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As you scroll down, you will find links to sites that offer information about alphabet recognition, authors (both chapter and picture books), book awards, Child-Friendly Websites, publishers, kindergarten, literacy, parent resources, parent/teacher resources, phonological awareness and sight wordsThese are some of my favorites.  Please use the feedback page to let me know your own.   I will add more links as time permits.

Alphabet Recognition

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Activity Village - over 2000 pages of activities for parents and teachers including some great printable alphabets.  Link will take you to the alphabets 

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DLTK's Crafts for Kids - a variety of fun, printable pages including projects for holidays and educational themes.  Link will take you to the Alphbuddies page.

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Starfall – Alphabet pages

Author Websites (Chapter Book Series)

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Abbott, Tony – The Secrets of Droon & Danger Guys

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Adler, David –  Cam Jansen

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Benton, Jim – Franny K. Stein, Dear Dumb Diary & It’s Happy Bunny

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Brooks, Walter R. – Freddy the Pig

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Christopher, Matt –  Various, sports-related

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Cleary, Beverly – Ramona books, Henry books and more

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Colfer, Eoin – Artemis Fowl & Legend of Spud Murphy

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Cooper, Susan –  The Dark is Rising

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Cross, Gillian – Wolf, The Lost Trilogy

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Dadey, Debbie & Jones, Marcia Thornton – Bailey School Kids

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DiCamillo, Kate – Because of Winn Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Tiger Rising,  Mercy Watson

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DiTerlizzi, Tony & Black, Holly – Spiderwick Chronicles

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D’Lacey, Chris – The Fire Within, Icefire, Fire Star, The Fire Eternal 

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Funke, Cornelia – Dragon Rider, Inkheart Trilogy, The Thief Lord, Igraine the Brave, Ghosthunters

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Golding, Julia – The Diamond of Drury Lane (Cat Royal), Ringmaster (Darcie Lock)

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Hampshire, Tony – RedLine Racing

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Kay, Elizabeth – The Divide, Back to the Divide, Jinx on the Divide 

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Kerr, P.B. – The Children of the Lamp

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Kline, Suzy – Horrible Harry

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Korman, Gordon – Dive & Macdonald Hall

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Lasky, Kathryn – Guardians of Ga’Hoole, The Royal Diaries, Dear America

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Lawrence, Caroline – the Roman Mysteries

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Lewis, C.S. – Chronicles of Narnia

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MacGregor, Roy – Screech Owls

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MacHale, D.J. – Pendragon

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McMullan, K.H.  – Dragon Slayers’ Academy

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Meyer, Kai – The Wave Walkers Trilogy

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Ogilvy, Ian – The Measle Stubbs Adventures

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Oppel, Kenneth – Silverwing, Sunwing & Firewing, Airborn

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Osborne, Mary Pope – Magic Tree House

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Paolini, Christopher – Eragon, Eldest

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Park, Barbara – Junie B. Jones

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Paver, Michelle – Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

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Pilkey, Dav – Ricky Ricotta & Captain Underpants 

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Pullman, Philip – Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass

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Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter

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Roy, Ron – A to Z Mysteries

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Scrimger, Richard – The Nose from Jupiter 

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Smith, Jeff – Bone

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Snicket, Lemony – A Series of Unfortunate Events 

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Stanton, Andy – Mr. Gum

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Stilton, Geronimo

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Stine, R.L. – Goosebumps

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Wilder, Laura Ingalls – Little House Books

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Our Canadian Girl (various authors)

Author Websites (Picture Books)

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Armstrong, Jennifer – Once Upon a Banana

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Boynton, Sandra – Barnyard Dance & Moo, Baa La, La, La!

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Brett, Jan – Gingerbread Baby & The Mitten

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Brown, Margaret Wise – Goodnight Moon & Runaway Bunny

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Carle, Eric –  The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Do You Want to Be My Friend?

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Carlson, Nancy – How to Lose Ann Your Friends & I Like Me

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Cronin, Doreen –  Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type & Giggle, Giggle, Quack

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de Paola, Tomi – Strega Nona & Bill and Pete

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Dusen, Chris Van – A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee & Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee

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Emberly, Ed – Go Away Big Green Monster & Drummer Hoff

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Emmett, Jonathan – She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain & I Love You Always and Forever

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Fleet, Matthew Van – Alphabet & Dog

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Fox, Mem – Hunwick’s Egg & Hattie and the Fox

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Gibbons, Gail – Up Goes the Skyscraper & Frogs

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Gilman, Phoebe – Jillian Jiggs & The Balloon Tree

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Kovalski, Maryann - Queen Nadine & Omar On Ice

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London, Jonathon – Froggy

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Martin Jr., Bill – Brown Bear, Brown Bear & Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

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McGhee, Alison – Little Boy, Someday & A Very Brave Witch

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Mills, J.C. – The Painted Chest

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Munsch, Robert – Love You Forever & Mortimer

