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

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

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

No matter a child’s age, reading is important. It enhances language development, develops vocabulary, and sparks imaginative ...

Children are naturally curious—that’s part of what makes them so fun to talk to, but also causes them to ask blunt questions ...

Spencer Russell, a Texas-based former elementary school teacher turned literacy coach and influencer, told the website that gen Z-aged parents, or those born after 1997, particularly seem to have ...

A picture says a thousand words—but when it comes to kids’ picture books, it’s clear that not everyone hears the same words. Picture books represented a troubling percentage of challenges in the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Literacy rates are declining, screen time is increasing, and experts are sounding the alarm on the death of parents reading to their children. Though it is critical for their cognitive development, ...

A 1,000-parent survey commissioned by the children’s publisher Ladybird and run by Censuswide found that 33% of parents lack the confidence to read to their children. Parents cited reading out loud ...