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 ...
Reading aloud to your child is one of the great joys of being a parent. It’s all in the sharing your child's enjoyment of the story, seeing their imagination captured and their relish of familiar ...
I almost didn’t recognize her. With flat-ironed hair and makeup, Madeline did not look like the gangly sixth grader with frizzy red hair who I remembered from my class four years ago. “Hi Mrs. Miller, ...
The secret is out — you love reading aloud, and you love being read to. I knew it! And I am delighted. Last month I wrote about books that I thought would be great to read out loud. But you came up ...
Study after study confirms that reading aloud to your kids has numerous benefits. We know that it promotes language ...
Reading a picture book aloud from her armchair, 20 children gathered on the rug at her feet, kindergarten teacher Jamie Landahl is carrying on a practice that’s been a cornerstone of early-literacy ...
You’re never too young for books. Reading to babies as young as six months of age leads to stronger vocabularies and better early literacy skills four years later, just as the children are getting ...
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 ...
A literacy strategist writes about nurturing children’s love for books and literature in a world where political, social, and economic systems are in flux Every parent aspires to raise a child who ...