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Numeroff, Laura – If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & If You Give a Moose a Muffin

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Paul, Kory – Winnie the Witch & The Fish Who Could Wish

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Postgate, Daniel – Smelly Bill & Engelbert Sneem

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Rathmann, Peggy – 10 Minutes Till Bedtime & Officer Buckle and Gloria

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Reynolds, Peter H. – The Dot & Ish

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Sabuda, Robert –  Winter’s Tale Pop-up Book

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Seuss, Dr. – Green Eggs and Ham & Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

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Sierra, Judy – Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf & Wild About Books

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Sis, Peter – Dinosaur! & Madlenka

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Steig, William – Pete’s A Pizza & Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

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Thompson, Kay – Eloise

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Ward, David – The Mask Trilogy & The Hockey Tree

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Wick, Walter – I Spy & Do You See What I See?

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Wiesner, David – Flotsam & The Three Pigs

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Wilson, Karma –The Bear Snores On & A Frog in the Bog

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Wood, Audrey – Alphabet Adventure & The Napping House

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Yolen, Jane – Owl Moon & How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

Book Awards

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The Caldecott Medal 

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The Governor General's Literary Awards

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Nestlé Children's Book Prize

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Red Cedar Book Awards

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The Chocolate Lily Award – The B.C. Chocolate Lily Book Awards is a non-profit reading program developed to encourage grade school students to read some of the best fiction by British Columbia's authors and illustrators.

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 The Newberry Medal – awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

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The Ontario Library Association Awards - Ontario's children vote for their favourite books

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The Rocky Mountain Book Award - The Rocky Mountain Book Award is an Alberta based program designed to connect young readers with exemplary Canadian literature.

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The Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice - The Willow Awards

Book Publishers 

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Annick Press

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Chirp, Chickadee and Owl Magazines 

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Dorling Kindersley (Canada)

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Firefly Books

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Fitzhenry & Whiteside Publishing

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Groundwood Books

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Harper Collins Canada

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Key Porter Books

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Kids Can Press

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Lobster Press

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Maple Tree Press

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McArthur and Company Publishing Ltd.

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McClelland and Stewart Ltd.

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Orca Book Publishers

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Oxford University Press Canada

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Penguin Group (Canada)

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Publishers Group Canada

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Raincoast Books

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Random House of Canada Ltd.

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Red Deer Press

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Scholastic Canada Ltd.

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Second Story Press

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Simon & Schuster Canada

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Sleeping Bear Press

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Thomas Allen & Son Limited

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Tradewind Books

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Tundra Book

Child-Friendly  Web Sites 

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American Library Association – Great Websites for Kids

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Ask for Kids (formerly known as Ask Jeeves for Kids)

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Berit’s Best Sites for Children

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CBC Kids

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Chateau Meddybemps

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Crayola Kids

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Lego Preschool Games

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P.B.S. Kids

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Scholastic’s Building Language for Literacy

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Starfall

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Up to Ten

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Yahooligans!

Kindergarten Teachers' Web Sites 

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Kelly Beggs – includes thematic units

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Denise Fischer  - includes thematic units, songs and poems

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Hubbard’s Cupboard

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Mrs. McDowell’s Classroom

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The Virtual Vine

Literacy 

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Canadian Children’s Book Centre - promotes, supports and encourages the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for children and teens.

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Family Literacy Day –  national initiative that promotes the importance of reading a learning together as a family

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The Word on the Street - The largest one-day book and magazine festival in Canada

Parent Resources  

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Council of Parent Participation Preschools in B.C.

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Kathy Lynn, Parenting Today

Parent/Teacher Resources - Learning and Learning Differences  

Asperger Syndrome, Autism and Related Disorders

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The Source – Asperger and Autism Information

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Autism Awareness Centre Inc.

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 Autism Today

Attention Deficit Disorder

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Attention Deficit Disorder Association

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Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

Dyslexia

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Canadian Dyslexia Association

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Dyslexia Canada

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International Dyslexia Association

Hyperlexia

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 America Hyperlexia Association

Learning Differences

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All Kinds of Minds – Understanding differences in learning, Dr. Mel Levine

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The Brain Connection

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Canadian Council for Exceptional Children

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Council for Learning Disabilities

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Human Early Learning Partnership (H.E.L.P.) – Helping Children Thrive

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LD Online

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Learning Disabilities Association of Canada

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National Center for Learning Disabilities

Speech – Language - Hearing

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American Speech – Language – Hearing Association

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Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists

Special Education Technology

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Adaptive Technology Resource Centre – University of Toronto

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CAST - Center for Applied Special Technology

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Special Education Technology – British Columbia

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SNOW – Special Needs Opportunity Windows

Vision and Vision Loss

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Braille Bug Site

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CNIB

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American Foundation for the Blind

Phonological Awareness

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 Webbing into Literacy – A Rhyme a Week, Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy

Sight Words – Dolch

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The School Bell – includes phrase cards, bingo, word searches and flash cards

 
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