2 A-Day Tip Resources
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🎲 Literacy Games and TV Shows 📺
Click the links below to find some fun new literacy games you can play in the car with your kiddos! I’ve put together a list of websites and blogs that you will surely love!
🎉Have FUN! 🎉
Brightly - Raise Kids Who Love To Read
Growing Book By Book - A Guide To Nurturing Young Readers
Reading Eggs - Where Children Learn To Read
Empowered Parents - Teaching Kids Through Play
TV Shows That Support Literacy
📺 Literacy-Focused Kids’ Shows
Super Why!
Network: PBS Kids
Target Age: 3–6
Focus: Reading comprehension, letter recognition, word building, and problem-solving through fairy-tale adventures.
Between the Lions
Network: PBS Kids (classic, still available streaming/DVD)
Target Age: 4–7
Focus: Phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and story structure through puppets and animations.
WordWorld (Our FAV ❤️)
Network: PBS Kids
Target Age: 3–6
Focus: Words are literally built out of letters, helping children connect spelling with meaning in fun stories.
Reading Rainbow (revived as Reading Rainbow Live / Skybrary)
Network: PBS (original) / Skybrary app & live events (revived)
Target Age: 4–8
Focus: Book exploration, storytelling, and fostering a love of reading.
Sesame Street
Network: PBS Kids / HBO Max
Target Age: 2–6
Focus: Letter recognition, early vocabulary, rhyming, and reading readiness through songs, skits, and puppetry.
Alphablocks
Network: BBC / YouTube
Target Age: 3–6
Focus: Phonics and blending sounds into words with animated letter characters.
Blue’s Clues & You!
Network: Nickelodeon
Target Age: 2–6
Focus: Vocabulary, critical thinking, and comprehension skills through interactive problem-solving.
Martha Speaks
Network: PBS Kids
Target Age: 4–8
Focus: Vocabulary development—Martha the dog eats alphabet soup and gains the ability to speak, teaching new words each episode.
Wallykazam!
Network: Nickelodeon
Target Age: 3–7
Focus: Letter-sound recognition, rhyming, and word-building with fun fantasy storytelling.
Dora the Explorer
Network: Nickelodeon
Target Age: 2–6
Focus: Vocabulary, sequencing, and interactive storytelling (with a bilingual English/Spanish literacy boost).
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Reading Resources
Free or Low Cost Book Options
More than 2 million items, including books, movies, e-books, and e-audiobooks are circulated annually. We provide access to your library 24/7 through our website. Numerous free programs for all ages—children, teens and adults—include storytimes, early literacy workshops, book clubs, writing groups, community fairs, art, stitching groups, games, cultural programs, our annual Summer Reading Program, and many more.
Little Free Library provides no-cost Little Free Library book exchanges to communities where books are scarce.
Click here to find a Little Free Library near you!
First Book is a non-profit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs serving children in need, from birth to age 18.
Better World Books collects and resells used books to fund literacy initiatives worldwide and has donated millions of books to those in need.
Audiobook, E-book, and Online Resources
KLTV is available in over 800,000 schools worldwide via our website and video distribution partners. We’re a team of parents, educators, librarians, authors, illustrators, and filmmakers creating fun ways to inspire a love of reading.
We send children’s books to the International Space Station.
While in space, astronauts are videotaping themselves reading these books to the children of Earth. These videos are being edited and placed on this Story Time From Space website- look under the heading ” Story Time Videos”.
Free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 format.
The Dolly Parton Imagination Library is a unique book gifting program that mails a brand new, age-appropriate book to enrolled children every month from birth until five years of age, creating a home library of up to 60 books and instilling a love of books and reading from an early age.
A nonprofit organization that trains and supports medical providers who give books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud at well-child exams.
TheiBooks for Ownership program ensures that kids living in poverty have access to new, free books of their choice and participate in reading motivation activities.
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📚10 Books Without Words📚
A curated list just for you! These are great books that allow your kiddo to use their imagination and reinforce inferencing skills!
Mudkin (My FAV ❤️)
by Stephen Gammell
Summary: A young girl meets Mudkin, a friendly creature who whips up a robe and crown for her, and helps her use her imagination in her own kingdom!
Target Age: 5-9
Flotsam
By David WiesnerSummary: A boy discovers a mysterious underwater camera that reveals magical and surprising ocean secrets.
Target Age: 4–8
The Lion and the Mouse
By Jerry PinkneySummary: A gorgeously illustrated retelling of Aesop’s fable about kindness and unlikely friendships between a mouse and a lion.
Target Age: 3–7
Journey
By Aaron BeckerSummary: A girl discovers a magical red crayon that opens portals to enchanting worlds full of adventure.
Target Age: 4–8
Tuesday
By David WiesnerSummary: On a strange Tuesday night, frogs take to the air on flying lily pads in a whimsical adventure.
Target Age: 5–9
A Ball for Daisy
By Chris RaschkaSummary: A small dog named Daisy experiences joy, loss, and comfort when her favorite ball is destroyed and later replaced.
Target Age: 3–6
The Red Book
By Barbara LehmanSummary: A magical book connects two children from opposite sides of the world through its pages.
Target Age: 4–8
Sidewalk Flowers
By JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Sydney SmithSummary: A little girl collects wildflowers while walking with her father, quietly transforming her world with small acts of kindness.
Target Age: 4–8
Wave
By Suzy LeeSummary: A girl spends the day at the beach, playing with the waves in a delightful and dynamic story.
Target Age: 3–7
Chalk
By Bill ThomsonSummary: Three children find magical chalk that brings their drawings to life, leading to exciting (and a little chaotic) adventures.
Target Age: 4–8
Zoom
By Istvan BanyaiSummary: Each page zooms out to reveal a bigger picture, shifting perspective and showing how small things connect to larger worlds.
Target Age: 5–10
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🎶Music and Literacy📚
The early literacy skills required for reading that are enhanced through singing are: phonological awareness, letter knowledge, print awareness, narrative skills, vocabulary, and print motivation.
Below are links to research on how using music supports literacy skills.
Capstone - Using Music to Teach Early Literacy Skills
Edutopia - Music Training Can Be A Literacy Superpower
The Children’s Book Council - Music as a Literacy Tool
Reading Rockets - Music and Language Learning
International Literacy Association - Language and Literacy Learning Through Music