emotional development.
   
• The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music offers an online "Song a Day" with Ms. H.
   
• The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has research-based resources, tips, and ideas for families.
   
• A Parent's Guide to Community Resources in Milwaukee provides information about local community resources.
   
• The Today Parenting Guides are a one-stop resource developed with parents in mind.
   
• Pathways.org provides free tools to help parents understand and encourage children's motor, sensory, and communication development.
   
• Milwaukee PBS offers a variety of resources, activities, apps, and games for parents, caregivers, and children.
   
• Milwaukee PBS's early childhood website has curated resources for parents and caregivers of young children.
   
• The Milwaukee Public Schools Ambitious Instruction: Accelerating Learning plan unites all content areas around (1) formative practices, (2) explicit instruction, and (3) meaningful student engagement.
   
• PBS KIDS for Parents offers free resources that support learning for young children.
   
• Reading Rockets offers research-based reading activities to help children learn to read or to read better.
   
• Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards (WMELS) are developmental expectations for children from birth through the entrance to first grade.
   
• Zero to Three helps parents understand how the early loving years make connections that last a lifetime.