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Read more about the article First-time founder, female and 56: a transformative summer at MIT
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First-time founder, female and 56: a transformative summer at MIT

  • Post author:web-designer
  • Post published:August 20, 2019
  • Post category:Abound/Editor's Picks

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…

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Read more about the article NAEP test results confirm that parent input is essential
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NAEP test results confirm that parent input is essential

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  • Post published:April 12, 2018
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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…

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Read more about the article Abound Book Club: Language at the Speed of Sight
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Abound Book Club: Language at the Speed of Sight

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  • Post published:February 27, 2018
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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…

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Read more about the article New brain research shows it’s about talking with kids, not talking to kids
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New brain research shows it’s about talking with kids, not talking to kids

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  • Post published:February 20, 2018
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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…

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Read more about the article Getting Started, and the Abound Check-In
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Getting Started, and the Abound Check-In

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  • Post published:July 10, 2017
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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…

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Read more about the article Abound: Our Mission
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Abound: Our Mission

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  • Post published:July 10, 2017
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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…

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