New York,
NY (April
22,
2003) --
Scholastic.com, the most trusted online destination for teachers, parents, and kids, announced today the launch of
All About Reading, a new comprehensive online resource to help parents instill a love of reading in children at every age and stage of development.
All About Reading provides a complete, step-by-step, grade-by-grade guide to raising children to be life-long readers. Parents can log-on to
www.scholastic.com/familymatters/read to find out how to be a learning mentor for their child.
"Ask any parent and they will tell you that making sure their child learns to read well is their number one concern,” said Sylvia Barsotti, Editorial Director of the Family Site at Scholastic.com and mother of three. "
All About Reading at Scholasic.com was created with the help of education experts to provide parents with ideas, information, and activities specifically designed to suit their child's needs. Over time, families will continue to find new and exciting booklists and literacy-related activities, and the best resources — whether a child is a reluctant reader or needs more challenges as an advanced reader.”
Highlights of All About Reading at http://www.scholastic.com/read:
- Ages and Learning Stages: Parents can log-on to find a wealth of information on every aspect of their child's reading development. Each child learns at their own pace. All About Reading is divided into eight sections based on a child's age and reading level to help parents easily find information and select the most appropriate books for children ages birth through age 12. The reading level sections include: Bonding With Books (Birth-2), Setting the Stage for Reading (Ages 3-5), Learning to Read (Kindergarten - 2nd Grade), Becoming a Book Lover (Grades 3-5), Reading for Life (Grades 6-8), Reluctant Readers, Advanced Readers and All Readers.
- Customized Content: For every reader there is a special book they will fall in love with. Scholastic.com recommends the best books based on a child's age, grade, specific needs, interests, and skill level. Parents can search for award-winning titles and teacher recommendations, find extensive booklists with themes like baseball, poetry, or nursery rhymes, to name a few. Additionally, the site offers online games and suggestions for off-line reading activities.
- Parent-to-Parent: Sometimes seeing is believing — a virtual tour of the home offers tips to help parents create reading friendly environments throughout their home — in the kitchen, bathroom, nursery, child's bedroom and living room. A special video provides parents with the opportunity to see how to coach their child who is learning to read. Parents can share success stories with other parents through “What Works.” Message boards will be staffed by reading experts to discuss and offer suggestions about popular topics like how to spot reading problems early, when and how to introduce words and letters to their baby, and what is appropriate reading for a any age. Parents will also find featured books and bestsellers, trivia, sweepstakes, author interviews, reading tips, expert advice and more.
About Scholastic.com
Scholastic.com is the leading website for K-8 teachers, students and families. A robust Family area on the site facilitates home-to-school connections through sections entitled
“Your School-Age Child,” “Your Early Learner,” and
“Family Matters.” For parents and families,
The Scholastic Store Online offers a broad mix of merchandise carefully selected for its developmental appropriateness and kid appeal, with learning benefits endorsed by a panel of early childhood experts. Kids will be delighted to find games and activities featuring their favorite Scholastic characters on Scholastic.com, including Clifford the Big Red Dog™, Harry Potter™ and Captain Underpants™. For educators,
The Teacher Store at Scholastic.com is a unique online shopping experience that features an extensive, relevant selection of classroom and professional development materials at preferred teacher-pricing.
The Teacher Resource Center offers free, standards-based content that spans reading, language arts, math, social studies, and science. It includes thousands of teacher-tested lesson plans; engaging student online activities; tools for the creation of free, personalized classroom homepages; and online ordering for Book Clubs and Software Clubs.