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Children Learning Reading Review – What You Should Know

Early literacy and reading skills are important for your child. A report that the National Commission on Reading released in 1985 showed that one of the most important factors that influence the ...

Y Reads takes struggling kids from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn'

Local YMCA Reads! program helps struggling kindergartners through fourth graders go from "learning to read" to "reading to ...
Los Angeles Times

How reading allows kids’ mental health to flourish and what you can do to help foster it

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

A Guide to Early Learning

Instilling a love for reading is important. Building a foundation for literacy can help children grow their vocabulary, confidence and imagination. Ask your young learner questions and encourage ...
Psychology Today

Why Kids Aren't Learning to Read, and How to Help

A couple of months back, my Harvard class on educational assessment met virtually with Sondra Mims and Comer Yates, CAO and CEO of the Atlanta Speech School, who asked the class to make a few educated ...
PBS

Learning to Read with Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures

Watching a child learn to read feels magical. I remember the first time my son read a book all by himself. I watched in amazement as my kindergartner slowly made his way through an easy reader, ...
The Conversation

Children learn to read with books that are just right for them – but that might not be the best approach

Timothy E Shanahan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

If it’s a bestseller, you must read it: 6 common myths about reading every parent should warn their child about

So it’s easy to see why parents assume popular books must be good for their child’s reading growth. But honestly, not every ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Robots in education may ease children’s reading anxiety

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, ...
The Conversation

Young children’s words predict reading ability — 5 ways parents and caregivers can help grow them

Hetty Roessingh does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Psychology Today

How Kids Learn to Read

Even though it’s the dog days of summer vacation, many schools across the country are getting ready to bring students back into the classroom — and that means giving serious thought to the best ways ...