Summer is the perfect opportunity to jump-start your kids’ interest in reading or keep them reading. See this year’s current reading programs. Summer is the perfect opportunity to jump-start your kids ...

With summer break around the corner, parents are seeking ways to keep young minds sharp and avoid the dreaded summer brain drain. Research says children who read for pleasure and are motivated to read ...

Reading is one of the fundamentals of early education, but it’s also something millions of American kids struggle with. Forty percent of fourth graders have “below basic” reading skills—the worst ...

For some elementary school students, reading lessons are an opportunity to get messy and get out of their seats. Kids learning how to map letters to sounds might trace A’s and B’s in sand or shaving ...

Reading allows children to live in a vibrant world, surrounded by fairies, elves and talking animals, transporting them to places where the impossible becomes real. But reading for pleasure also helps ...

Julie Highsmith remembers how hard it used to be to find stories her kindergarteners could use for reading practice. The phonics program she uses at her school in Florida’s Palm Beach County district ...

Jay-Niles Memorial Library and Treat Memorial Library in Livermore Falls are planning summer reading programs with children’s activities, special events, hands-on learning and prizes for readers. The ...

“I don’t understand, I don’t get it, I’m tired.” These are phrases often heard from children with dyslexia, a developmental disorder that affects their ability to read. To reach a reading level ...