Continuing our series on Read Alouds That Rock, we asked five expert book club facilitators to share some of the ways they run their clubs and spread book love with young readers. Click here to see ...
We've all heard about the benefits of learning to read quietly and independently. A big part of learning at school is all about reading, but it's not always easy to find time for more reading at home.
Margaret Kristin Merga receives funding from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the Collier Foundation. She has also received funding from the Ian Potter ...
The night before a safer-at-home order was issued in her Wisconsin town, all Pernille Ripp could think about was getting to her books. When her middle school opened for a few minutes the next day, the ...
When publisher Karen Pavlicin began receiving requests for Spanish-language children’s books from military family support centers, librarians and educators, she began looking for ways to fill that ...
As a teacher in San Jose Unified, Seena Hawley made a point of reading aloud to her fourth and fifth graders every day. Not only was it a highlight of their day, she also believes it boosted their ...
Early-elementary teachers work hard all year to support their students’ emerging reading skills. The payoff—gains in literacy progress—tends to come toward the end of the school year, just as it’s ...
Ryan Spencer is the ACT State Director of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA). As parents know all too well, children love to re-read their favourite books over and over again. While ...
A new British survey from data company Nielsen and publisher HarperCollins found that the number of parents reading aloud to their preschool-age kids declined to just 41 percent, from 64 percent in ...
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