Shulman is a volunteer with Books for Kids, a Lakewood Ranch Rotary program that provides volunteers who read aloud to children at 10 different schools in Manatee County. She volunteers on both a ...

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That was the response from a handful of K-12 teachers—1st grade classroom teachers, high school math teachers, and those in between—to this question posed by Education Week in a recent (unscientific) ...

A short, family-friendly bedtime reading routine helped young children grow in cognitive empathy and creativity, and simple pauses to reflect gave imagination an extra lift. Study: Keep the bedtime ...

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 ...

Children who start to read for fun early in life get better test scores by the time they reach adolescence, according to a new study. Reading for pleasure by the age of nine is also linked to better ...

School's out and parents are looking for ways to help their kids avoid the summer brain drain. Research says children who read for pleasure and are motivated to read do significantly better at school ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, which is ...

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Looking for fun things for your kids to do this summer? Summer programs can be a fun way to encourage your kids to read more, and they can even earn some exciting rewards and freebies along the way.

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 ...