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Early-elementary teachers work hard all year to support their students’ emerging reading skills. The payoff—gains in literacy progress—tends to come toward the end of the school year, just as it’s ...
In 2024, 51% of families read aloud to their very young children, while 37% read aloud to their kids between the ages of 6 and 8 years old. Some parents have said they stop reading aloud to their ...
The school plans to continue celebrating the literacy-focused day as it inspires students to pick up a book and read.
As kids head back to school, area pediatricians and librarians are encouraging parents and caregivers to help younger children embrace a love of reading. In some cases, that task may be an uphill ...
Children ages four through eight are invited to a morning storytime in the library. Caregivers must stay in the library during this program. March 10 at 7:00 p.m.: “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble” by ...
A new British survey from data company Nielsen and publisher HarperCollins found that the number of parents reading aloud to their preschool-age kids declined to just 41 percent, from 64 percent in ...
Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.