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 ...

Barraj calls for setting aside a specific time each day to read with the child in a calm environment free of distractions.

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Children’s Book Week is celebrated May 5 – 11. As a nation and as parents, let’s use this week to help our kids fall in love with reading again. Children’s Book Week is a perfect time to put down the ...

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nerve-wracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, ...