The NewMexicoKidsCAN Literacy Toolkit can be replicated, branded and used by other advocacy organizations across the country. The toolkit breaks down the key information about early literacy in terms that make sense to parents. Additionally, it provides parents tools to meaningfully engage with their child's teacher so that they can collaboratively support their student in the literacy journey. Reading instruction will not change in classrooms without a groundswell of community knowledge building and support. Though policy is important, we need informed community members to know and understand the policy to help support its implementation. This is one of the only tools that exists to help everyday parents understand the complexities of reading instruction and encourages them to take a more active role in their child's literacy journey. The Literacy Toolkit is paired with the Literacy Action Center which guides parents and community members through a journey of action steps that will help them build their knowledge and context for the 'reading wars.' Together, both tools provide necessary support for the community to help improve literacy in their child's classroom, their local district and across New Mexico.