COMMUNITY AND FAMILY TOOLS
TOOLKITS, PLAYBOOKS & MORE
Deal Center Toolkits & Playbooks
Language as a Missing Link Toolkit with Dr. Emily Rubin
Language as a Missing Link can be used to proactively employ practices that apply language as a well-being indicator to improve literacy, mental health, and general well-being outcomes as well as impact quality of life for individuals birth through adulthood.
Tale Trail Playbook
The Deal Center implemented a pilot Tale Trail project in Milledgeville’s Harrisburg community as an opportunity for caregivers and young children to enjoy nature while engaging in conversation surrounding a book. This guide is for implementing a Tale Trail installation in your community.
Volunteer Reader Training Playbook
Volunteer reader training is an opportunity for volunteer readers from across Georgia to experience, learn, and practice evidence-based strategies for sharing stories through reading aloud with children. This playbooks acts as a guide for hosting a volunteer reader training event in your community.
Resources By Other Organizations
The Basics is a strategy for whole communities to support vibrant learning and brain development among infants and toddlers.
An organization focused on building a society that offers robust support for parents, champions families and helps all children reach their full potential.
A 501C3 organization whose funding is provided through private donations, corporate sponsorships, and grants. They deliver books to children under the age of five along with resources for parents monthly.
A collaborative public action campaign funded by United Way. Talk With Me Baby includes training on why and how it is important to talk to babies.
Prime Time programs are rooted in the humanities and focus on open-ended group discussion. They are designed to promote literacy, increase family engagement, and provide support to educators as they work to achieve positive reading outcomes for their students
ParentPowered Family Engagement Programs help districts, community organizations, and schools strengthen partnerships with families and caregivers birth–grade 12 to improve student engagement, attendance, academics, and mental health.
Lantern (formerly Bright by Text) is a free text messaging service offering parents and caregivers of children ages 0–11 personalized, developmentally appropriate tips, activities, and local resources.