A former teacher and a literacy expert team up to compile a list of products and tips to help teach kids to read.

The companion activity book, Learning to Read: Old Testament Stories Study Guide, provides useful practice activities and exercises for each story. Together they will build your child’s reading skills ...

Children and an adult read books at the Altadena Main Library in Altadena, Calif., in March 2025. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images After decades of stagnating ...

Joshua McGoun, a K-12 public-school teacher in Frederick, Maryland, first noticed a change in his students about 10 years ago. They began to struggle with focus. Increasingly, younger kids were not ...

Community leaders join students to highlight the importance of reading at a young age.

Reading is an essential life skill that predicts success on many levels later in life. There is clear evidence demonstrating that young people who do not learn to read proficiently are more likely to ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...

Over 500 Escambia County public school students have been enrolled in YMCA Reads! Program is currently offered at seven ECPS elementary schools and helps struggling readers catch back up with their ...

Congress is taking steps to assert federal influence over reading instruction, with the House Committee on Education and the Workforce passing the Science of Reading Act, which would prioritize ...

Kids in grades K-5 can learn money basics and get a free book at Oshkosh Public Library’s Big Read on April 9 during Money ...