Reading bedtime stories is as important as changing diapers, but there’s a right way to do it. Research shows interactions such as reading and talking to your child can lead to a 30 million word ...

Study after study confirms that reading aloud to your kids has numerous benefits. We know that it promotes language ...

COMMENTARY: From medical studies to classic Catholic stories, evidence abounds: reading aloud is one of the most powerful ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a teacher in San Jose Unified, Seena Hawley made a point of reading aloud to her fourth and fifth graders every day. Not only was it a highlight of their day, she also believes it boosted their ...

Reading aloud to students during class time may sound like a simple, almost quaint, endeavor, as if from a bygone era. But literacy experts insist that it’s every bit as relevant now as ever, and they ...

Reading bedtime stories is as important as changing diapers, but there’s a right way to do it. Research shows interactions such as reading and talking to your child can lead to a 30 million word ...