About Nemours Children鈥檚 Reading BrightStart!
A Unique, Proven Approach to Promoting Reading Success
With the vision of helping every child become a reader, Nemours Children鈥檚 Reading BrightStart! specializes in developing research-based products, resources and services to promote a strong reading foundation for children. Our services include:聽
- Unique and highly effective instructional curricula for infants through first grade
- Professional development for educators and training on all our curricula
- A family literacy website 聽to assist families in building a strong literacy foundation for children, from birth through age 5.
Curricula
Our multisensory curricula include practical, research-based tools that integrate child development, early education and pediatric health principles to build early literacy skills.
Infant and Toddler Curricula:聽These comprehensive curricula focus on increasing quality interactions between caregivers and the children in their care while building a foundation for strong language and literacy skills.
Level One Curriculum (Preschool)
Level Two Curriculum (K鈥1st grade)
Level Two Curriculum (K鈥1st grade):聽This supplemental curriculum (36 lessons) continues to build on concepts for beginning readers. It guides kindergarteners and first graders toward mastery of foundational literacy skills without fear of failure.
Professional Development
To help educators implement our curricula, we have professional development opportunities that can be tailored to meet the needs of your program.
Curriculum and Implementation Training for Teachers
Our hands-on teacher training takes a deep dive into each of our four levels of curricula so that your staff has the tools to apply it successfully.
Training Descriptions
Certified Trainer Course
We offer 鈥渢rain the trainer鈥 courses for administrators or coaching staff looking to provide training within their organization.
Training Descriptions
Family Literacy Website 鈥 Nemours Children鈥檚 Reading BrightStart.org
Our website provides free tools and resources to help families with children from birth to age 5 prepare for reading success. The website includes:
- A free preschool for families of kids ages 3 to 5. The screener makes it easy for parents to check their child鈥檚 reading readiness skills and then delivers a plan that helps families keep kids on track.
- At-home activities sorted by age and skill level that support literacy development in a fun and engaging way.
- Book recommendations with tips on how to read aloud to children. Related activities help reinforce pre-reading skills.
- Parenting articles from our experts to help get children on the path to reading success.
For Additional Information
Our Impact: Developing Happy, Healthy Readers
38
Number of states where Reading BrightStart!'s tools and resources are being used.
5,100+
Number of Early Childhood Educators trained to use Reading BrightStart! curricula.
287,000+
Number of children supported with Reading BrightStart!
20,100+
Number of parents who have assessed their 3-, 4-, or 5-year-old child鈥檚 reading readiness skills with the Reading BrightStart! Preschool Reading Screener
Bridging Health & Education.聽Created by experts in education and pediatric health, Reading BrightStart! is the only early literacy intervention on the market that focuses on building literacy skills from birth as a means of improving long-term health.
Closing Gaps in Preschool Reading Skills.聽Research has demonstrated that children whose reading skills are supported through Reading BrightStart! improve their foundational literacy skills enough to move them out of the 鈥渟truggling learner鈥 label and into what is considered strong and very strong skill acquisition.
Based in Pediatric Best Practices.聽While many literacy-building interventions are computer-based or app-based, Nemours Children鈥檚 Reading BrightStart! excludes screens, in keeping with best practices in pediatric health and brain development.
No-Cost Support to Parents.聽Among competitors, Reading BrightStart! is the only intervention that offers parents/caregivers a free web-based preschool reading skills assessment with recommendations based on results