Early Literacy Toolkit
This integrated toolkit is designed to enhance early literacy instruction across the foundational elements of the Scarborough Reading Rope.1 Reinforce your phonological and phonemic instruction with printables aligned to hand-classified collections, and instructional materials to build background knowledge, expand vocabulary, and enhance language comprehension—all while nourishing the joy of reading.
Collections of PreK–2 Titles
Browse collections of titles filled with resources for your youngest readers.
Phonological Awareness Collections
Complement the explicit instruction of decodable texts with this collection of hand-classified titles that reinforce phonics and phonological awareness concepts. Encourage a love for reading with titles that: build background knowledge, contain multiple examples of identified blend and vowel sounds, and provide vital exposure to rich vocabulary and language structure.
Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers to be used within explicit vocabulary instruction for words central to the text, scaffolded to meet varying student needs.
Comprehension Graphic Organizers
Model and scaffold comprehension strategies with graphic organizers to support readers as they understand, clarify, and remember what is read.
Instructional Routines
Explore resources to easily implement phonological and phonemic awareness routines.
Phonological Awareness Printables
Exclusive printables to build and reinforce phonics and phonological skill development.
Standards Support
Deepen and extend existing practices with materials that support your literacy instruction—inspired by the NAEYC Standards.
Teaching Ideas
Build excitement and support instruction with curated resources and low-prep ways that embed standards-based learning into your classroom routines and early childhood programming.
1. Referenced from Scarborough, 2001; Scarborough's "Reading Rope" from Handbook of Early Literacy Research, ©2001.
