IRA offers a rich collection of resources to help you start young children along the path to literacy and a lifelong love of reading. Just follow the links below to find more information, or use advanced search and select “Early childhood” under the Learner heading to find even more.

• Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children
• Literacy Development in the Preschool Years
• Phonemic Awareness and the Teaching of Reading
• The Role of Phonics in Reading Instruction

Find high quality, peer-reviewed lesson plans in reading and language arts at ReadWriteThink.org, a joint project of IRA and the National Council of Teachers of English, supported by the Verizon Foundation.

• Lesson plans for kindergarten to grade 2

• Webinar: “The Foundational Roles of Vocabulary and Comprehension in Early Literacy” with Lesley Mandel Morrow and Billie Enz
• Podcast: Phonics Through Shared Reading

• Children's Choices
• Teachers' Choices

IRA's annual convention offers the best kind of professional development—the chance to learn and share with colleagues in a professional community. Check out www.iraconvention.org for details.

• Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowship