Online Training Solutions
Nemours BrightStart!
early literacy curriculum
is available online.
Online Training Solutions
Tools & Services
Transforming the Way Children Learn to Read
Nemours BrightStart! offers tools, resources, services, and training to parents, educators, and health professionals to help ensure that every child receives a bright start on the road to reading success.
Help Your Child Get a Nemours BrightStart!
Nemours BrightStart! tools, resources, services, and training can help ensure
that every child receives a bright start on the road to 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.
A Parent's Guide to Reading Readiness
This guide gives parents of children age 3 to 5 information on how to support their child on his or her reading journey. Along with invaluable advice, the book provides (available in English or Spanish): A checklist of reading readiness skills, lists of children’s books and fun activities to do at home.
Milestone Map
This full-color illustrated poster addresses parents' and educators' 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.
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. Please check Community Events for dates, locations, and information, or call (877) 878-3118 to schedule a visit.
Workshops for Parents
Nemours BrightStart! is proud to offer free parent education workshops on a variety of early literacy topics. Please check Community Events for dates, locations, and information.
Identify At-Risk Learners as Early as Possible
Nemours BrightStart! has developed programs and curricula that have been field tested with thousands of pre-kindergarteners at risk of reading failure. They have proven highly effective in building alphabet knowledge and phonological awareness skills that support future reading success. Plus, they are the perfect enhancement to any pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program — especially those serving at-risk learners.
Programs & Curricula
Nemours BrightStart! has formed a relationship with Kaplan Early Learning Company, a leading international provider of products and services that enhance children’s learning, to carry Nemours BrightStart! programs and products throughout the U.S.
Training & Professional Development
Our unique “live” professional development offerings are designed to assist you in supporting each child’s reach for full potential through literacy success. All trainings are designed incorporating research-based adult learning techniques, to help you get the most out of the experience and start using what you learn right away.
Online Resources
Nemours BrightStart! has partnered with Smart Horizons, a leader in the creation and delivery of innovative online training solutions, to host our workshops and courses, continuing education, and other resources for educators.
Identify At-Risk Learners as Early as Possible
Nemours BrightStart! offers health professionals the necessary tools to establish a dialogue with parents and offer children the best opportunity for long-term reading success. We’ve designed various tools and educational options for health professionals related to reading development, dyslexia, and the role that health professionals can play in talking with parents about these important topics.
The Health Care Professional's Toolkit
Nemours BrightStart! created the Health Care Professional's Toolkit to assist pediatricians, family practice physicians, and others in identifying youngsters who may be at risk for dyslexia and reading failure, and in counseling families.
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Risk Factors for
Reading Problems
Get the facts on risk factors for reading problems to help put all kids on the path to reading success, right from the start.