STAR Materials Registration
STAR Read-Aloud Practices are a set of interactive and innovative read-aloud practices designed for educators and parents to encourage young children's attention to print. All materials and research were developed with the support of several externally funded grants, including the United States Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (grant #R305G050057 and grant #R324A080037), the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders (grant #R21DC013599), and an Ohio Department of Education Straight A grant. STAR Read-Aloud Practices were tested in feasibility, pilot, and effectiveness studies, as discussed in such publications as:
STAR 1: Justice, L. M., Kaderavek, J. N., Fan, X., Sofka, A. E., & Hunt, A. (2009). Accelerating preschoolers’ early literacy development through classroom-based teacher-child storybook reading and explicit print referencing. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 40(1), 67-85. doi: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/07-0098)
STAR 2: Justice, L. M., Logan, J. A.R., Kaderavek, J. N., & Dynia, J. M. (2015). Print-focused read-alouds in early childhood special education programs. Exceptional Children, 81(3), 292-311. doi: 10.1177/0014402914563693
STAR-Ohio: Dynia, J.M., Gugiu, M.R., & Justice, L.M. (2017). A quasi-experimental examination of the effectiveness of a scaled-up shared book reading intervention. Manuscript in preparation.
Once you fill out your information below, you will have access to:
- STAR Read-Aloud Practices full professional development and supplemental modules
- STAR book-reading calendar and print-target list
- Printable STAR cards
- Printable reading logs
- Additional resources and more!