Help Your Child Get a Nemours BrightStart!
Nemours BrightStart! helps parents understand early literacy development and provides tools to help their children gain skills for reading success.
Screening Process
Nemours BrightStart! reading readiness screenings are very child-friendly. Specially trained staff work one-on-one with the child to check his or her knowledge of print, letter names, sounds, and listening skills that support the abilities required in learning to read.
The screening only takes about 10 minutes. If a child has trouble with these skills, Nemours BrightStart! may provide direct services including special early literacy instruction, or offer guidance for parents and teachers to help the child build these skills and become better prepared for reading success.
Mobile Units
Our state-of-the-art mobile classrooms bring Nemours BrightStart! expertise out to you. We provide screening, instruction, and general information at events in communities throughout the year.
Workshops for Parents
Nemours BrightStart! is proud to offer free parent education workshops on a variety of early literacy topics.
Community Events
View our Nemours BrightStart! event calendar to get information about upcoming mobile classroom visits and workshops for parents. Go to Event Calendar »
More Resources for Parents
Nemours BrightStart! Tools on Kaplanco.com
A Parent's Guide to Reading Readiness
This guide gives you information on how to support your child (ages 3 to 5) on his or her reading journey. Along with invaluable advice, the book, available in English or Spanish, provides:
- a checklist of reading readiness skills
for pre-kindergarteners - lists of children’s books to read aloud
that work on specific literacy skills - fun activities to do at home to prepare children
to learn to read
- Order the Parent's Guide to Reading Readiness
- Call Kaplan Early Learning Company toll-free at
(800) 334-2014
Milestone Map
This full-color illustrated poster addresses parents' and teachers' concerns about children's reading readiness and progress. It includes milestones and warning signs indicating when children may be at risk for reading challenges from birth through age 6.
By tracking along with this simple map, parents can be sure their children are keeping up with their peers and intervene if they begin to notice warning signs of dyslexia or reading failure. Available in English or Spanish.
- Order the Milestone Map
- Call Kaplan Early Learning Company toll-free at
(800) 334-2014
Available for Download
Here are more brochures, pamphlets, and presentations from Nemours BrightStart! available for download:
Trusted Tools & Resources
Try these tools and resources from trusted external sources recommended by Nemours BrightStart!:
- Get Ready to Read!®: Online Screening Tool
- Get Ready to Read!
- The Library of Congress
- American Library Association
- PBS Reading Activities at Home
- Reading Rockets
- Read with Me!
- Starfall’s Learn to Read With Phonics
- The Children’s Book Council
- KidsHealth.org: All About Reading
- International Reading Association
- Building Blocks for Literacy®
More on Dyslexia & Other Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Online
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities, Inc.
- The International Dyslexia Association
- Wrights Law (Special Education Law and Advocacy)
- Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
Recommended Reading for Parents
- “Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success,” published by the National Research Council, Eds M. Susan Burns, Peg Griffin and Catherine E. Snow, 1999.
- “Straight Talk About Reading,” by Susan L. Hall and Louisa C. Moats, 1999.
Contact Us
Jacksonville
10140 Centurion Parkway North, Jacksonville, FL 32256
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Phone: (904) 697-3118 or toll-free 1-877-878-3118
Email: nemoursbrightstart@nemours.org
Orlando
9145 Narcoossee Road, Orlando, FL 32827
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Phone: 1-877-878-3118 (toll-free)
Email: nemoursbrightstart@nemours.org
Delaware Valley
49 Fallon Avenue, Seaford, DE 19973
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