The big gap between parent understanding, and reality I read a statistic this week that I have to share: 9 out of 10 parents and caregivers think that their children read at…
This week, I had more than one investor tell me that parents won’t see a benefit to having an app that builds a child’s reading skills and that doesn’t put a screen…
Thought Catalog As I think back to when my kids were little, I’m so thankful that there weren’t mobile phones. I know it would have been really hard for me to avoid…
Last week I wrote about why giving books to your children as gifts sends a clear message about how important reading is in your family. For another fun take on…
If you have not yet read Emily Harmon’s article in this past weekend’s New York Times, you should stop reading this blog and go directly to the link here. And if…
The summer is just about over, and like many parents, you might be trying to decide whether to sign your young children up for music lessons or sports experiences or…
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…
They’re out there: middle-schoolers who love to read. They see the summer as a stretch of weeks where they can read what they want without school requirements taking up their…
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…
Today we examine the storytelling question. If you had a 3-5-year old and he wanted to hear a story, which do you think would be best for him? Putting on…
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