When a child shares a book with a parent or carer, this encourages joint attention, helping adults to connect with their ...

The 74 reports a decline in parents reading to children, linked to past negative experiences and digital distractions, ...

Getting children reading in schools is helping them become "more confident, more imaginative and more creative", a charity ...

Every year, educators worry about “summer slide,” the potential for learning loss when children are not in school. This issue is more pronounced among low-income families who don’t have access to ...

Literacy in general terms is defined as the ability to read and write. While these skills are taught in schools, support from parents at home is important to a child's success. Moms and dads should ...

Most of our kids can't read. And it's a big problem. This year's "Nation's Report Card" showed something alarming: 69% of our 4th graders cannot read proficiently; for 8th graders, that number rises ...

Once a year, out of town friends visit for several days. I have to be sure to have a stack of books on hand for Allie, their now 17-year-old daughter. She plows through them—one after another. The ...

The general assumption in our culture is that children must be taught to read. Vast amounts of research go into trying to figure out the scientifically best way to do this. In the education stacks of ...

Effective reading instruction calls for five major things, according to the National Reading Panel in 2001 and today’s experts: Phonemic awareness: That’s understanding the sounds within words. For ...

What nurtures a child’s holistic development? How can we address the cognitive overload and parent-child disconnect of the ...

Reading to dogs improves children's reading, study says. EAST NORWALK, Conn. Aug. 18, 2010— -- Man's best friend can do a lot more than fetch and roll over. Research now suggests that dogs can ...