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

Readers find a classroom trend of assigning shorter texts “troubling.” Also: Reaction to President Trump’s naming of a ...

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 ...

Create a game, get people of all ages involved, and make a habit of reading. Here’s what literacy experts say works best.

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 ...

Every parent wants their child to succeed, and reading is a key skill that influences their learning. Early detection of reading struggles can make a big difference in the child’s progress.

Encouraging a 1-year-old to turn the pages while reading a bedtime story, asking a 2-year-old to point to the butterfly on the page over breakfast, or bringing a word book on the bus to share with a ...

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 ...

Help your child become a confident reader with CPL’s Jump Into Reading initiative, offering free resources, events and decodable books. It’s a big shift when kids move from listening to stories to ...

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 ...

(The Hill) — Learning to read can become exponentially more difficult for older students and adults who have fallen behind, creating grave concerns as the number of individuals struggling with ...