Supporting Struggling Readers Without Adding More to Teachers' Plates
Supporting Struggling Readers Without Adding More to Teachers' Plates Reading challenges continue to be one of the most persistent issues in elementary education. According to the National Assessment...
Drop Everything and Read: Why School Reading Initiatives Still Work
Drop Everything and Read: Why School Reading Initiatives Still Work Schools are always looking for ways to increase reading engagement and build stronger literacy habits, especially as attention...
The Summer Slide Starts in Spring: What Schools Should Be Doing Right Now
The Summer Slide Starts in Spring: What Schools Should Be Doing Right Now When most people hear “summer slide,” they don’t immediately think about spring. In fact, many don’t think about it until...
How Access to Books Shapes Early Literacy Success and Reading Motivation
How Access to Books Shapes Early Literacy Success and Reading Motivation Spend a few minutes watching independent reading time in an elementary classroom and a familiar pattern appears. Some students...
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What Dr. Seuss Got Right About Early Literacy (and the Modern Science That Proves It)
What Dr. Seuss Got Right About Early Literacy (and the Modern Science That Proves It) During Read Across America Week, classrooms across the country fill with striped hats, silly rhymes, and the...
Read Across America Week: Turning a National Celebration into Lasting Reading Momentum
Read Across America Week: Turning a National Celebration into Lasting Reading Momentum Read Across America Week is a nationwide literacy celebration held each year around Dr. Seuss’s birthday. In...
From Gift to Habit: How One New Book Can Make a Reader
From Gift to Habit: How One New Book Can Make a Reader We've all seen that moment. A child opens a new book—not a textbook or an assigned reading, but a book that's truly theirs. This is a treasure....
Start a Reading Routine This Holiday Season
Why the Holiday Hustle is the Perfect Time to Build a Reading Routine at Home The holidays can feel chaotic. But hidden in all that chaos is a secret opportunity. Between the travel, the downtime,...
Navigating Big Feelings: Schools and Families Can Team Up Using Books
You know that moment. It’s 10:15 AM and everything was fine...until it wasn’t. A pencil breaks. A friend says the wrong thing. One minute your student is fine, and the next you’re beside a teary kid...