Hello Mentors! Below is a list of resources that may help you when working with your Reading Buddy. Please don't hesitate to reach out to your site coordinator should you have any questions.

Mentoring Resources

• 5 Tips for Helping a Student Find the Right Book 

  Use this guide to prepare you to help your buddy find the perfect book

• Building the Mentor Relationship

  Things to consider when getting to know your student partner

• Developing a Mentoring Mindset (Webinar)

  Critical Strategies to Support Every Child

• Extending Reading into Conversation

  Use this guide to help improve your student’s reading comprehension

• Five Finger Rule 

  Use this quick and easy rule to determine if a book is at your buddy's reading level

• Grade Level Reading Tips 

  Use these tips, sorted by grade-level, to help structure the best read-aloud experience for your buddy

• Mentoring Strategies to Support Every Child

  Cultivate a Mentoring Mindset and Practice “Critical Mentoring”

• Tips for Reading with a Child

  Quick Tips for First-Time Mentors

Racial Equity Resources

• Trying Together

  Anti-Racism Tools for parents and educators

• In My Skin A P.R.I.D.E Podcast

  Season Two tackles the ways implicit bias affects children

• Embrace Race

  “Let’s raise a generation of children who are thoughtful, informed, and brave about race”

• PBS Kids for Parents

  A parent’s guide for talking about race and racism

• Lee and Low Books Anti-Racism Diverse Reading List

  Suggested starting point for your anti-racist library

• Colours of Us

  Multicultural children’s book lists

• National Museum of African American History and Culture

  Eight part portal with various tools to open up the conversation around racism in America