Dried-out whiteboard markers and frog dissections are the stock-in-trade of the modern classroom. Now, so are the staggeringly low reading levels.

Lorraine Hammond is a board member of DSF Literacy Services in WA and is Vice President of Learning Difficulties Australia. Reading Recovery has been a popular remedial reading program in Australian ...

Structuring reading — particularly for early readers — is highly debated among parents and teachers. Veteran educator Stephanie Freeman has watched schools become “more and more powerless” in the ...

It's important to help your child foster a love for reading no matter their age to build vocabulary and spark imaginative ...

Summer means summer camps, playing outside with friends, camping, swimming, vacations and reading. Yes, reading. As a way to encourage kids to keep reading over the summer, local libraries are urging ...

It can be a challenge to keep kids busy all summer long, and of course we've all heard about the dreaded "summer slide." Getting our kids to read during summer break can help prevent both boredom and ...

One of the best way to keep your kid’s brains sharp over the summer is to encourage them to read. Take them to a local library for expert advice on all the hottest kid-friendly titles, then sign up ...

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

If you are looking for fun and free children’s activities for your children to do this summer, why not have them join the TD Summer Reading Club? It is for children of all interests, ages, and ...

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