Colorín Colorado

The Reading Rockets project just launched a major new bilingual Web site for Spanish-speaking parents on how to help children learn to read. http://www.colorincolorado.org

Let Spanish-speaking parents in your community know about this site. Any time is a good time, but Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept 15 – Oct 15. You’re also welcome to print out and hand out any pages from the site you wish.

The Web site is called “Colorín Colorado.” Click here to find out why! http://www.colorincolorado.org/whythatname.html

The site features beautiful illustrations from Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz and entertaining video clips of celebrities such as the late, beloved Celia Cruz.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/messages/cruz.html

The free Web site is for parents of children between infancy and nine years old and includes simple, powerful ways to help them become successful students.

“Across America, children are struggling to learn to read,” says Reading Rockets executive director Noel Gunther. “Children from non-English speaking homes face an additional challenge in learning to read in English. We created Colorín Colorado to give these children a better chance. With Hispanics now the largest minority group in America, this kind of service is more important than ever.”

We’d appreciate your help in spreading the word about this free resource. We have buttons you can put on your own site, as well as a colorful flyer you may download and hand out to parents and others. http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/tenways.html

Tags: Colorin Colorado, Hispanic Heritiage Month, Spanish-speaking parents, The Reading Rockets