The 74 reports a decline in parents reading to children, linked to past negative experiences and digital distractions, ...

When a child shares a book with a parent or carer, this encourages joint attention, helping adults to connect with their ...

What nurtures a child’s holistic development? How can we address the cognitive overload and parent-child disconnect of the ...

The benefits of reading with children are innumerable. Children who read with their caregivers report higher levels of reading comprehension, fluency and self-confidence. But do you know of its mental ...

Getting children reading in schools is helping them become "more confident, more imaginative and more creative", a charity ...

Literacy in general terms is defined as the ability to read and write. While these skills are taught in schools, support from parents at home is important to a child's success. Moms and dads should ...

Readers find a classroom trend of assigning shorter texts “troubling.” Also: Reaction to President Trump’s naming of a ...

Encouraging a 1-year-old to turn the pages while reading a bedtime story, asking a 2-year-old to point to the butterfly on the page over breakfast, or bringing a word book on the bus to share with a ...

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 ...

Every year, educators worry about “summer slide,” the potential for learning loss when children are not in school. This issue is more pronounced among low-income families who don’t have access to ...

Reading to dogs improves children's reading, study says. EAST NORWALK, Conn. Aug. 18, 2010— -- Man's best friend can do a lot more than fetch and roll over. Research now suggests that dogs can ...