I didn’t want to start a company. I wanted to write a book for parents, to help them help their children build the kinds of skills that are needed to…
This week, scores came out for the only nationwide test that lets us compare results from one state to another. That test is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress…
As we discussed in a recent post, only a third of U.S. schoolchildren read at grade level. For our Abound partners in Canada, it’s estimated that at least 30 percent…
For decades, the evidence and the guidance about raising strong readers was all about increasing the quantity of talk in households—the amount of talk between parents and children. But over the last ten years…
Welcome to Abound Parenting– thanks for joining us! Let's begin with the Abound Check-In! With Abound, you can help set your child up for reading success, from age 3 to…
Let's talk about our mission at Abound. When I went to graduate school in education, I learned about how children learn to read, how the process of learning to read…
Our mission is to empower parents to raise successful readers and critical thinkers, who can thrive in our ever-changing world.