Organizing a treasure hunt is a fun way to teach kids map-reading skills. Create a simple map of your backyard or home, ...

Libraries across the United States have implemented comprehensive summer reading programs designed to prevent the significant learning losses that can occur during summer months, when students ...

The benefits of reading with children are innumerable. Children who read with their caregivers report higher levels of reading comprehension, fluency and self-confidence. But do you know of its mental ...

Phonics gets more attention in elementary English/language arts classrooms than other core foundational reading skills, like fluency. More generally, states’ new reading laws emphasizing foundational ...

In honor of Father's Day, we're posting today about the many ways that fathers can contribute to their children's reading development. While we have all heard how important it is for parents to read ...

Each year in May, Rapid City Public Library visits our elementary and middle schools to talk with kids about the library’s summer reading initiative and the importance of reading in the summer. We ...

On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read independently ...

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