At this point in the summer, you might be wondering whether your early elementary-school child has learned a lot since school ended — or if he actually lost ground and…
Even reading teachers know that children can learn reading-related skills through shows and videos, not only through book reading. But reading with an adult sets up opportunities for building reading…
It’s August, and that means there’s only about a month left before school starts. How did that happen? At this point, you might be wondering if you are doing all…
When interviewing Pavan, an Abound dad we highlighted in a recent blog, we noticed that in his family’s house, other adults besides the mum and dad regularly read to the…
For families with kids in school, there is something about mid-July that has to be savored. That’s because it is firmly summertime: school days were long enough ago that the…
Changing the book inventory: Mixing up the reading routine this summer (part 2) By now, most people are well aware of the research showing that reading to young children is linked to…
To keep things fresh and generate excitement around books, we all know it takes a commitment by the adults in the house. So first pat yourself on the back for…
It’s not often that educational research becomes part of the public discussion, but the 1992 Hart & Risley study did just that. You surely heard about it: News reports focused on the…
At a parent presentation this week, a mom explained that her son’s kindergarten teacher recently sent a letter home saying that he would benefit from a summer reading program: reading…
Twenty years ago, there were lots of disagreements on how best to teach children to read. So the U.S. government gathered a group of the leading experts and created the…
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