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Nemours BrightStart!
early literacy curriculum
is available online.
Online Training Solutions
Resources for Parents
Your Young Reader. Our Promise.
Involved parents, properly equipped, can provide a bright start for their child. Nemours BrightStart! offers tools, resources, services, and training that aim to do just that. Our goals include helping parents understand early literacy development and offering support to parents as they help their child build the necessary skills for reading success.
Preparing your child for future reading success is less about giant leaps and more about the simple things you can do every day — such as fostering a positive learning environment at home, taking time out to read with your child, and keeping an eye out for the warning signs of reading failure.
Warning Signs
For Pre-Kindergarten & Early Elementary
Look for these signs of possible emerging reading problems:
- Difficulty learning letter names and letter sounds
- Problems with rhyming
- Problems separating and blending sounds within words
- Trouble reading simple, high-frequency words (cat, boy, who)
- Trouble with phonics
For Children 8 Years or Older
The following could be warning signs of dyslexia:
- Difficulty with spelling
- Trouble sounding out longer words
- Difficulty completing longer reading and writing assignments
- Slow, labored reading with poor comprehension
Risk Factors for Reading Problems
While reading problems occur across all races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic levels, and in all written languages, there are specific risk factors:
- Family history of dyslexia or other learning disabilities
- Low parental reading level
- Preschool language disorder, especially language comprehension disorder
- Attentional, behavioral, or emotional problems that affect learning
- Poverty and attendance at schools with a high poverty rate
Nemours BrightStart! is designed to engage educators, parents, and health professionals with science-based resources that identify early warning signs and provide the tools to help young children with early literacy difficulties respond and adapt, which closes the reading readiness gap with their peers and prevents a possible future of reading failure. Read More »
Nemours BrightStart! Is Here to Help You
Reading is one of the most important skills for success in school and life. Children with reading challenges often feel isolated and left behind. As a result, bright and capable kids can lose their confidence and develop a poor self-image. Nemours BrightStart! provides just the help your young child needs to prepare for reading success.
It’s important to keep in mind that Nemours BrightStart! does not “label” children. We identify those at risk of reading failure and offer early instruction. Nearly all young children receiving Nemours BrightStart! instruction make great progress.